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by Rubicon
Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Agressive cat
Replies: 4
Views: 669

Re: Agressive cat

Are you good with crafts? Go to your local Tractor Supply and get an electric fence charger and a small roll of wire. Using a hot glue gun attach a loop (or 2 if they fit) of wire around the outside of the mask. Fire it up when you go to bed. PS-- During this learning period, if your nose starts to ...
by Rubicon
Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I’ll settle the debate on AHI for UARS folks
Replies: 19
Views: 1709

Re: I’ll settle the debate on AHI for UARS folks

cpaptalk.com has officially Jumped The Shark.
by Rubicon
Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS but normal AHI RDI but Many spontaneous arousals
Replies: 10
Views: 1371

Re: UARS but normal AHI RDI but Many spontaneous arousals

Jtg073 wrote:
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:56 pm
I wish some people had replied to this with good info.
This question has been answered dozens of times.

The problem is people don't like the answer.

Which is:

You can't fix bad sleep with a CPAP machine.
by Rubicon
Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 36
Views: 6073

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

Where I'm really having trouble is signing on to ApneaBoard.
by Rubicon
Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 36
Views: 6073

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

Yup getting really bad.

Since everyone here is having the issue (I got Chrome-- might survey if it's Chrome or FF or Mac or Duck or moz) but it's

https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/err_ht ... col_error/

Couple tries with Android didn't have an issue.
by Rubicon
Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mysathenia Gravis and Bipap Machine
Replies: 8
Views: 741

Re: Mysathenia Gravis and Bipap Machine

Could also be some degree of nasolacrimal air regurgitation into the eye.
by Rubicon
Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

It has been brought to my attention that there is some confusion as to who that aborigine fuck is because there are quite a few players in the mix here. Note in this most recent study where x is noted to have nothing the reviewer is Brendon John Yee. https://i.imgur.com/YSym03a.jpeg Dr. Yee is in fa...
by Rubicon
Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

Well, I really tried to be civil, but that kinda went to shit. Page 23. Tell the cheap bastard to start: But you know what that aborigine fuck is going to say? "We don't have to because AASM says nasal pressure and inductance plethysmography are perfectly fine alternatives" (Note: Australasian Sleep...
by Rubicon
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

So in answer to your question, you can make pretty waveforms (and did so) with BiPAP.

However, everything you've presented so far shows your sleep efficiency to be about 55%. You'd need to get to 70% just to get to awful.
by Rubicon
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

My sleep specialist said himself that PSGs aren't programmed to pick up on RERAs and flow limitations accurately. It's something to do with the fact that outdated definitions of hypopneas are used, meaning more subtle oxygen desaturations aren't picked up on. "Not programmed"? He could have (and sh...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

And even if you wanted to use Tufik Criteria, AFL was not reported in your studies-- besides even he notes It is characterized by an increase in upper airway resistance and/or flow limitation leading to sleep fragmentation , resulting in daytime sleepiness. again underscoring the concomitant need fo...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

considering you haven’t elaborated on why you think I don’t have UARS. Sure, no prob. UARS by definition is a disease (although some clinicians don't even believe it is an entity) that is based on having RERAs, specifically =/>5/hr. Your 4/5/16 study shows RERA Index = 0.2. Your 4/23/23 study shows...
by Rubicon
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating
Replies: 29
Views: 9843

Re: Please interpret my flow limitations - UARS is debilitating

Based on the information provided: 1. Your conclusion that UARS is the cause of your difficulties appears unfounded. Indeed, there isn't any evidence of it at all. 2. Your sleep quality is about 30 times worse than it should be. 3. A sleep log would help to examine overall sleep hygiene (it only tak...