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by Julie
Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New to CPAP, Need help reading OSCAR data
Replies: 13
Views: 3974

Re: New to CPAP, Need help reading OSCAR data

Do you take any medication? Have you looked up side effects (the kind affecting sleep)?

Your chart looks pretty good, but others with more knowledge of Reras, etc. should be along to comment on those.
by Julie
Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie Tired, Frustrated and Want to Give Up Before Even Starting
Replies: 35
Views: 8151

Re: Newbie Tired, Frustrated and Want to Give Up Before Even Starting

There's a time and place for going on and on about how you feel - and most definitely to get sympathy, understanding, etc, but you seem to be determined to feel bad about something lifesaving that the rest of us have decided to tackle, manage and get on with, especially considering you spend more ti...
by Julie
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PSG Results question
Replies: 7
Views: 1306

Re: PSG Results question

Sleeping on your back almost always shows up with a lot more hypopneas than side sleeping does.
by Julie
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP Machine barely blowing
Replies: 4
Views: 1772

Re: CPAP Machine barely blowing

You said "for years", but how many please? What are the run hours on it?
by Julie
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Journeyman CPAP user sleep regression
Replies: 16
Views: 4241

Re: Journeyman CPAP user sleep regression

And post it here - we'll help interpret and suggest adjustments if necessary.
by Julie
Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Best Time to Take Magnesium for Sleep?
Replies: 22
Views: 8395

Re: Best Time to Take Magnesium for Sleep?

But even if you have jagged edges, if you take them with water, the edges become negligible.
by Julie
Sun Oct 01, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone able to sleep on your back with your machine?
Replies: 16
Views: 4913

Re: Anyone able to sleep on your back with your machine?

You may find you get quite a few (more) hypopneas than usual as well though your machine may compensate for them of course.
by Julie
Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Elderly mom, balky, and her Luna machine
Replies: 20
Views: 7122

Re: Elderly mom, balky, and her Luna machine

Can you post new Oscar data? Sounds like your neuro. has a brain!
by Julie
Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Nasal Dialtors in conjuctions with CPAP?
Replies: 10
Views: 2818

Re: Nasal Dialtors in conjuctions with CPAP?

And that answers the OP's original question how?
by Julie
Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cervical Collar & Much Higher AHI
Replies: 9
Views: 2257

Re: Cervical Collar & Much Higher AHI

Maybe you could look into other reasons for your stiff neck like sports etc. on similar days...
by Julie
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cervical Collar & Much Higher AHI
Replies: 9
Views: 2257

Re: Cervical Collar & Much Higher AHI

Cervical collars work for those who need them - for when their head drops down and cuts off their airway, probably more often in side sleepers, but not always. If you didn't have that problem, why did you try the collar? And if you did have it, then other adjustments may need to be made with or with...
by Julie
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cervical Collar & Much Higher AHI
Replies: 9
Views: 2257

Re: Cervical Collar & Much Higher AHI

Sleeping on your back, side, ???
by Julie
Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Low daytime SPO2 and fatigue
Replies: 44
Views: 10991

Re: Low daytime SPO2 and fatigue

I would want my GP to refer me to another hematologist, not a sleep doctor, as OSA may be blamed for some other not yet diagnosed problem, and the apnea may only be secondary issue.