Clear airway events when awake

[hockeybik]

I'm seeing clusters of CA's - clear airway events - when I'm trying to go back to sleep. I know I'm awake by the other breathing charts and my watch. I have a tendency to breathe deep and deliberately when i'm trying to fall back asleep. Anyone else have this? Is the machine reading my deliberate breathing as CA's?

[Gideon]

The Machine reads you holding your breath and calls it central apnea.  This typically happens then tossing

[hockeybik]

The Machine reads you holding your breath and calls it central apnea.  This typically happens then tossing

Gideon, thanks. That explains it. I do pause between inhale - exhale when I'm trying to relax back to sleep. Thanks for the answer.

[quiescence at last]

You can do the same thing by taking shallow breaths and exhale normal. Doing that will also artificially reduce tidal volume, and this will invoke a need to breathe signal don't breathe in until you get urged to.

[srlevine1]

Experienced much the same results when I woke to my alarm and reached over to grab my meds. It appears that I hold my breath when rolling over and reaching for my meds. I have learned to disregard those results after speaking to my doctor.