breathing monitor

[wkbrdtx]

I have had a ResMed CPAP machine for about 6 years and cannot sleep more than 3 hours with it so I have abandoned it. I think it is a ResMed variable pressure and have been prescribed 11 cm H2O. I am looking for a way to eliminate sleep apnea from obstructing my airway at night and am in need of a way to measure my sleep apnea such as breathing. Is there a simple inexpensive way to monitor my breathing to determine if I stop breathing at night? How about a flexible band that I can wear around my chest that will detect the rise and fall while breathing (and lack thereof during an airway blockage)? Are oxygen sensors accurate enough to detect a short duration blockage? I would like to know if different sleeping positions improve my sleep apnea but have no way to measure it. I am sleeping in the face-down position on my massage table but have no way of determining if it is helping at this time. Thanks in advance!

[raisedfist]

A pulse oximeter that records overnight can help all but confirm a sleep disordered breathing problem of some sort exists, but a normal pulse oximetry report cannot rule out sleep disordered breathing. Otherwise you can order a good quality at-home sleep test kit and find out that way.

I suggest sleeping using the machine and then posting your data here for people to see. It may not be the machine itself, but how it's set that is bothering you.

[LSAT]

There are at home sleep studies that will measure several things besides sleep apnea...They run about $400-$500