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- Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:27 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Re: Inconsistent CPAP results
When you say you are exhausted "early in the day" how early is early? If I don't get enough restful sleep, I'll feel tired after being up for 4-6 hours. This will usually mean around noon, I feel like I'm about to crash. Then my "tiredness" will fluctuate a bit for the next few hours, and usually a...
- Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:25 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Re: Inconsistent CPAP results
Now that I'm trying to get my sleep schedule to a regular time again, I'm reminded of the problem I had in the past. If I don't go to bed until I'm tired enough to go to sleep, I'm exhausted early the next day, but by evening I always get a second wind. So, even if I'm dead tired during the day, whe...
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:28 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Re: Inconsistent CPAP results
I'm not sure if it's my computer or what, but when I pulled up the results, some lines were overwritten making some of it not readable. Of course that would be on the lines about limb movements. Can you tell me what they read? I think the fax service I used to receive a copy of the report might hav...
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:51 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Re: Inconsistent CPAP results
cboyce, what's the story with the results from 7/14/2011 with apneas of 40, hypopneas of 121 and no REM sleep. Have you followed on the CPAP pressure recommendation of 8 cm? The hi rate of hypopneas could indicate: The doc wrote [with lots of grammar mistakes]: Should the patient continue to have c...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:37 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Re: Inconsistent CPAP results
Wow, thank you to ameriken, Pugsy, nanwilson, robysue, kteague,turbosnore and avi123! It really makes me feel more hopeful with all the input and outpouring of help everyone has offered. As a few people have observed, my sleep schedule has been erratic, and in retrospect I think it's been bit of a s...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:48 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Re: Inconsistent CPAP results
Hmmm. You really are all over the place aren't you? That is very much how I feel! Obviously seriously fragmented sleep...any idea what wakes you up? Then can't go back to sleep? Sleep maintenance insomnia...did you have this occur before starting on the cpap machine? I'm not entirely sure what wake...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:52 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inconsistent CPAP results
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4654
Inconsistent CPAP results
I've been struggling with my sleep/CPAP for about a year now. I have very inconsistent usage, and by that I mean some nights I'll be able to sleep through the whole night with the mask, and others I'll wake up after a couple hours and not be able to get back to sleep with the mask on. The number of ...
- Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:34 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Finding the right help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2594
Re: Finding the right help
I take it off at some point during the night, but I virtually never remember doing it. I've tried making it harder to turn off by putting the machine further away, but I still manage to remove it. Is there some trick to getting my half-awake self to leave it alone?
- Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:16 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Finding the right help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2594
Re: Finding the right help
Looking at the daily chart, it looks like the AHI is very low. This is what I want, right? Despite this, I still wake up groggy and feel the need to nap after being up about 4 hours.
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:04 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Finding the right help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2594
Re: Finding the right help
Ok, here's some more information. It looks like the fax scrambled a couple pages, so I can manually fill that in from the reports I have if it's necessary. Here's my daily details for last night: http://sonic.net/cboyce/cpap/daily_07-13-2011.png Here's all of my CPAP data from EncoreViewer . And her...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:06 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Finding the right help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2594
Re: Finding the right help
Thanks for the friendly welcome, there's certainly a daunting amount of information out there. It's already a relief to know there's an active, supportive community. It looks like I've got the EncroveViewer working after jumping through some hoops. I'll contact the sleep center, request copies of th...
- Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:53 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Finding the right help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2594
Finding the right help
I'm a 28 year old male, about 205 lbs. I have a large build, but could stand to lose about 20 lbs right now. About a year ago, I started having chronic daily headaches. Several weeks passed, and I noticed I was feeling extremely fatigued throughout the day. My neurologist had me try a number of thin...