Plmnb's Never Ending OSA Journey (Data)

[ApneaQuestions]

SUCCESS!!!...

That's great news!
Maybe some of your stress and anxiety will dissipate and that can only help your sleep situation.
I don't want to sound like your mum but.... If those anxiety meds haven't arrived yet... give it a few days first to see if things suddenly improve with your feelings and thoughts.
Just a thought.  :-)

... HYDROXYZINE HCL.  Seems it is firstly an antihistamine, but it is also prescribed for anxiety.  ...

OK great!  I was concerned that they might start you on Valium(Diazepam) or something like that.  Antihistamine sounds good.  Some docs hand out harder drugs like candy.

[JoeyWallaby]

Bottom line, he fully agreed with me that I should have the bipap system.  I have been scheduled for 12/27 for a titration bipap sleep study.

[Plmnb]

"...results are interesting because as I said in the Positional Apnea Wiki, the idea that back-sleeping is responsible for positional apnea is a myth, it is the chin tucking. You're not the first member I have known that had much higher rates of apnea and respiratory events on their side vs supine."

Bored out of my gourd at work.  (Here until 11pm. This is probably a part of my problem.  My schedule changes every week.  Some days in a week I work 11am-7p, or 1pm-9pm, or 3pm-11pm.  My husband on his 5 days of work per week does not get home until anywhere from 11:30pm-2am, and he stays up until 4am-5am. So that I can spend time with him I try to stay awake until he gets home.  99% of the time I literally pass out, sometimes mid-sentence he says, after only being able to spend an hour of time with him.  Then there are times I get home early enough to do a few things around the house and kick back for a bit, then I fall asleep and wake up when he gets home, spend maybe an hour with him, and shortly after, fall asleep.  Next, I of course sleep fitfully and wake-up for good approximately 6am ish.  Normally I am unable to stay in bed due to restlessness and I end up getting up, having coffee, etc.  Herein is a major part of why my sleep charts do not show many total hours of sleep. )

But I digress.  So, bored at work, I am passing the time by hanging out in the Apnea Board and scouring the web for definitions and other OSA tidbits.  I quoted Sleeprider above because I found a site that ranks what side to sleep on from best to worst.  According to their site, I am sleeping on my worst side, my back.  They say the best side is the left side.  Wellll.....according to my base line sleep study I sleep awful on my left side and better on my back.

The point I am trying to make is....Tons of info out there...but difficult to get the best info to suit each of us with our individual situations.  That is why this Apnea Board is so fantastic...all the individualized help.

I hope everyone doesn't mind my ramblings, especially now while I await my titration study.  It was suggested by another member that I do try to find time to smell the roses and I plan on it...I just am enjoying finally being able to discuss OSA with others that can appreciate what each of us is going through.

 

[JoeyWallaby]

Usually people with sleep apnea sleep best on their side or stomach but like you said, that doesn't apply to everyone. If you wanted to, you could buy a cheap night vision camera (I bought one for $20 USD shipped) and record yourself sleeping. That way you can check the OSCAR data and video files side-by-side and see if the bad parts are when you're on your side/back/stomach or no correlation.

[Plmnb]

Usually people with sleep apnea sleep best on their side or stomach but like you said, that doesn't apply to everyone. If you wanted to, you could buy a cheap night vision camera (I bought one for $20 USD shipped) and record yourself sleeping. That way you can check the OSCAR data and video files side-by-side and see if the bad parts are when you're on your side/back/stomach or no correlation.

Hmmm, would be pretty neat to see.  The sleep lab is who told me about my side and back sleeping.  I had asked them if they were going to video my test because I had told them, numerous times, that my husband has often seen me sitting up in bed crossed legged (indian style) with my head slumped down towards the mattress, sound asleep.  They told me they were going to video, but I don't believe they did.

Plmnb

[Plmnb]

Morning all.

I had a terrible night last night.  If the nights remaining until I get my bipap are going to go like this, I don't know how I will make it.

For the first time since the cervical collar experiment, I decided NOT to use the collar to see what would happen.  I was having a real bad time of it, so at some point I put the collar on.  Putting the collar back on did not help, so I took the collar off at some point. 



I'm so foggy right now that I can not clearly remember exactly when I gave up and took the mask off for the rest of the night.  (This wan't one of my old, from previous years wake-up and just find the mask on the floor things that I never realized I was taking it off things.  BUT, I certainly don't remember detaching the hose from the mask at all which is how I found the mask and hose this morning.)

Also, despite the humidifier reservoir still having water in it my mouth became very dry.  This was prior to removing the mask.

At least I THINK this is how it all went down.

PLEASE, someone look at my charts from last night and see if you can see a reason for my being so uncomfortable.

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[Sleeprider]

It wold be interesting to hear a medical opinion on the cause of your periodic severe flow limitations. They are so pervasive that I'm certain it would show up in an induced sleep nasoendoscopy. I have never seen a better candidate for that test, Usually performed by ENT and uses twilight anesthesia during nasal endoscopy to identify the cause of flow restriction.

[Osiris357]

It’s your flow limitations and RERA’s that are making you miserable. Hang in there. You’re appointment is next Friday if I remember right. They will titrate all that away hopefully with the bilevel.

[Osiris357]

Plmnb have you ever tried sleeping in a recliner? It won’t be the most comfortable thing to do but it should allow your head to just turn to the side to keep your neck straight. Only till the titration. I’m just trying to think of anything to lower those fl’s and RERA’s till your sleep study.

[Plmnb]

It wold be interesting to hear a medical opinion on the cause of your periodic severe flow limitations. They are so pervasive that I'm certain it would show up in an induced sleep nasoendoscopy. I have never seen a better candidate for that test, Usually performed by ENT and uses twilight anesthesia during nasal endoscopy to identify the cause of flow restriction.

It’s your flow limitations and RERA’s that are making you miserable. Hang in there. You’re appointment is next Friday if I remember right. They will titrate all that away hopefully with the bilevel.

Thank you for the quick responses. I too wonder what is going on in my head, lol. I wonder if the flow limit and RERA situation have anything to do with my practically going deaf for months at a time. I went to a hearing aid center at the insistence of my primary doctor and they said I have something going on BEHIND my eardrum and they want me to see an ENT. I tried to make an appointment the other day but couldn't get through on the phone. I will try again today.