80 events an hour

Im a newbie to CPAP, before getting the machine I was dozing off during the day even at work.
I couldnt get out of bed for morning work.

Recently I received my machine rental,and have been on it a few nights.
I noticed last night my events per hour was reading 80 !!

Im thinking omg no wonder I was so tired if it means that I was waking up more than 80 times an hour?

Will this improve ?

Henry... You got a result of 80 AHI while on cpap? Please tell us where you saw that figure - how you came to the number 80, because it would be almost unheard of, as if you hadn't been using the machine or mask at all. Can you clarify a bit, and if you did use a machine, which one was it - please try and give the fullest possible name/wording you can for it, and type of mask you wore, as well as what settings your pressures were at please.

Are you sure it isn't 8.0? The goal is for the machine to bring your events down to under 5 per hour. You might as well go ahead and register with the forum and list your equipment. You are going to get asked lots of questions and given lots of instructions to follow so that you can help us help you. Or call your provider first thing in the morning and tell them what you told us. That would be quicker than the back and forth trouble shooting here, although you may need both before your treatment is optimized. Good luck getting things sorted out.

I disagree that it would be faster for them to 'call their provider' (and wait til tomorrow to do that). We're also not in the habit of sending people away when they ask for help and I think we should at least try to give them some.

kteague wrote:Are you sure it isn't 8.0? The goal is for the machine to bring your events down to under 5 per hour. You might as well go ahead and register with the forum and list your equipment. You are going to get asked lots of questions and given lots of instructions to follow so that you can help us help you. Or call your provider first thing in the morning and tell them what you told us. That would be quicker than the back and forth trouble shooting here, although you may need both before your treatment is optimized. Good luck getting things sorted out.

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Thinking you mean 8.0 too. In any event, a call to your doctor would be in order. If your provider isn't on call today, I feel sure that someone on his/her staff will be.

No im using Resmed and i looked on the Sleep Report section , i have just looked now after dozing off with the mask / machine off ...

Usage hours - 0.22
Events per Hour-30.0


I slept 22 minutes and had 30.0 events .. So im must have severe sleep apnea ??

Henryt wrote:No im using Resmed and i looked on the Sleep Report section , i have just looked now after dozing off with the mask / machine off ...

Usage hours - 0.22
Events per Hour-30.0


I slept 22 minutes and had 30.0 events .. So im must have severe sleep apnea ??

Sounds like you do, although more data is better if you want folks here to be able to help you. If you do have severe sleep apnea, you should never sleep without the treatment.

Now you have me worried guys lol.

Even though i have had my cpap machine a few days im still sleepy.

Yes the Events per hour in the sleep report actually said 80.0!

Is that very high?
I just dozed off for 22 minutes with the mask on and it reads 30.0 events per hour .

Henryt wrote:Now you have me worried guys lol.

Even though i have had my cpap machine a few days im still sleepy.

Yes the Events per hour in the sleep report actually said 80.0!

Is that very high?
I just dozed off for 22 minutes with the mask on and it reads 30.0 events per hour .

Yes, an 80 is high. 30 is still high. Treated sleep apnea means a consistent AHI of 5.0 or less.

Henryt wrote:Now you have me worried guys lol.

Even though i have had my cpap machine a few days im still sleepy.

Yes the Events per hour in the sleep report actually said 80.0!

Is that very high?

Extremely high.

I just dozed off for 22 minutes with the mask on and it reads 30.0 events per hour .

Where you really sound asleep for the whole time or where you drifting in and out of a very light sleep?

What kind of a machine do you have? And what are the pressure settings?

It would be useful if we knew the breakdown of the AHI into its subparts. Does your machine's LCD also report the CAI? or the AI?

Regardless of what help you get here over this weekend, you really should be calling the sleep doc's office first thing on Monday morning. They need to know that something is wrong. They may ask you to bring your SD card in so they can download all of its data into the professional software designed for your machine. Full efficacy data machines with modems only send the summary data wirelessly to the DME and/or the sleep doc's office. And there's no guarantee that anybody there is actually looking at your efficacy data on a regular basis.

Finally, do you know what your AHI was on your diagnostic sleep study? If the machine AHI is substantially higher than the diagnostic sleep study, there's just a chance that you might be dealing with pressure induced central apneas. But we (and your doc) need to see the data in order to figure out whether that might be happening to you.

Julie wrote:I disagree that it would be faster for them to 'call their provider' (and wait til tomorrow to do that). We're also not in the habit of sending people away when they ask for help and I think we should at least try to give them some.

There is often a lot of back and forth with the learning curve here. There is a possibility their provider is getting data and can spot the problem and make adjustments electronically. My intent was not to steer them away from here, but to utilize every resource in seeking a quick resolution. If his prescribed or provided treatment is really that "off" the doctor needs to know.

kteague wrote:

Julie wrote:I disagree that it would be faster for them to 'call their provider' (and wait til tomorrow to do that). We're also not in the habit of sending people away when they ask for help and I think we should at least try to give them some.

There is often a lot of back and forth with the learning curve here. There is a possibility their provider is getting data and can spot the problem and make adjustments electronically. My intent was not to steer them away from here, but to utilize every resource in seeking a quick resolution. If his prescribed or provided treatment is really that "off" the doctor needs to know.

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I have worked out that im a back sleeper and this maybe contributing to my 80 events per hour.

Hard to sleep on my side especially with a mask on too.
I have worked out i sleep in my back..i seem to relax and then stop breathing then wake up..
If i keep wearing this mask will my events per hour decrease ?
The GP told me to losecweight which isnt overly helpful.

You'd be much better off making a real effort not to back sleep - it can make quite a difference. People sew balls into the back of their jammies, use foam wedges behind them, wear backpacks, etc... You might be surprised at the difference it makes. And most of us side sleep with all kinds of masks, but I suggest you look up Pappillow.com - that should help a lot.

henryt wrote:I
If i keep wearing this mask will my events per hour decrease ?

That is entirely the point of the treatment. To get your events down to 5.0 or hopefully less per hour. I have no idea what settings the doctor prescribed for you. But the point starting out is to get used to regular use of the treatment. So that you can wear it every night, all night, and any other time you sleep. That way you build up a baseline of data. Once you have that and learn how to post it here, the kind folks here can usually offer some great advice that may help lower your events as much as possible. This therapy is generally only as good as we make it. We make it good by educating ourselves on the condition, complying with treatment as best as possible, learning how to use Sleepyhead if your machine is included in those it works for, and leaning on each other here for help, support, and advice. There is a ton of good info in the threads and tutorials on here.