Increase in heart rate at nights

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Born2Bwild
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Increase in heart rate at nights

Post by Born2Bwild » Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:35 am

Hello ladies and gentlemen
I have a question, maybe you can help me. Happened a couple of nights since I began taking notes. I wake up with increased heart rate but the dreams that I was having where somewhat “ feel good dreams”. After short time the heart calms down and I go back to sleep. Has anyone experience this? Could it be the machine not functioning properly? I have BP

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Re: Increase in heart rate at nights

Post by Miss Emerita » Sun Apr 03, 2022 11:34 am

It is common for heart rates to become erratic during REM sleep:

https://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/he ... cteristics

If you really want to dig into the effectiveness of your PAP treatment, try using Oscar. You can post a chart here so that people can take a look and let you know if they spot anything that seems off.
Oscar software is available at https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/