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by kal81
Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:12 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon
Replies: 14
Views: 2878

Re: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon

No im Not aware of when I wake up.

I just wake up feeling really unrefreshed..
Fatigued...brain fog..
by kal81
Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:02 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon
Replies: 14
Views: 2878

Re: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon

I actually have a full face mask. I've tried 3 different masks...and all different types of pressure.. The apneagraph test was done at home. The insurance will not pay for a sleep test in the lab now as now they have written me off as a Cfs sufferer. I was going to try a dental device called somnogu...
by kal81
Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:59 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon
Replies: 14
Views: 2878

Re: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon

I had this test with Dr saleem..the apneagraph
He said I have no obstruction...

His advice was a neurologist..
He thinks I have CFS..

So an apneagraph would have pulled up any signs of UARS?
by kal81
Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:08 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon
Replies: 14
Views: 2878

sleep test 97 arousels but only 7 ob hypopneon

i have all the symptoms of UARS. poor nasal breathing. crowded mouth. long tongue. chronic fatigue mental fog unrefreshing sleep i have had 2 sleep tests and also 1 Apneagraph test which has 3 sensors that are placed through a wire in the nose my sleep test came back 97 arousels in 6 hours but rdi o...
by kal81
Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: choosing a good bipap machine for UARS?
Replies: 5
Views: 1212

Re: choosing a good bipap machine for UARS?

thanks Pugsy for the replies..

but the philips bipap machines is a bit out of my budget...
is there any cpap machines that can help with UARS and have pressure settings that go over 20?
by kal81
Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:29 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: choosing a good bipap machine for UARS?
Replies: 5
Views: 1212

Re: choosing a good bipap machine for UARS?

I have seen a Philips resporonics system one bilevel
Is that the auto machine you mentained
Is has no number on it
by kal81
Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: choosing a good bipap machine for UARS?
Replies: 5
Views: 1212

choosing a good bipap machine for UARS?

I am convinced i have UARS I been using an Apap machine which helpt for a few months..but now I can't seem to get the pressure right I have read that for UARS bipap is the better option Also I need a higher pressure than 20 my machine maxes out at 20 I live in Germany..we can't get Resmed machines h...
by kal81
Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can all sleep studys pick up UARS
Replies: 17
Views: 6241

Re: can all sleep studys pick up UARS

I live in Germany, I was given a home sleep study which picked up 146 arousels (later I was told it was just snoring) I was never given a follow sleep study Somehow the doctor convinced the insurance company to pay for a machine. All the while I never knew this was not normal procedure. I was ready ...
by kal81
Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can all sleep studys pick up UARS
Replies: 17
Views: 6241

Re: can all sleep studys pick up UARS

Thank you..I have read everything I could find on the internet and I'm 100 per cent convinced I have this problem My worry is why the test didn't come up with an diagnosis..I have heard with UARS it can go unrecorded in the test. I have not exceeded the pressures on the machine..I meant I have tried...
by kal81
Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: can all sleep studys pick up UARS
Replies: 17
Views: 6241

can all sleep studys pick up UARS

I had a sleep study done, I was given a sleeping tablet. Slept a good 7 hours. I had no arousels and was told everything was fine. I suffer from chronic fatigue and fibromalalgia type symptoms. I never feel refreshed on awaking. Also have bad memory problems and brain fog. This is probrably the last...
by kal81
Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:12 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breathing and UARS
Replies: 7
Views: 2031

Re: Mouth breathing and UARS

Sorry Julie I didn't understand..
I where a full face mask..but still I should avoid mouth breathing?

Just trying to make sure so I don't waste anymore days..
by kal81
Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breathing and UARS
Replies: 7
Views: 2031

Re: Mouth breathing and UARS

I had a second opinion but they all say it's not that great of obstruction..

So should I avoid the mouth breathing?
by kal81
Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth breathing and UARS
Replies: 7
Views: 2031

Mouth breathing and UARS

I've been having nasal congestion problems... Tried nasal strips..nosineta...nasal saline rinse I was tested at my ent doctor..I can't breath much through my nose..had a septoplasmy last year improved a little but not enough.. My doctors are reluctant to try again.. I have a full face mask..and have...
by kal81
Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: nervous about sleep study...
Replies: 5
Views: 993

Re: nervous about sleep study...

but i have heard that a person hast to have an arrousel episode with loss of oxygen for 5 to 10 seconds to be considered an apnea i am worried if i have arrousels but no loss of oxygen that they will not consider it a sleep disturbance and send me home.. i have a weinmann somnobalance e apap machine...
by kal81
Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: nervous about sleep study...
Replies: 5
Views: 993

Re: nervous about sleep study...

Cant get data from the machine....the machine is set so i cant read the sd card i clean my mask everyday also humidifier.... i have 3 different masks so my last mask is pretty new its a Resmed quattro mirage...i have had the pressures changed from 4-14 to 6-16now i have 8-18 the machine cannot go an...