08-06-2023, 06:39 AM
Seeking help with optimizing CPAP therapy.
Hi, this is my first post ever on this board so apologies if I miss some essential info.
I'm 6'7/185lbs/28y/o male and I got diagnosed with mixed sleep apnea, around 16 AHI, in February this year (was around 210lbs at that time). My main symptoms are daytime sleepiness, frequent awakening at night, fatigue, depression and brain fog. I've been using ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset with AirFit n30i mask since March with mixed results - on some nights my sleep is great and I feel alive next day with a lot of energy and not needing a midday nap, but on the others I sleep as if I didn't use the device at all - and I can't pinpoint what makes the difference between those two. I also frequently struggle with air burping which wakes me up, but I'm not sure how much does it impact my sleep quality. It seems to be mainly triggered when I lay on my side.
Improvements I've tried so far but are hit or miss:
- Mouth taping - Supposedly helps with air burping and mouth breathing; I follow a guide found on YT from a guy called "TheLankyLefty27" (can't post the exact link because of the new users limitations), but I usually wake up with the "breathing hole" torn up to the whole width of my mouth, didn't notice any significant difference
- Wedge pillow - For reflux which might exacerbate air burping (?); Didn't notice any significant difference
- Simethicone before sleep - Somewhat helps with air burping
- Vitamin D - Seems to help with sleep overall (?)
I'm attaching two screenshots from OSCAR - neither of them are from a "perfect" night but I felt better after the one with 2.63 AHI.
By looking at that data, do you have any ideas what might be a problem causing bad CPAP performance on some nights? I appreciate any help and input.
I'm 6'7/185lbs/28y/o male and I got diagnosed with mixed sleep apnea, around 16 AHI, in February this year (was around 210lbs at that time). My main symptoms are daytime sleepiness, frequent awakening at night, fatigue, depression and brain fog. I've been using ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset with AirFit n30i mask since March with mixed results - on some nights my sleep is great and I feel alive next day with a lot of energy and not needing a midday nap, but on the others I sleep as if I didn't use the device at all - and I can't pinpoint what makes the difference between those two. I also frequently struggle with air burping which wakes me up, but I'm not sure how much does it impact my sleep quality. It seems to be mainly triggered when I lay on my side.
Improvements I've tried so far but are hit or miss:
- Mouth taping - Supposedly helps with air burping and mouth breathing; I follow a guide found on YT from a guy called "TheLankyLefty27" (can't post the exact link because of the new users limitations), but I usually wake up with the "breathing hole" torn up to the whole width of my mouth, didn't notice any significant difference
- Wedge pillow - For reflux which might exacerbate air burping (?); Didn't notice any significant difference
- Simethicone before sleep - Somewhat helps with air burping
- Vitamin D - Seems to help with sleep overall (?)
I'm attaching two screenshots from OSCAR - neither of them are from a "perfect" night but I felt better after the one with 2.63 AHI.
By looking at that data, do you have any ideas what might be a problem causing bad CPAP performance on some nights? I appreciate any help and input.