Throat flapping, fatigue, and no events??

[msharaf7]

So I have a bit of a weird problem. Lately, I’ve been falling asleep & I feel a sort of flapping sensation coming from the bottom of my throat, around where my epiglottis is. It wakes me up and I can’t fall asleep at all. It’s just come on sort of recently and I don’t know how to cope with it.

I feel like my BiPap data is pretty useless because it consistently shows I have less than 1 AHI, but I wake up exhausted a lot during the week. Also, there are some nights where it seems like I just sleep through it. I can post pics via OSCAR but the graphs look almost identical and there’s almost no flags on either.

I’m going at this alone cause my doctor a couple years ago said I didn’t have any sort of sleep apnea, but I completely disagree as my cpap and bipap that I bought seemed to help a ton at first.

[ChicagoGranny]

I’m going at this alone cause my doctor a couple years ago said I didn’t have any sort of sleep apnea

What are your pressure settings? Do you use OSCAR?

One thing that users do to see if they have events is to drop their pressure settings a notch or two every night. Observe whether events eventually start to show up.

That's a simple explanation, so if you try it, report back here before coming to a conclusion.

[msharaf7]

I’m going at this alone cause my doctor a couple years ago said I didn’t have any sort of sleep apnea

What are your pressure settings? Do you use OSCAR?

One thing that users do to see if they have events is to drop their pressure settings a notch or two every night. Observe whether events eventually start to show up.

That's a simple explanation, so if you try it, report back here before coming to a conclusion.

Settings were 22/25 epap/ipap with a biflex of 3. I dropped it to 21/24 with the same biflex and I had a good night or two. Im guessing I probably had some central apneas, but my machines tend to all say I have below a 1 ahi consistently, no matter how I sleep. I still get the sensation of my epiglottis flapping shut and makes me wake up so that’s what mainly bugs me, cause last night I think I got 3 hours of sleep.

[chris_lucy@live.com]

Hey, i think i am also experiencing this. As soon as i fall asleep i feel a sudden closing of my throat and it creates a panic. It is worse on CPAP. Can we share some flow graphs to identify?

[ChicagoGranny]

Can we share some flow graphs to identify?

It's not clear whom you are asking. If you want some opinions on your own therapy, please start a new thread for your OSCAR screenshots.

[zonker]

Hey, i think i am also experiencing this. As soon as i fall asleep i feel a sudden closing of my throat and it creates a panic. It is worse on CPAP. Can we share some flow graphs to identify?

yes, of course.

and like chicago granny advises, start your own thread, please.

[chris_lucy@live.com]

Question is directed at msharaf7, in regards to their sleep issues. Why do i have to start a new thread? just curious

[zonker]

Question is directed at msharaf7, in regards to their sleep issues. Why do i have to start a new thread? just curious

ah. so you are asking msharf7 to share their graphs.

sorry, i misunderstood.

please be advised that s/he hasn't been here since oct 2019.