sjmguest wrote:However, as soon as I looked at the readout on the ResMed -- 7+ AHI??? -- I started noticing a distinct headache.
The power of suggestion? I
The mind is a powerful tool.. It wouldn't be impossible for it to create a self fulfilling prophecy.
One of the reason when I was starting cpap therapy I always waited until the evening to look at the prior night's data. I waited until the day was over just in case I saw bad numbers and felt bad.
One day I happened to feel remarkable. I think it was bout 4 months into therapy and while the nocturia went away and the killer morning headaches had gone away I wasn't sleeping so great yet and not feeling so great. Better than before cpap for sure but not as good as I expected or wanting. So one day I had a remarkable day. Felt great all day.
Thought for sure that I must have finally had one of those elusive AHI 0.0 nights. I didn't look at the data at all until evening and then much to my surprise it showed 10.8 I think it was 10.something or other for sure.
There is no doubt in my mind if I had seen that number first thing in the morning it would have clouded my perception of the day. My butt would have been dragging all day for sure.
The mind is a powerful tool. Sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes that's a not so good thing.
All that said...you had enough events to maybe cause a headache... Between the events and the fractured sleep it wouldn't be impossible for the headache to be a real headache and not something that the mind caused.
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