Post
by ejbpesca » Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:27 am
On waking at Oct. 6.: No aerophagia at 5.6/9 pressure. AHI down by 10 pts. from previous night.
Acid down, pain level 3.
On meds: Nerve pain meds are not narcotics. Lyrica is an example. Lyrica can cause more zombie like effects than a narcotic. Lyrica is also for seizure control. It suppresses the nervous system. No, I am not taking oxy anything. I rarely have ever taken a narc pain med before sleep because those drugs keep me awake. I have, and will take, a lesser strength true pain med, on occasion, during waking hours, but never after 4pm or I may be up all night. If I am at pain level 7, I will be up all night anyway and may take one then. I will be taking a combination of meds that will affect sleep and breathing on a regular basis starting 3 nights ago. I see now that if I am to get more hours of sleep, the meds are needed. Future sleep reports will all have the same meds onboard factor. No need to list the meds.
Note: I am a chronic pain person due a great deal of injuries that are permanent and lead to more injuries just by simple physical tasks. No one can imagine what that is like unless they are there or have been there. Opiates are a miracle of relief to the pain that hits level 9 and can hover at 6. Sleep is affected by the meds. I am considered a walking miracle (that I am not a quadriplegic) by 2 neurologists and 2 neurosurgeons, the other 6 doctors who have dealt with my spine include 3 that agree I am beyond surgery. This condition affects my sleep in a profound way.
On Cognitive impairment "oooops gotta go," comment posted. No, I was not taking any narc pain med when I made the cognitive impairment describing how I felt when I woke. I experienced an hour or so upon waking of a common groggy state. I should have not used cognitive impairment to describe such. Forget it.
On/Off issue: I think the blinking appliances issue has been addressed. I do not think I ever pull the mask off then put it back on in my sleep.
SWF - The leaks I deal with are done while totally awake. Air to my eyes will wake me so I adjust the mask and try to go back to sleep. This is not an every night occurrence. It happens few nights after a new mask has been worn for a week or so. After I tighten the head gear the leaking stops. I change the mask out once a month. Any other fiddling with the mask would have to be while asleep. I cannot control that, but I do understand what you say about apnea readings could be false due to SWF.
I can be a an SWF mess at times. I know it by waking as if I have been in a wrestling match, but I have no recollection of the nights in question of SWF
The past 3 nights with my meds onboard have produced longer sleep time, flipping to my back, and AHI's gone wild. Maybe the tiny bump up of min. pressure to 5.6 helped bring AHI from 18 to 8 today. I will bump it up a bit more leaving the max at 9.
Thank y'all again. What a detailed explanation! I had no idea such was available till now. I guess no one saw my 18 AHI night Oct. 4th, mostly OAs. I am guessing that score is from on back snoring and airway collapsing.
Please comment on the huge increase of Leak Rate from last night. Oct 5th. caused by a Snuggzzz liner. I guess I should ditch the comfort of a liner to get leaks down.
_________________
Machine | Mask | |
![](https://3f7127dd73ff1853b197-b2c24ee6ba15125f65f08743e2ec1f21.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/AirSense10-AutoSet.png) | ![](https://3f7127dd73ff1853b197-b2c24ee6ba15125f65f08743e2ec1f21.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/airfit-f10-mannequin-front-cpapdotcom2.jpg) |