29M, 89kg on diet, located in EU.
I'm a chronic sinusitis and physical anxiety symptoms sufferer last 15 months which began couple of months after moving into a new apartment with floor heating. Due to anxiety I had/have many symptoms like muscle stiffness, grinding and moderately painful neck/shoulder/back, dry heaving, paresthesia in hands and feet and now muscle aches these days. But I don't have sleep apnea symptoms like snoring, fatigue, weakness, daytime sleepiness, morning headaches and high blood pressure. In the beginning I had some catching breathe in the bed (not during sleep but right the moment when snoozing out, so it was like Sleep-onset Central Sleep Apnea) and considering the chronic muscle stiffness family doctor and ENT doctor wanted me to have a sleep study disregarding the chronic sinusitis after Indoor/Outdoor allergies were eliminated through blood test.
So I had a home sleep apnea test with nasal cannula and oximetry for 4 days in early December and results are in the attachment. (AHI 6.9, 15.0, 17.9)
Since they suspected sleep apnea due to results, right before Christmas they gave me CPAP machine with nasal pillows (now changed to full-faced masked) until February but since then I could only sleep for 7 hour with them because I can't even breathe normally throughout the day and I feel like masks even inflames/blocks my nostrils even more in couple of minutes wearing them which didn't happen with nasal cannula (I tried low humidify and high humidify, pressure starting ramp closed and open, none of them helped). When I put the mask on and use it for hours while I'm awake in bed trying to sleep, AHI becomes almost 10 every time. They promised setting a date for CT scan on nostrils but only after completing this CPAP test.
My questions are:
- Does anyone else went through or are going through the same stuff, what actions did/do you take?
Should I be worried about critical health problems like heart diseases and strokes even if I don't have apnea symptoms? (In case of asymptomatic sleep apnea)
Can someone tell me how the results look? (Lowest desaturation durations were only for 3 seconds, so sleep nurse said I have no problem with oxygen even though it shows lowest desaturation values are %79, %88 and %89)
Thank you so much for your time.
