2 hours ago
Possible Cheyne Stokes?
I am having severe sleep issues. My sleep patterns are incredibly messed up. I am up all night and sleeping all day. Some days I barely get any actual sleep no matter how hard I try. I have tried things like melatonin, magnesium, etc. My doctor prescribed trazadone and I am still barely getting any actual sleep. I am in a constant state of exhaustion. I get confused easily. I have light headed spells. I've always had sleep issues, but this is the worst I've ever been.
I have severe GERD so I am supposed to sleep with my head elevated. I have an adjustable bed. I was doing that, but till having issues with potential positional apnea so I have lowered it to where I am only slightly elevated. It's a catch 22. I do get more reflux symptoms at night, but my AHI and O2 improved a bit. I did try a cervical collar, but I found it to be incredibly uncomfortable and I had a harder time falling asleep so I am not using it.
This week has been especially bad. I have not slept much at all. I went to bed at 3:00 a.m. last night, but did not fall asleep until nearly 1:00 this afternoon. When I plugged my card in, I see this breathing pattern throughout my sleep that has me concerned. Please see attachments.
I use the Wellvue O2 Insight Pro watch, but I have found inconsistencies with it so I don't fully trust the numbers. Sometimes it will say my 02 has dropped drastically while I am awake and watching TV.
Last night I had lowest O2 of 82 and a high O2 of 105. I had 1 minute and 36 seconds under 90%. For a while my O2 wasn't dropping below 90 and my AHI was staying below 5. I don't know why this week has been so bad. My AHI has been between 5 and 10. My O2 is dropping into the 80's every night. My sleep is very fractured. I wake up a lot throughout my sleep.
Does this sleep pattern look like Cheyne Stokes? It was mentioned on my last sleep study that I do have severe sleep apnea with fractured sleep and decreased slow wave sleep and I never reached Stage 4 or REM sleep. It was pretty bad. I am on Auto settings, but my prescribed settings are 17 ipap/10 epap.
Thanks.
I have severe GERD so I am supposed to sleep with my head elevated. I have an adjustable bed. I was doing that, but till having issues with potential positional apnea so I have lowered it to where I am only slightly elevated. It's a catch 22. I do get more reflux symptoms at night, but my AHI and O2 improved a bit. I did try a cervical collar, but I found it to be incredibly uncomfortable and I had a harder time falling asleep so I am not using it.
This week has been especially bad. I have not slept much at all. I went to bed at 3:00 a.m. last night, but did not fall asleep until nearly 1:00 this afternoon. When I plugged my card in, I see this breathing pattern throughout my sleep that has me concerned. Please see attachments.
I use the Wellvue O2 Insight Pro watch, but I have found inconsistencies with it so I don't fully trust the numbers. Sometimes it will say my 02 has dropped drastically while I am awake and watching TV.
Last night I had lowest O2 of 82 and a high O2 of 105. I had 1 minute and 36 seconds under 90%. For a while my O2 wasn't dropping below 90 and my AHI was staying below 5. I don't know why this week has been so bad. My AHI has been between 5 and 10. My O2 is dropping into the 80's every night. My sleep is very fractured. I wake up a lot throughout my sleep.
Does this sleep pattern look like Cheyne Stokes? It was mentioned on my last sleep study that I do have severe sleep apnea with fractured sleep and decreased slow wave sleep and I never reached Stage 4 or REM sleep. It was pretty bad. I am on Auto settings, but my prescribed settings are 17 ipap/10 epap.
Thanks.
