I feel for ya migraine. That sleep onset stuff is no joke. I THINK I have more success if I focus on nose breathing rather than mouth. (Full face mask). But I really have no idea. Hope you find some answers to that! I haven’t found anything yet. Finally agreed to refer me to the regional centre at ...

I had this apnoea/run of apnoeas the other night: https://i.imgur.com/culoZX5.png Which in my mind is pretty long. Anything to worry about or not as long as it's a one off? Have also had return of my sleep onset issues which sucks, really thought we were past that. I'm pushing for referral to the re...

The proper snoring myself awake as I fall asleep has started again the last couple of nights. Hadn't happened in months, really hoped the CPAP had solved that at least.

Terrified that this continues and I get back to the state I did before. I literally don't think I could bear it again.

There's some evidence that if you take a steroid nasal spray concurrently with one of the decongestant sprays like xylometazoline (afrin) then it prevents the mucosal changes and rebound congestion. There's conflicting evidence about whether taking it only once a day at night helps to reduce rebound...

I've read the opening guide, but I'm still struggling to work out exactly what I need to buy. All I want is a battery I can rely on if the power goes out, since I have transitional apneas and NEED my CPAP to be able to fall asleep. I'm in the UK so if anyone would be kind enough to link what I need ...

Fair enough, good to hear

Any thoughts?

I've had some really weird looking flow charts lately, stuff like this: https://i.imgur.com/S4DFuY7.png https://i.imgur.com/mLoPQFa.png https://i.imgur.com/B1x2UMB.png https://i.imgur.com/HqnPZbp.png https://i.imgur.com/lgvgyyl.png https://i.imgur.com/03j8Cii.png https://i.imgur.com/5EZdso4.png http...

The problem is I'm still getting these arousals at sleep/wake transition, where I suddenly take a deep breath and wake myself up. Or I'm getting them again, after they'd gone away for a while, is more accurate.

Bump.

Penny for anyone's thoughts. Happy to post more graphs.

Aahhhhh. I went back onto mirtazapine as I was constantly waking up at 4am. Everything had settled down really well for about 6 weeks, taking that and on 16.5 pressure. Then I got a cold and was having sleep onset arousals again. Upped the pressure to 18 and went away. Settled again for a couple of ...

So I'm falling asleep fine now - with no medication - but I'm waking up at 3-4 each night and then tossing and turning the rest of the night. Starting to feel really exhausted. Looking at my flow chart, I still have many events which look like this: https://i.imgur.com/5Jv7aph.png Which don't get fl...

Reiterated today to Phillips Respironics that I CANNOT fall asleep without PAP so am unable to complete their sleep test. They've said they'll tell the consultant again and see where they want to go from here. I managed to do one sleep test back when this all started with a watchpat, so hopefully th...

Is one of the fancy machines like an ASV likely to be better for me? It's so hard to find experiences from people with the same main specific problem as me i.e. the sleep onset apneas/respiratory arousals. Everything takes so fricking long through the NHS and idk if they'd even give me one anyway, b...

I'm not using ramp no (I need the pressure whilst I'm falling asleep to prevent the onset/transitional apneas).

I mostly fall asleep on my side, falcon if I can get comfortable without leaks with the mask on.

Fiance hasn't mentioned my legs again, I'll check with her.