Stats Prior and After things Going Nuts at Work

[tqpannie]

The above were my stats just prior to things going nuts and work and my stress levels increased. These were standard stats and I'm confused about why I am now seeing stats like this for the last two and a half weeks.

Last nights stats:


Any thoughts? Recommendations? Leaks were slightly higher last night than normal- but nothing significant.

[tqpannie]

Also just as an additional comment. I've been dreaming more lately--not nightmares but I know I'm dreaming where as prior I couldn't tell you if I were dreaming or not.

[rkuntz]

Don't know how common it is but the same thing happened to me. Things went up and down on the CPAP front in sync with work stress, as did perceived sleep quality.

[Shore Snorer]

tqpannie, I don't have any insight why you're having so many more hypopneas when work goes crazy, but I'm confused and concerned by the times on your charts. It looks like your apnea is under control (even with all those events, SleepyHead says your AHI is less than 2 even on your bad night), but your sleep isn't.

Both nights, you had some sort of awakening, about half an hour long, at about 4 a.m. That sucks (I can obviously relate), but it's not unheard-of.

When did you put on the mask and when did you take it off? The first night you showed, did you sleep from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. (except for the half hour around 4 a.m.) and then take a late-morning nap? The second night, it looks as if you took a nap from 3:30 to 7 p.m., then slept from about 11 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. (again except for the awakening around 4 a.m.).

That looks to my amateur eyes like a decent night's sleep followed by some serious Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. That second night is worrisome, not because you had a lot of hypopnea events, but because you got a hell of a lot of sleep.Too much sleep really is a problem, or maybe a symptom of a problem. See this Washington Post article: Regularly sleeping too long may indicate a health problem.

You probably don't want to hear this, but I think it's time to find a professional to understand your non-apnea sleep problems, or underlying problems you might have that are also screwing up your sleep.

Good luck!

[SleepDisturbed]

Had the same thing last fall. Correlated perfectly with a bad time at work. Stress I guess.

[OhHelpMe]

Why the strange sleeping hours? Better to exercise in the afternoon instead of nap. Napping can destroy a night's sleep and it may show up in the breathing statistics.

[tqpannie]

Sorry for the slow response. The reason you see me sleeping in the day or afternoon sometimes is the fact that I have other health conditions. I have moderate COPD and diabetes.

I work usually about 45-60 hours a week and often I will lie down in the afternoon on my machine. I don' t necesarily sleep--but the machine sometimes alleviates issues if I have a flair in my COPD.

I have been in a flair due to the stress from work so alot of times just getting on the bipap which helps gives me a rest from coughing etc.