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How about your therapy? Do you have your pressure dialed in correctly? Do you have software?

While I don't rule out anything that has been said here, I'm convinced this is anxiety showing itself in an entirely new way for you. Night terrors... maybe. But, anxiety/stress for sure. I hope you get to the bottom of this quickly!

Please keep posting so we know how you are doing.

I think it might be time for you to see a neurologist familiar with sleep problems. There are so many, some of them relatively rare, and kicking around all kinds of ideas on the forum with us might be interesting, but you should get a proper evaluation and diagnosis from a professional... guessing at it may or may not help and you sound like you could use some. Good luck.

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It sounds like it could be night terrors to me. I heard on the tv news that setting an alarm for approximately 45 minutes into your sleep cycle (so if you normall go to bed at 10 pm, you set the alarm for 10:45) will help. Something about waking up and going back to sleep re-sets the sleep pattern. My night terrors occur when I'm exhausted. I don't associate them with anxiety and I've had them a lot.

There are two things I would do:

1) Get a wrist-mounted or hand-held recording Oximeter with a reasonably loud alarm, and set the alarm to go off when your heart rate goes above normal or your Ox2 down. (Some trial and error may be needed, but you could start with BPM>90 and O2<80. That might wake you up before these events progress to the point that they create these "night terrors." Also, the software can be used to see how your heart rate and O2 are doing throughout the night, which may correlate with the Cpap data and give you some clues as to what is going on. I believe there is someone who posts here who has a web site selling oximeters. Perhaps you can do a search and find his posts, and talk to him about alarms. Otherwise, there are other people here who can probably advise on oximeters. There are lots of probably suitable devices sold on Ebay, but it would be good for you to hear an opinion on a particular model before buying.

2) Get the software for your Cpap. You have a machine that records (with an SD card) excellent data. That may shed some light on what is happening. For example, you think you may experience centrals; perhaps a long central precedes the arousal. If that is the case, you probably need an ASV machine.

And, of course, if you can get in to see your sleep doctor about everything, including the meds, that would be a good idea.

Good luck. Sounds terrifying, but I'm sure there is a simple explanation that has nothing to do with the "spiritual"

So where's our OP?

I just increased the pressure on my CPAP machine for the 1st time and the 1st night I was woke up with hallicunations. People in my room. Can increase of air intake do that?

Guest wrote:I just increased the pressure on my CPAP machine for the 1st time and the 1st night I was woke up with hallicunations. People in my room. Can increase of air intake do that?

And old post but what archangle said on the first page of this post about unexpected vivid dreaming due to your pressure increase may be the culprit. Starting a new thread is probably the best way to get solid response.