Question about RDI

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Re: Question about RDI

Post by lazer » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:03 pm

SleeplessInOttawa wrote:
lazer wrote: I seem to fall more into line with the UARS crowd and disruptive sleep than actual OSA.
Have you experienced improvements in energy, mood or other areas after going on the CPAP?
Energy = yes / Mood = no (but that's a whole other story with what I've been going through...) / Daytime Tiredness = yes and cured for the most part / Insomnia = yes and cured for the most part.

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Re: Question about RDI

Post by SleeplessInOttawa » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:32 pm

lazer wrote: Energy = yes / Mood = no (but that's a whole other story with what I've been going through...) / Daytime Tiredness = yes and cured for the most part / Insomnia = yes and cured for the most part.
That's great on the improved energy, reduced daytime tiredness & insomnia, but sucks about the mood. Sorry to hear that.

Glad to hear that someone with a high RDI and low AHI can benefit significantly from CPAP though. So far my first two days on CPAP have been really different from the past 15+ years - in a good way. So far so good. And after reading a bunch of threads in the forum I feel lucky that it's not been super hard for me to get used to the mask so far... *fingers crossed*
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Re: Question about RDI

Post by Burkebang » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:53 am

Sleepyhead can calculate RDI in stead of AHI, but this is for PRS1 machines only as the other machines don't report RERA's. Go to file-Preferences and click on the CPAP tab to enable it.

My AHI for today is 0.63 and my RDI is 2.11

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Re: Question about RDI

Post by lazer » Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:55 pm

Burkebang wrote:Sleepyhead can calculate RDI in stead of AHI, but this is for PRS1 machines only as the other machines don't report RERA's. Go to file-Preferences and click on the CPAP tab to enable it.

My AHI for today is 0.63 and my RDI is 2.11
Thanks for the tip!

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