Polysomnography

Thanks. It also seems that the longer I’ve been on CPAP the less of these centrals I’m having. When I started CPAP, I think my central apnea index was around 3. Now it’s rarely above 1.0 (I had a weird night where I had insomnia and kept waking up and falling asleep and the CA was like 6). But yeah, it’s usually not even 1 per hour now.

I did notice I gained a slight amount of weight and my OA index has increased so I’ve increased my pressure by 1. Maybe instead of increasing pressure I should instead hit the gym more

dbebz wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:16 pm

Maybe instead of increasing pressure I should instead hit the gym more

I think a good many of us would likely benefit in more than one way from a little more exercise even if it's nothing more than some arm exercises from pushing away from the table a little sooner. Easy to think about but not so easy to implement though....as I just finished off a very small portion of banana pudding that had been calling my name.
It's snowing outside...and I am not into messing around outside when it's snowing so the banana pudding won out.
My choices were messing around outside to get some exercise....doing some house cleaning....or finishing off the banana pudding. I am weak...I chose the pudding.

As you get more used to cpap therapy you will likely see the centrals reduce both from the sleep onset side of things (as your body adjusts to cpap) and the fact that you sleep more soundly in general so less chance of sleep onset transitional apneas from even happening or even false positives happening.

I tend to be a light sleeper, have low tolerance for pain, noise, etc. and because of that, beginning CPAP sucked. Kept taking the mask off, felt like I was suffocating, felt depressed, was extremely tired etc. I’m getting to the point now where I’m not perfect, but it’s getting better. Last night I slept with CPAP 8 hours and feel great. Getting treated for sleep apnea in my opinion will make your well-being worse in the immediate short term, but if you stick with it then you can reap the benefits. I now know when I don’t use CPAP, I wake up in a fog, throat sore, and feel somewhat tired during the day. I think it also worsens my breathing issue if I don’t use CPAP. I feel for my younger brother who started using CPAP last month. He hates it and never uses it. I try to encourage him but he gets mad and doesn’t want me to talk about it with him. I honestly think he’s gonna drop out.

As for the banana pudding, count me in!

dbebz wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:23 pm

tend to be a light sleeper, have low tolerance for pain, noise, etc.

All of these sound like symptoms of sleep apnea. Hopefully, you will see some significant improvement once your CPAP therapy is optimized.

dbebz wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:23 pm

I feel for my younger brother who started using CPAP last month. He hates it and never uses it. I try to encourage him but he gets mad and doesn’t want me to talk about it with him. I honestly think he’s gonna drop out.

I am in the same boat with my own brother. He also refused to really try. I watched him stop breathing while he was in the hospital a while back after colon surgery and his pulse ox would go off with the alarm for low O2 ....my brother's solution....take off the pulse ox. That's real smart. Dumbass.
I gave up trying to change him. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. Until your brother really wants to face the facts and deal with the issues all you are going to be doing is starting WW III. Been there and done that with my own brother and the last time I challenged him he knocked me down....so now he's on his own. Don't start a war....it's not going to hurt anyone but yourself and until he wants help he won't accept help.

He will probably drop out and the machine will be delegated to gather dust in his closet like so many others.
But maybe later he will decide to revisit cpap and give it another go. It happens sometimes. We do the best we can to help and that's all anyone can ask but some people don't want help and there's no way we can cram help down their throats if they won't open their mouths.

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:12 pm

dbebz wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:23 pm

tend to be a light sleeper, have low tolerance for pain, noise, etc.

All of these sound like symptoms of sleep apnea. Hopefully, you will see some significant improvement once your CPAP therapy is optimized.

Sorry to barge in in a thread not my own but, I never realized that low tolerance to noise was also a symptom of sleep apnea! I always thought my tinnitus was THE reason. Now I understand even more why I am so grumpy in family/group gatherings; I have 2 reasons for it!!!

And now, of course, I google it and found there MAY be an actual link between tinnitus and sleep apnea... the wonders of the human body...

Ok, getting out of someone else's thread now...

TheClerk wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:31 am

Ok, getting out of someone else's thread now...

i like you. you're polite. will you stick around, please?