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by Miss Emerita
Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sharing some positive non-CPAP results...
Replies: 2
Views: 190

Re: Sharing some positive non-CPAP results...

Many thanks for sharing your good experience, and I hope the dental appliance will continue to serve you well.
by Miss Emerita
Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 18
Views: 3441

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

Yesterday was awful. After one post, which took multiple tries, I gave up. Today is slow but better.
by Miss Emerita
Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.
Replies: 9
Views: 475

Re: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.

Gen99, the links you provided show that you are absolutely correct and your sleep doctor is absolutely wrong. Can your primary care physician intervene to get this sorted out? If not, in your place I would escalate the issue rapidly within the Kaiser system. I'm a Kaiser patient myself, and I just t...
by Miss Emerita
Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 18
Views: 3441

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

I've recently had some failed efforts to connect and a lot of slow-down. I use Firefox.
by Miss Emerita
Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: More relaxed, lower AHI but feel more tired
Replies: 2
Views: 3267

Re: More relaxed, lower AHI but feel more tired

I don't know what's going on, but I have two suggestions. One is to post a typical chart for a relaxed, low-AHI, tired-the-next day night and a typical chart for a non-relaxed, higher-AHI, less-tired-the-next-day chart. The other is to keep notes for a few weeks about how you feel during the day and...
by Miss Emerita
Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help me on my situation
Replies: 16
Views: 7732

Re: Please help me on my situation

To function well during the day, most people need at least 7 hours of actual sleep (which will be more than 7 hours in bed). As you address other problems, I hope you can work on your schedule to provide yourself with the sleep you need.
by Miss Emerita
Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help me on my situation
Replies: 16
Views: 7732

Re: Please help me on my situation

Did you spend only 4 hours 22 minutes in bed, or did you sleep part of the night without using your machine?
by Miss Emerita
Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Leakage and Pressure Level adjustment
Replies: 11
Views: 4344

Re: Leakage and Pressure Level adjustment

Just to clarify: a CA is flagged whenever you have a pause in your breathing of 10 seconds or more that is not associated with obstruction. That is, 10 seconds is the magic number. Your CAs look as though they come after you exhale, so I don't think you're holding your breath. They do come after dee...
by Miss Emerita
Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Leaks and MyAir reporting
Replies: 3
Views: 1326

Re: Leaks and MyAir reporting

If you're having a lot of very large leaks, that AHI number may not mean much, because the machine can't always detect events during large leaks. It'd be great if you could download Oscar (see below) and post a chart so we can see what's going on.
by Miss Emerita
Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
Replies: 7
Views: 1660

Re: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?

Thanks for the additional snippet. I see what might be arousal breathing at 8:07:30. It's pretty hard to tell whether there are other bits of arousal breathing during this segment, or just perhaps some sighs. And it's hard to tell whether you're truly asleep for some of this, though I think yes. The...
by Miss Emerita
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
Replies: 7
Views: 1660

Re: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?

You are not experiencing treatment-emergent central apnea, because you're not having any central apnea events. You may be experiencing some instability in your flow rate, though that isn't apparent from the Oscar material that you posted. You mention frequent arousal breathing, though that too isn't...
by Miss Emerita
Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Getting More Sleep Makes Me More Tired! Anyone Else?
Replies: 3
Views: 654

Re: Getting More Sleep Makes Me More Tired! Anyone Else?

Oh good; I thought you meant your were tired all the time. But getting sleepy earlier at night isn't really a problem. For whatever reason, your body is shifting your schedule around on you. I'd say to do what it's telling you to do.
by Miss Emerita
Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New to Oscar - hoping someone can help analyze my data
Replies: 25
Views: 4927

Re: New to Oscar - hoping someone can help analyze my data

At 6.2, you don't get the full benefit of your EPR for some of the time. That's because the lowest pressure the machine can deliver is 4. So for consistent EPR of 3, your minimum needs to be at least 7. If you want to try an experiment, you could also set your maximum to 7, which would eliminate pre...