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by Rubicon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap data
Replies: 8
Views: 343

Re: Cpap data

Pugsy wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:53 pm
Might be the FAA for airline pilot.
Seems to trace back to this thing (at least up to a couple years ago):

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by Rubicon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap data
Replies: 8
Views: 343

Re: Cpap data

Miss Emerita wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:40 am
I had some thoughts about this, but on reflection I think the prior question is whose requirement you're needing to meet.
Yup, wondering where OP got 6 hours. Most everybody is 4.
by Rubicon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap data
Replies: 8
Views: 343

Re: Cpap data

Pitts6mc wrote:
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:18 pm
I am required to maintain 6 hours 70% of the time.. with the requirements...
Whose requirements are those?
by Rubicon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Events per hour has increased
Replies: 49
Views: 6668

Re: Events per hour has increased

An EF...
by Rubicon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Events per hour has increased
Replies: 49
Views: 6668

Re: Events per hour has increased

Prob afrin addiction.

Need to review med list incl. caffeine timing.
by Rubicon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Events per hour has increased
Replies: 49
Views: 6668

Re: Events per hour has increased

I refuse to do them when data is available for verification. Some additional info might also prove helpful-- neck size, height/weight, rest of sleep study info (especially sleep stage and position dependency), and if you want to get fancy, get a cheap pulse oximeter and software (EVERYBODY has one)...
by Rubicon
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Buying a CPAP before getting a sleep study?
Replies: 4
Views: 633

Re: Buying a CPAP before getting a sleep study?

That said,
damndenis wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:25 am
Would it be unwise to buy a CPAP machine ( used preferably) and self-titrate with OSCAR before getting an actual sleep study?
TTBOMK nobody's gonna stop you.
by Rubicon
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:11 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Buying a CPAP before getting a sleep study?
Replies: 4
Views: 633

Re: Buying a CPAP before getting a sleep study?

Based on that one hour snippet, you don't have sleep apnea.
by Rubicon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: High respiration rate?
Replies: 22
Views: 2910

Re: High respiration rate?

In the meanwhile, please avoid the use of catch-all, hope-for-the-best buzzphrases such as
Shaare wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:08 pm
... you're pissed in life...
This point has been covered several times in the past-- specifically, I am a
Rubicon wrote:misanthrope.
TIA.
by Rubicon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: High respiration rate?
Replies: 22
Views: 2910

Re: High respiration rate?

Shaare wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:08 pm
...but its clear you're pissed in life ...
Ah, so there are "individual differences"?

You might actually be starting to get it!

Now you need to work on accepting that fact!
by Rubicon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:29 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: High respiration rate?
Replies: 22
Views: 2910

Re: High respiration rate?

Shaare wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:08 pm
...your attitude can go take a cold shower.
You're bald.
by Rubicon
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:57 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?
Replies: 12
Views: 2840

Re: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?

And a STOPBANG Questionnaire wouldn't hurt either.
by Rubicon
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?
Replies: 12
Views: 2840

Re: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?

LillianFelly wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:23 am
Fatigued ...
Pro Tip: If you expect anything to be done at the sleep specialist, do not use that word. You need to say "sleepy".

Or perhaps that's a groundhog that needs to be dug up beforehand.

What's your Epworth Sleepiness Score?

What's your age?
by Rubicon
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?
Replies: 12
Views: 2840

Re: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?

LillianFelly wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:23 am
Will embracing this device truly transform my existence?
Only if you got what it's designed to fix.