Talk me into getting back on it

Slartybartfast wrote:If I had that kind of report, but with a normal pulse rate throughout the night, I'd shelf my beloved S9 Autoset.

I would also. However, I wouldn't just shelf the idea that you may need it in the future. See your doctor regularly, especially if you suspect any changes.

The spontaneous arousals and UARS, in addition to the moderate to mild desaturations show you need SOME treatment.
Your doctor seems to think continuing CPAP will help--maybe it will (I'd give it a shot--you still have the machine)
Since event scoring is based on a minimum time, you may have had MANY very short events
--not long enough to be counted--but enough to disturb your sleep.
You did not mention if you take any meds to help you sleep, or what your usual sleep schedule looks like.
If your continuing fatigue and the associated symptoms continue, you need to urge your provider(s)
to delve deeper and uncover the causes, so you can be treated.
Life without good sleep sucks.

let me get this right. by saying to try to live with it, your doc that knows you and your medical history is implying you don't need cpap. so instead of arguing with the doc or just using it, you are asking strangers that don't know your medical history to convince you to use it. do i have that correct? then when they do say to use it you are countering their reply's. either you want to do it or don't, so consider what your doc said and make your own decision.

chunkyfrog wrote:The spontaneous arousals and UARS, in addition to the moderate to mild desaturations show you need SOME treatment.
Your doctor seems to think continuing CPAP will help--maybe it will (I'd give it a shot--you still have the machine)
Since event scoring is based on a minimum time, you may have had MANY very short events
--not long enough to be counted--but enough to disturb your sleep.
You did not mention if you take any meds to help you sleep, or what your usual sleep schedule looks like.
If your continuing fatigue and the associated symptoms continue, you need to urge your provider(s)
to delve deeper and uncover the causes, so you can be treated.
Life without good sleep sucks.

Thanks for the info. I take lunesta each night. If I don't, I'll wakeup 4-5 times per night.

I had surgery back in Oct 2010. Still had many awakenings so started back with CPAP + mouthbreathe dental appliance. I was also a mouth breather and I learned, in my experience, mouth breathing is main root cause of problem. If mouth opens the tongue blocks airway or will affect breathing enough to wake me. This would always happen at the beginning of REM sleep which is why I got very little REM.

What I do for last couple months is tape mouth to ensure nose breathing when sleeping. I don't use CPAP at all. I run piece of tape vertically so as not to seal mouth completely. Closed mouth keeps tongue from falling back. Nose breathing is natural and calming to the body/brain. This has been working great for me.

Thomas F. wrote:I had surgery back in Oct 2010. Still had many awakenings so started back with CPAP + mouthbreathe dental appliance. I was also a mouth breather and I learned, in my experience, mouth breathing is main root cause of problem. If mouth opens the tongue blocks airway or will affect breathing enough to wake me. This would always happen at the beginning of REM sleep which is why I got very little REM.

What I do for last couple months is tape mouth to ensure nose breathing when sleeping. I don't use CPAP at all. I run piece of tape vertically so as not to seal mouth completely. Closed mouth keeps tongue from falling back. Nose breathing is natural and calming to the body/brain. This has been working great for me.

Unless you have a sleep study...you don't really know if this is 'working' . How do you know you arn't getting apneas...how do you know that your O2 levels are not droping?...You are guessing!