The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, a Tale of two Charts

mcduff wrote:Hi Rustyolddude,
wow, your problem seems similar to mine. My perception of what is a good night and a bad night seem to differ with the results from my apap reports. I have been toying with the idea that I am suffering from UARS and events that occur force me out of sleep before registering as anything on the machine (or in my sleep study for that matter). However I do drink a lot of aspartame. I'll cut that out right away! Here is an example of what some might consider a good night (from the report) however from my point of view it wasn't anywhere near good. I woke up just too many times.
I am however finding some relief taking a Claratyn before bed every night following this guys advice http://www.uarsrelief.com/sales.html. I haven't actually purchased his ebook yet because I haven't had time to rationally consider whether he is taking me for a ride or not. I'm also pretty sure that sleeping on my back makes things way worse.

I have a good F&P apap and I fiddle with the settings with impunity. Drubin007 passed me the software to read my data stick. It's priceless.

Mcduff

Interesting. UARS was noted on my first study as well. I've taken Claritin for years, in the morning, from way back when it was still an Rx for allergies. I quite taking it a few months ago in an attempt to find the cause of my insomnia. I'm taking the structured methodical approach (as opposed to a shotgun approach) to finding a cause/solution.

Regarding the link you posted regarding a PM Claritin, Dr. Falcon posts here under the user name of Falcon1, you can search back & read his posts, he's a respected member of this board. Once I nail down the insomnia issue, I'll probably give the evening Claratin a try, I'll have to when allergy season cranks up again.

Both my my PSG's look like barcodes going from N1 to N3

I don't want to get all worked up over aspartame, maybe it's an issue for me and maybe not. Millons of other folks have no problem, likewise PKU is a genetic disorder and it only stands to reason that there might exist a small segment of the population that has a sensitivity to aspartame, it's all a guess for me right now.

I'll say this much, my Doc. has no idea what's coming in two weeks, I'll probably have a ream of documents & data along with a multiple choice & essay question test for him

Rustyolddude wrote:I don't want to get all worked up over aspartame, maybe it's an issue for me and maybe not.

I'm not all worked up over aspartame either. I love my Diet Coke. But I do know that even Caffiene-free Diet Coke late in the day will keep me awake. And 2 quarts of diet soda in the evening is alot. I think it's worth cutting that out even if you drink your other diet sodas/lemonades earlier in the day.

Have you noticed any difference in your sleep the last couple of days without diet drinks?

millich wrote: Have you noticed any difference in your sleep the last couple of days without diet drinks?

I can't say for certain yet. I do think the constant pain & muscle cramping in my shoulders, elbows & forearms is subsiding. It's still there but doesn't seem to be as severe. As for sleep, hmmm, looking at my data, it all appears the same as it has been in spite of switching to generic Ambien, reducing my C-Flex from 3 to 1 and ceasing aspartame. I will say this, when I switched to the generic Ambien, I was waking up either side of 3AM and around 5AM which wasn't happening with the AmbienCR. This seems to have ceased since I cut out the aspartame drinks. Weekends are too valuable to me to have disturbed sleep. I might try skipping the Ambien on Sun. night and deal with a crappy day or two at work. There will likely be rebound insomnia anyway. Hoping the brain entrainment stuff music might counteract it some, it seems to help.

Regarding the link you posted regarding a PM Claritin, Dr. Falcon posts here under the user name of Falcon1, you can search back & read his posts, he's a respected member of this board. Once I nail down the insomnia issue, I'll probably give the evening Claratin a try, I'll have to when allergy season cranks up again.

In that case I think I'll open the wallet and purchase his ebook. He isn't asking much and his free tips seem to have helped.