Rested Gal to the Rescue! (can you say that very fast 10 times?! ) Christinequilts, the two studies you cited were of very sick individuals. ten male patients with heart failure and CSA and in the other there is no control for how much the cpap might be contributing to the CSA and CSDB. Your conclus...

Also, at my brother's recent sleep study, everyone was very impressed how well his DIY mouthleak preventing oral appliance worked. He had no mouthleaks at all and had a good study. In his previous study (before he took my advice and made one) mouthleaks were a constant interference, despite chinstra...

Tidbits from my brother's sleep study experience: There is a version of the ASV that will do Learn Circuit with the Swift now, but still not with EERS setups. My brother was titrated on the new Respironics in some sort of Bipap mode and apparently it went well. His apneas were obstructive and mixed....

My brother is going into BI tomorrow for a sleep study with the Respironics vs ResMed ASV. There has been extensive discussion here about the technical differences between the two. Some of the ideas and information has shifted back and forth.. I would like to pass along the benefit of your conclusio...

a patient-generated "runaway" at the introduction of AdaptSV: So let me see if I have this right: I start using the ASV at the beginning of the night, and it is doing the "learn patient" , and it is not letting me breathe as slowly as I normally would, which is what I have called "uncomfortable." I...

Oh, and once I am more well (from the cold and feeling like I have more reserve) I can see about doing some trials with the Vista to further explore some of our questions. Seems like the last thing I could explore at home.

FQ

Christinequilts, I'm impressed with your review of my posting history. Some of the details to which you refer certainly are useful to have so well compiled. I think I will just list a few responses here to continue to work the process with you. We see that I did have multiple hypopneas in the early ...

SAG, thanks for your responses. the long stretch of wake after that first sleep period yes, that is where I woke breathing too fast and tried for a long time but couldn't go back to sleep, the "wired cat" feeling as someone described it. Finally called in the tech and changes were made then. You wer...

I would think there are more data files than these that were collected. Still waiting for the official study report too.. SAG, your comment Severely delayed REM (due at least in part to huge WASO). Please translate WASO..? you're on an AdaptSV and it's buzzing along in Spontaneous Mode, it's acting ...

Thanks, CQ. I am giving your comments good consideration. Regarding the time or two when I woke up with the machine being loud and alot of pressure, I can't think of any logical explanation. It wasn't like anything you have described. Do you think if I was having a massive leak it would do this. But...

Hey, no one here has made any comment about my sleep study graphs a page or two back, I posted 4 samples of different times and results.

Were they overlooked, or is there another explanation? I thought there might be some comment, at least acknowledgement..?
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frequenseeker

CQ - Thanks for your detailed and obviously compassionate post. I still avoid sulfites. I think your experience with even the tiniest amounts of corn certainly demonstrates how powerful such allergies can be. I tie my edema to salt sensitivity. Very hard to avoid salt and believe me I make the effor...

Since we are looking at graphs, here is data from my study thanks to my doctor sending it along with explanations, which I am also including (I have asked for some clarifications but have not heard back yet): http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m293/AriEllie49/SDB/FS11.jpg 1. Adapt with you in stable...

..the back-up rate of 15 is really a set parameter and can not be modified. It is relevant across the night and will not let you breathe at a lower rate. They designed it for CHF patients who on balance are tachypneic and breath faster than that. Future devices may allow us to modify that but in it...

Not just any black box! Physiology is an extensive "testing ground" of myriad responses, checks and balances, the individualized and the species specific, and of course the unexpected and uncontrollable.. The etiologies are probably known enough to validate the problems encountered, but they cannot ...