palerider wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 1:23 pm
WarpedTrekker wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 6:41 am
Well after adjusting pressure support to PS2 and MinEPAP 5,4 that helped for tonight, I got a few hours of sleep with no O2 drops, and instead of usually a 93-94% O2, I got between 95-97%.
I think they may release me today from the hospital. I'm ready to go home. I just wish I could figure out what causes those days where i feel unwell and then at night i have a lot of CA's and can't sleep. I asked the doctor for some tests but it doesnt look like they are too concerned, since this only happens occassionally.
Your ventilation was too high *for your current needs* with the PS you had,(for some people, it only takes a little too much to depress the respiratory drive), and your minepap is too low.. more epap will help with getting more oxygen into your system.
I'm glad you got some sleep.
Well I'm home, but still having major issues with my sleep. I'm not sure if it is anxiety, or what. But I had set my machine back to my normal values of minEPAP 5, PS3, MaxIPAP14. Whenever I fall asleep, immediately within a few seconds to a minute, my Contec SpO2 sensor alarm goes off! I have it set low to 85-86%. It wakes me up, I check it, and says O2 dropped to 85 or lower sometimes. Then I notice my HR spikes up immediately to 100+. I wait a minute, then everything returns back to normal. This continues to happen repeatedly at night. Last night, I got NO sleep.
It felt like my respiratory drive was depressed, and it gets worse when I lay down. I shallow breath, leading me to have signficant O2 drops during even short OA/CA. I'm not sure what is causing me to feel "unwell" with depressed respiratory drive, during the day. But if I feel this way during the day, it then gets worse at night and then I can't sleep.
I tried taking a nap here this evening, and it wasn't long that i transitioned to sleep, that I awoke with O2 dropping. This just doesn't make sense to me.
My breathing in the second screenshot also looks bad. What could be causing this bad breathing, and why did my machine ramp up to maximum? My machine normally has always been at minimum and stays there throughout the night. But for some reason lately, it ramps up to maximum!
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