I have a bona fide diagnosis -- Epilogue to My Story

ozij wrote:A bi-level may (and does) reduce aerophagia for some people.

Hmmm... I was supposed to be getting an S9 Autoset in the next day or two. No one has mentioned the need for bilevel... Maybe I would be able to get by with just EPR?

SleepingUgly wrote:

ozij wrote:A bi-level may (and does) reduce aerophagia for some people.

Hmmm... I was supposed to be getting an S9 Autoset in the next day or two. No one has mentioned the need for bilevel... Maybe I would be able to get by with just EPR?

Congratulations on getting a diagnosis, SleepingUgly. S9 does not yet come in a bilevel. EPR is better for help with aerophagia than Cflex, I think. Bilevel machines tend to be more expensive than CPAP or APAP, hence insurance gets picky about whether you need one. If you aren't in a hurry to pick an S9, or you have not ordered it yet, do you think your sleep doc would let you try one?
This one is supposed to be really good:
https://www.cpap.com/cpap-machine/resme ... chine.html

SleepingUgly wrote:My self-diagnosis: UARS in non-REM and OSA in REM. But there's no such thing, I don't think.

In my diagnostic study in January I had apnea events when supine and RERAS in other positions, REM related would be hard to rely on since my REM was heavily fragmented. I had just over an hour of supine sleep so no OSA diagnosis. I don't see much difference between sleep position switching me between almost UARS (RDI was 8, UARS requires 13 I think) and OSA and you switching from UARS in non-REM to OSA in REM.

fiberfan wrote:

SleepingUgly wrote:My self-diagnosis: UARS in non-REM and OSA in REM. But there's no such thing, I don't think.

In my diagnostic study in January I had apnea events when supine and RERAS in other positions, REM related would be hard to rely on since my REM was heavily fragmented. I had just over an hour of supine sleep so no OSA diagnosis. I don't see much difference between sleep position switching me between almost UARS (RDI was 8, UARS requires 13 I think) and OSA and you switching from UARS in non-REM to OSA in REM.

While I didn't get an official diagnosis of UARS vs OSAas such , my results seem to indicate OSA in non-REM and UARS or very mild OSA in REM: AHI=40 in non-REM (with more on side/stomach than while supine), and an AHI<6 while in REM, with low SP02 and snoring during all sleep stages (i.e. snoring/flow limitations/desats during REM even if AHI<6). So what you say doesn't sound strange to me either.