Okay, thanks Pugsy!

Thanks Pugsy! I got a couple of numbers wrong in my previous post - I was going off memory - but here are the actual numbers: Aug 23: AHI 0.69 (Obstructive: 0.69) Aug 24: AHI 2.25 (Obstructive: 0.99; CA: 1.27) Aug 25: AHI 1.85 (Obstructive: 1.00; CA: 0.85) I have also been sleeping a bit deeper for ...

Hi everyone, Quick question! I recently went from using a Resmed S9 Autoset that I was renting, to a different Resmed S9 Autoset that I now own (purchased gently used - 77 hours). All the settings on the new machine are exactly the same as the old machine - same minimum pressure, same maximum pressu...

Ugh, I feel you. Sleep restriction was horrible for me, and unfortunately my sleep efficiency did not increase. Perhaps I didn't give it a very long try (about six weeks). I may try it again, though. Sleep aids are terrible presently.

Wow, what a thread! I am speppers' twin, except I am 67 and my insomnia problems correlate with menopause, not young adulthood. [...] My sleep doc thought maybe a nasal pillow mask might help, so when mine arrives I will be trying that too. Hello twin! Unfortunately I'm of absolutely no help with t...

I have quite a bad problem with anxiety Do you and your doctors know that SDB (sleep-disordered breathing) is a major cause of anxiety? High cortisol levels + sleep deprivation = anxiety Yes, we are aware of the link. It's hard to say how long I've had sleep apnea - perhaps forever - and in general...

Thanks guys! The intensity of my exercise depends on how many days a week I work out. If I'm doing light cardio, I'll often exercise 6-7 days per week. If I'm doing something more, like running long distance or doing sprints, I'll exercise for fewer days per week. Usually I do a mix of both and end ...

What about diet and exercise? I exercise (both cardio and strength training) from about 4-7 days per week and eat a healthy diet. Nevertheless, my diet is occasionally deficient in certain things (such as iron) and abundant in others (such as gelato). However, I do supplement with iron pills and wa...

Thank you so much for your feedback. Haha, I'm turning 26 this month, so perhaps you are right about my not needing the supplements. I wonder why a couple of physicians recommended it to me! Nevertheless, I'm going to read more into the smaller doses of melatonin. Thus far, it's not doing much to im...

Goodness. Well, I wouldn't be surprised if I had limb movements in deeper sleep, when treated for OSA, given that I am almost always just borderline anemic even when I take iron supplements. I abhor the idea of doing another sleep study, though. And I suspect that the limb movements would resolve if...

"Look at it this way, you slept the same lousy before CPAP, and you still sleep lousy, but the difference is at least you are breathing and not stopping your brain of oxygen or heart." I really like this quote. Thank you so much. I will try to keep this in mind. This is a difficult problem to solve...

Thanks for your response, kteague. I totally understand letting one's brain adjust, but from a "sick" person's perspective, this sucks, you know? I just want something to fix this. There was some concern that I was taking Cipralex at night and it may be causing the fragmentation, so I moved it to th...

Robysue, thank you so much for your response. To answer your questions: 1. My untreated overall AHI was 6.7. I do not believe that this was accurate, as I had very little deep sleep and very little REM sleep. During the REM sleep that I did have, my AHI was 19. In supine position, my AHI was 8.2. Al...

Oops - perhaps the following graphs (same days) would be more helpful with regard to pressure:

Hello dear friends! Last time I posted here, I received incredibly helpful responses. As my sleep physician has been dramatically less-than-helpful over the past two months, I thought I would return to pick your brains. As you may have guessed from my title, I was diagnosed with both "mild" sleep ap...