... dragging. I’ve tried everything I can think of to avoid sleeping on my back (SomnoPose app, physical gadgets, etc.), but nothing seems to stick. Supine sleeping definitely makes things worse, but I can't fully avoid it. My main concern: I’m only having obstructions on exhale, which no machine ...

... dragging. I’ve tried everything I can think of to avoid sleeping on my back (SomnoPose app, physical gadgets, etc.), but nothing seems to stick. Supine sleeping definitely makes things worse, but I can't fully avoid it. My main concern: I’m only having obstructions on exhale, which no machine ...

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:41 am

noumdenom wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:30 am

My diagnosis was sleep apnea with an RDI of 30.

What was the AHI and AHI breakdown?

Breakdown:

Sleeping position was supine.

Apneas: 13
Hypopnea: 14
RERA: 29

I was prescribed CPAP based on this diagnostic study.

... sleeping on my back and side and turning over, face down. Even now, with IPAP of 21cm H2O, I can still not hold my airways open if I were to turn supine. To your first question: yes, it takes training, but you can get some help by using chin straps and mouth devices, as zonker suggested. I use ...

It's when your legs and head are elevated to some degree/height when supine.

... Minimize flow limitations / UARS arousals first, AHI second. AHI < 2 is typical; I still wake groggy. Body position: Mostly side sleeper but roll supine; side-sleep “trainer” sometimes used but sometimes fragmenting sleep when I change positions / roll over. Centrals: Not historically an issue, ...

... to my back during sleep that I mouth to breathe and I can't prevent that either but maybe a wedge pillow or other trick to prevent rolling to the supine position may work for you. Humidity is not working properly if your tank runs out of water and the highest humidity will not prevent dry mouth. ...

... to my back during sleep that I mouth to breathe and I can't prevent that either but maybe a wedge pillow or other trick to prevent rolling to the supine position may work for you. Humidity is not working properly if your tank runs out of water and the highest humidity will not prevent dry mouth. ...

Why would sleeping nonsupine be advised? Physics. On the back, gravity is directly pulling the tongue and soft palate toward the throat. On the sides, the effect of gravity is less direct. The nonsupine hypopneas double as compared ...

... unless my score is less than AHI 2. (Some consider anything AHI <5 to be okay). If I'm reading it right you have half as many events when in a supine position which is sleeping on your back so on your back is where the less hypopneas occur. For me, it is the opposite. When I side sleep I have ...

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:03 pm

Try sleeping exclusively on your side until you see the provider. Typically, sleep apnea is most severe on the back.

The nonsupine hypopneas double as compared to supine. Why would sleeping nonsupine be advised?

... provider: - Did I average 21 awakenings per hour? - What is the significance of the 21 tachycardia events? - How does my condition compare in the supine vs. non-supine positions? - If the case is borderline, would you prescribe an in-lab study which is more thorough? is rather mild? I’m almost ...

... and not these two conditions essentially "jockey" for supremacy, and as I treated one thing, SDB essentially filled the power vacuum. The supine RDI are 23 and 29.6 respectively, but since you spent virtually the entire night 12/11/2024 supine the raw total looks much worse (Red Herring). ...

... rule should have been addressed. In this case, is it good? Bad? Indifferent? Of note (or coincidence) this area is in what might be a REM and/or supine sleep state, in a person with known REM and supine dependencies. So does the algorithm know something I don't know? Need to do a little more ...

... Siesta Full Face Mask I have the ResMed Airsense 10 CPAP machine. I was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea from a home test. total AHI: 10.7/hr supine AHI: 21.7/hr non-supine AHI: 8.5/hr Hopefully these are the correct numbers to show from a test. When I went to my sleep dr she mentioned that ...