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by JGA
Tue Dec 31, 2019 5:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock
Replies: 8
Views: 1904

Re: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock

Thanks for the recommendations. I will check for the Cortisol Manager on Amazon.
by JGA
Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock
Replies: 8
Views: 1904

Re: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock

chunkyfrog wrote:
Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:41 pm
Talk to your DOCTOR.
I had a jaw/neck tic during high school, which was like a zap of electricity about once every month or so.
Mine was stress, and went away; but yours could be something else--maybe even serious.
Ya, under tremendous stress these days.
by JGA
Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock
Replies: 8
Views: 1904

Re: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock

SSRI's are known to cause 'brain zaps/shivers' when going through a 'withdraw syndrome'. But you are still taking the trazodone. The only thing I can offer is to search for SSRI brain zaps. I experienced that myself many years ago when stopping the medicine. Technically Trazodone is not an SSRI, bu...
by JGA
Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with SleepyHead
Replies: 4
Views: 303

Re: Help with SleepyHead

Many Thanks
by JGA
Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock
Replies: 8
Views: 1904

Help with Brain Zaps / Head Shock

Hi Been on Cpap for many years and it is currently very well controlled. I suffer from insomnia and have been taking Trazodone for many years. Now when trying to fall asleep, I get head shocks or zap that keep me awake. They seem to happen just when I start to drift off to sleep. It a cycle that kee...
by JGA
Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with SleepyHead
Replies: 4
Views: 303

Re: Help with SleepyHead

Those spikes are the machine being stupid when there's nothing to do because you're breathing peacefully and regularly. An ideal ight on your kind of machine would be continuous spikes all night long. Other than deleting sleepyhead and getting Oscar, there's nothing to do, at this point. Downloaded...
by JGA
Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with SleepyHead
Replies: 4
Views: 303

Help with SleepyHead

Hi Phillips Dreamstation on auto - 12 to 18 Just downloaded SleepyHead but don't really understand too much yet. For the attached AHI is 0.18 which is good. Just wondering about the pressure graph. Its flat at 12 most of the time and spikes up periodically. Is this normal? Others I have seen usually...
by JGA
Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Trying Oral Mask with Resmed Autoset 2
Replies: 1
Views: 770

Trying Oral Mask with Resmed Autoset 2

I am trying an oral mask and I find the pressure and speed at my normal settings very unconfortable. I tried to set the inhale speed to low, but it only can be set to medium or high. I believe it should have a low setting, but it will not come on on the setup screen. My normal setting is level 2 and...