Well right now I'm a little frustrated. To preface this, I had my first study in 2007 and had an ahi of 18, no central episodes. At the titration study I was dialed in with a pressure of 15 and also had quite a few centrals appear. The sleep doc didn't really explain much and was counting on them to go away on their own. I did 9 or 10 months with the cpap and I felt significantly worse while also gaining quite a bit of weight. After the 10 months I said I was through with cpap, my doctor didn't really have any alternatives for me so I got an oral appliance and that is what I have been using ever since.Mary Z wrote:PapHater, how are things going now? In my year on ASV I have noticed big changes for the better in my mood and daytime sleepiness. When I started ASV I thought I would give it six months to a year to get optimum therapy. One year later the machine and I are best friends. The worst night was the trial of ASV in the sleep lab when the changing pressures kept waking me. Every night since then has been better. Hope it's going well for you.
As for my sleep study last night, the doctor (actually new physician assistant) wanted me to start out on cpap and then move to the asv once centrals arose. Well the kicker is I ended up not having any centrals and the sleep tech was able to clear up all of my obstructions with only a pressure of 7. In talking with the sleep tech, she said if I was on a pressure of 15 and only needed 7 than its no wonder I had a significant amount of centrals. I see the doc again on April 3rd to get the official results but as it stands now it seems that they screwed the pooch six years ago and I've been limping along ever since.
