04-05-2022, 05:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2022, 05:01 PM by Kobayashim4ru.)
New CPAP user - I think something is wrong with my treatment, help please?
Hello everybody, thank you for taking the time to read me.
I've been using an APAP for a month now (Resmed Airsense 11 auto) because my sleep test showed an AHI of 40 (mostly obstructive), but I must say that I almost didn't sleep at all that night.Since I still wake up all the time, I have the feeling that something is off.
The first weeks with my APAP were not so good because I kept having a lot of centrals (95% of my AHI : between 6 and 10). My initial test showed no centrals (to my knowledge), but since I almost didn't sleep, I wonder if they might have missed them). I even stopped breathing for 64 seconds 2 weeks ago (my sad record), but they generally last between 12 and 25 seconds).
Fortunately, my numbers are getting better in the past days, I had 4 nights in a row with less than 3 AHI, and centrals were half of that number.
I recently spoke with my respiratory therapist, and I also had an appointment with a pulmonologist, but they both told me it's working well since my AHI is always around 6 or less. The thing is that they never looked at any of the data on my SD card (they didn't seem to care), they only looked at the number of AHI on the screen of my machine directly.
In fact, I called a couple of sleep clinics to see what could be done about that, and they all told me that they don't do this kind of stuff. Most of them even didn't know what OSCAR was. Since I have an appointment with my family doctor next week, could you please look at my charts and tell me if there is something wrong, please?
I think something is happening with my breathing pattern at night. In case this might help, I am a 39 y.o male, 6 feet, 195 pounds, and relatively healthy.
Thank you very much in advance, please let me know if you need more data.
I've been using an APAP for a month now (Resmed Airsense 11 auto) because my sleep test showed an AHI of 40 (mostly obstructive), but I must say that I almost didn't sleep at all that night.Since I still wake up all the time, I have the feeling that something is off.
The first weeks with my APAP were not so good because I kept having a lot of centrals (95% of my AHI : between 6 and 10). My initial test showed no centrals (to my knowledge), but since I almost didn't sleep, I wonder if they might have missed them). I even stopped breathing for 64 seconds 2 weeks ago (my sad record), but they generally last between 12 and 25 seconds).
Fortunately, my numbers are getting better in the past days, I had 4 nights in a row with less than 3 AHI, and centrals were half of that number.
I recently spoke with my respiratory therapist, and I also had an appointment with a pulmonologist, but they both told me it's working well since my AHI is always around 6 or less. The thing is that they never looked at any of the data on my SD card (they didn't seem to care), they only looked at the number of AHI on the screen of my machine directly.
In fact, I called a couple of sleep clinics to see what could be done about that, and they all told me that they don't do this kind of stuff. Most of them even didn't know what OSCAR was. Since I have an appointment with my family doctor next week, could you please look at my charts and tell me if there is something wrong, please?
I think something is happening with my breathing pattern at night. In case this might help, I am a 39 y.o male, 6 feet, 195 pounds, and relatively healthy.
Thank you very much in advance, please let me know if you need more data.
