CA's on Sleepyhead

I'm starting to notice that the large majority of my "CA"s are preceded by a very large breath. To me, this means that my system is just balancing itself. What I mean is that if we take a deep breath, then our bodies don't feel like they need to breathe for a little while. So I wouldn't be concerned by them, unless that big breathe doesn't show up right before the CA. Right? I'm sure to prove this I would need to see if my O2 drops, but I really doubt it does. I'll bet this happens all the time when we're awake.

good question whether CPAP induced centrals cause desaturation

Country4ever wrote:I'm starting to notice that the large majority of my "CA"s are preceded by a very large breath. To me, this means that my system is just balancing itself. What I mean is that if we take a deep breath, then our bodies don't feel like they need to breathe for a little while. So I wouldn't be concerned by them, unless that big breathe doesn't show up right before the CA. Right? I'm sure to prove this I would need to see if my O2 drops, but I really doubt it does. I'll bet this happens all the time when we're awake.

It does happen all the time when we are awake, which is why many people have CAs on their reports before falling asleep, at waking up, and during times when they woke up enough to rolled over and change position. However, they shouldn't happen during regular non-disturbed sleep. When there are a few CAs here and there during the night or when there is a small cluster around a time when someone was probably awake then we pretty much just ignore them. Large numbers of them can indicate disturbed breathing patterns in reaction to the CPAP pressure or pressure changes.