Minor breakthrough!

[Snufkin]

I'm back to using BPAP nightly -- I thought I was only using it for about an hour and a half, but the machine says I used it for three hours! My AHI was down at .7 (as well as an apparent complete loss of my ability to read a clock! )

I'm curious, though, my doc said my diagnosis was "mild to moderate," but I also think he said 5 episodes an hour. But according to Wikipedia, "mild to moderate" is around 15 episodes an hour?

[zoocrewphoto]

A lot of the guides only refer to ahi, but there can be clusters of events and very long events that make it worse. My mom borrowed my machine for half a night to see how settings were working for her as her older machine did not have data. She had a treated ahi of 3.4, but her events were clustered, over 30 seconds each, and one was over a minute long. I'm sure her oxygen levels were bad. She has a new machine with updated settings that work well for her.

It is possible that your doctor was considering those other factors when telling you how bad your sleep apnea is.

[Snufkin]

It is possible that your doctor was considering those other factors when telling you how bad your sleep apnea is.

Makes sense. At any rate I'm pretty chuffed about my .7!

[zoocrewphoto]

It is possible that your doctor was considering those other factors when telling you how bad your sleep apnea is.

Makes sense. At any rate I'm pretty chuffed about my .7!

Definitely a great number. Are you sleeping pretty well with few wakeups?

[Snufkin]

Are you sleeping pretty well with few wakeups?

Hard to say. I sleep well for that first stint of the night, then I wake up and have a terrible time going to sleep again with the mask on. This is the current challenge I'm up against, that second go-round with the damn thing in the middle of the night.

[zoocrewphoto]

Are you sleeping pretty well with few wakeups?

Hard to say. I sleep well for that first stint of the night, then I wake up and have a terrible time going to sleep again with the mask on. This is the current challenge I'm up against, that second go-round with the damn thing in the middle of the night.

I have more trouble in the later part of the night too. As long as I get at least 4 hours before the first wake up, it is a good night overall. Over 6 is great, and anything above 7 is awesome. Those are rare.

Fortunately, I usually only have one bathroom break now, so if i can get 4 or 5 hours before then, I can still get another 2-4 hours before I get up. And that would still be a good night. If I only get 2 or 3 hours before waking up, I am having a bad night.

Do you have an idea how long you are going before that first wakeup? Do you know why you are waking up then? Mask leak, uncomfortable, etc?

I don't know why it seems harder to get going again after waking up. Back when I first started, that was when my wort mask fitting problems occurred. In the middle of the night when I was desperate to sleep and too sleepy to think clearly and deal with the various fitting issues.