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by gemmy
Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?
Replies: 10
Views: 2757

Re: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?

... which get extremely bad during REM sleep. Actually, any central apnea is rare in REM. Are the REM centrals documented in NPSG? Feel like linking to SleepHQ? For you, of course. :-) I do not have an EEG, but I'm reasonably confident that the periods of highest event are during REM. I know this g...
by gemmy
Fri Feb 20, 2026 2:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?
Replies: 10
Views: 2757

Re: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?

I’ve heard of Cheyne-Stokes before but I never really understood what it is. I think i might have read something on it somewhere. "True" CSR is frequently associated with chronic heart failure. It can also be associated with getting CPAP treatment. My case it is probably a combination of a somewhat...
by gemmy
Fri Feb 20, 2026 2:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?
Replies: 10
Views: 2757

Re: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?

https://journal.chestnet.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0012-3692%2824%2904478-7 [/quote] First, thanks for the reply! Yeah, I wasn't quite clear in way I wrote the original post. I should have said periodic breathing with CSR- morphology , most likely due to high loop gain. And my guess is that is related...
by gemmy
Fri Feb 20, 2026 11:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?
Replies: 10
Views: 2757

Cheyne-Stokes Treatment Advice?

I have a history of CSR. About 3 years ago, my MD put me on bipap to help (wrong - but that is not the subject here). The new machine's algorithms did not alert me to CSR, so I thought all was good. My sleep has gotten worse, particularly in the last 6 months. Fired up Oscar, and textbook CSR, (Cres...