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by mmarc
Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Waking up with anxiety??
Replies: 13
Views: 2502

Re: Waking up with anxiety??

So is the CPAP machine causing apnea events for me? no, but with default settings it may be failing to prevent as many as it could. you need to get sleepyhead and download your data, and evaluate it. It's odd because prior to using CPAP, i never experienced that. I'm thinking of not using it the ne...
by mmarc
Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:36 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Waking up with anxiety??
Replies: 13
Views: 2502

Re: Waking up with anxiety??

Probably not, 1.5 AHI still means you average 1.5 events per hour. It could be that your minimum pressure is too low. Do you have sleepy head software? With that data you can probably see exactly what's going on. No i don't, and the doctors never informed me about the software. Do i just download i...
by mmarc
Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Waking up with anxiety??
Replies: 13
Views: 2502

Re: Waking up with anxiety??

'll have a dream that I'm suffocating, and I wake up abruptly and pull the mask off with my heart beating fast. It takes me about an hour to relax after these episodes. I had that same experience just prior to starting CPAP, it was terrible and it made me anxious about going to sleep- but it hasn't...
by mmarc
Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:59 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Waking up with anxiety??
Replies: 13
Views: 2502

Re: Waking up with anxiety??

ChicagoGranny wrote:
mmarc wrote:Any suggestions/advice would be much appreciated!
Please register and go to User Control Panel and fill out your Equipment Profile.

You may be having apneas. As a start, we need to see what equipment you are using.

Done, thanks!