Four months daily use of CPAP, zero effect, need some help please

[LSAT]

The stats say you're doing well, but the way you feel says otherwise.

One thing I would try is raising the max pressure, since you have an auto.

Since your AHi is fairly low, I don't know if this will help in any major way. However, give it a try.

Also, there are other reasons that you might be feeling tired. For instance other medical conditions can be responsible, whether they are classified as sleep disorders or not. Examples are Narcolepsy, diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, allergies, hay-fever, flu, or colds.

The max pressure is on 15 at the moment, but I don’t think I’ve ever passed 11 or 12. Would it make sense then to put it higher?

The medical reasons are interesting to look at. I have a dust allergy. I also have an anxiety disorder, which had made my sleeping less efficient. I have some arrhythmia’s; my heartrate can go up to 160bpm when sedentary, though does not happen often and is caused by the anxiety (that’s what my physician told me).

Your car has a speedometer that goes to 100+...it doesn't mean you have to go that high, but if you need it...it's available. Same with CPAP..You may never have to go that high, but it's available if a big apnea event comes along.

[ChicagoGranny]

Your car has a speedometer that goes to 100+...it doesn't mean you have to go that high, but if you need it...it's available.

He lives in the Netherlands. The speed limit on about half of the autosnelwegen is 130 km/h.

[ChicagoGranny]

The tennis ball "solution" is an absurdly badly conceived method

I tried it. Couldn't stand the racquet.

[ChicagoGranny]

I developed a serious anxiety disorder afterwards and got stuck home for a long time. Only recently have I made the connection that the cause of this could be untreated Sleep Apnea.

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Anxiety and sleep apnea are like fish and water: Find one, and you’ll usually find the other, too.

This connection is supported by more and more studies as the years pass. For example, in December 2012, a major European medical journal published a finding that more than half of patients diagnosed with sleep disorders “had some degrees of depression and anxiety.”

The study noted that sleep apnea was not associated with the severity of anxiety, only the presence of it. But other sources have made the connection between sleep apnea and anxiety at its most severe levels — namely, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to The New York Times Health Guide, sleep apnea may “intensify symptoms of PTSD, including sleeplessness and nightmares.” The guide notes that sleep apnea is also sometimes associated “with a risk for panic disorder.”

A 2005 study by the journal SLEEP3 helps clarify the anxiety and sleep apnea connection. Compared with patients not yet diagnosed with sleep apnea, those who were diagnosed experienced a “significantly greater prevalence” for “mood disorders, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychosis, and dementia in patients with sleep apnea,” the study found.

Full article with citations: https://www.resmed.com/us/en/blog/about ... art-2.html

[palerider]

The stats say you're doing well, but the way you feel says otherwise.

One thing I would try is raising the max pressure, since you have an auto.

Since your AHi is fairly low, I don't know if this will help in any major way. However, give it a try.

Also, there are other reasons that you might be feeling tired. For instance other medical conditions can be responsible, whether they are classified as sleep disorders or not. Examples are Narcolepsy, diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, allergies, hay-fever, flu, or colds.

The max pressure is on 15 at the moment, but I don’t think I’ve ever passed 11 or 12. Would it make sense then to put it higher?

It wouldn't. There are some people on the forum who insist on posting "advice" even though they don't have any idea what they're talking about... unfortunately, that poster is one of them, it's best to just put him on the 'foe' list and ignore anything he says....

[Camus]

He lives in the Netherlands. The speed limit on about half of the autosnelwegen is 130 km/h.

true )
You’re probably Dutch

[Camus]

Thanks for the replies everybody. I will try what has been advised and will report again next week

[nicholasjh1]

It sounds like you sleep some without it? Personally I wouldn't do that. Apnea can cause up to a 30% brain loss (not in a specific area... Just all over... Kind of like a 90 year old) the brain can recover from that, but if you're getting some therapy but not all night sleep therapy... There is still possible damage to the brain. Studies say it takes up to a year for the brain to grow back, but just from my general well being I'd say it took almost 14 months for me. Then again I didn't start eating the right fats, and didn't have much choline in my diet (I can't eat eggs) so it probably made a huge difference when I started supplementing with omega 3's and choline. Anyway what I'm trying to say is that there definitely is a period of time to heal. and in fact I'm not sure I entirely healed until I took Noopept during in the last couple months... I'm finally sleeping through the night, and don't have wakeups conscious enough to remember.