Sleep Onset Central Apnea's

A little while ago I made a post about the problem I was getting - just as I was dropping off to sleep I would wake up breathing heavily as if I was short of breath and sometimes I thought I might have stopped breathing. The problem is still there but nowhere near as bad as it was.
I had made an enquiry at the Sleep Clinic in the hospital who have been overseeing my treatment - the senior sleep technician in charge was away on holiday so I didn't get a prompt reply. I spoke to her today and explained what had been happening. She told me that it was Sleep Onset Central Apnea and that is was nothing to worry about because they would come and go every so often and were common with people on cpap.
I have to wonder about them being nothing to worry about but I guess if thats true then I will just have to put up with them.
Ken

"Sleep onset centrals" are normal:

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Assuming that the obstructive events are properly managed, then the likelihood of these being sleep-onset centrals is fairly high (you'd need PSG to be 100%) and those things are pretty much a normal event.

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More about "centrals" here:

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Thankyou very much indeed Rested Gal, I feel somewhat relieved. I have to say that they were very upsetting and worrying. I used to become wide awake after having a couple and unable to get to sleep until the early hours with anxiety. Now I may be able to accept them as normal and eventually get off to sleep after two or three of them.
Thanks again
Ken

For what it's worth, that's what killed CPAP therapy for me. I get them really badly, it's not "occasional" but "nearly always".

There are a lot of people who work through it, I'm not trying to be discouraging, only to let you know that you're not alone in this symptom.

Liam, the company that misery loves.

[quote="Kenv"]A little while ago I made a post about the problem I was getting - just as I was dropping off to sleep I would wake up breathing heavily as if I was short of breath and sometimes I thought I might have stopped breathing. The problem is still there but nowhere near as bad as it was.
I had made an enquiry at the Sleep Clinic in the hospital who have been overseeing my treatment - the senior sleep technician in charge was away on holiday so I didn't get a prompt reply. I spoke to her today and explained what had been happening. She told me that it was Sleep Onset Central Apnea and that is was nothing to worry about because they would come and go every so often and were common with people on cpap.
I have to wonder about them being nothing to worry about but I guess if thats true then I will just have to put up with them.
Ken

Thanks Liam and Snoredog. I now think I've probably had an occasional short one before but never had it repeated like it has recently. However now that I know what it is and can accept it I've managed to get off to sleep a little easier and I don't have the anxiety that accompanied them before.
Thanks for your comments.
Ken