05-08-2023, 02:15 PM
Sleep Quality is Poor - Is Leakage to Blame?
Hello All,
I have been trying to use my Resmed 10 BiPAP ASV, but it is a real struggle because sleep seems unrefreshing. I wake up in the middle of the night SO tired that I can't put the mask back on. It seems to take some conscious effort on my part to relax and fall asleep with the mask, so when I wake up in the middle of the night in this state of terrible super-sleepiness, I take the mask off. I also am waking up in the morning in this insane state of super-sleepiness. It is not like grogginess, it more like a terrible desire to go back to sleep accompanied by sleep inertia symptoms of sluggishness and irritability.
The only evidence I have that Bipap helps is that my FOCUS seems to be improving, even though I continue to struggle with being tired, really there is more tiredness, but less total inability to focus.
Anyway, I am looking at my Oscar data, and it looks like maybe the leakage is the only issue. If this seems right, then what do you do to reduce leakage? I have nasal pillows and don't witness a lot of leakages. I do sometimes experience "gurgling" in which the air seems to be coming into my mouth through the throat even when my mouth is closed. Less frequent than the gurgling is air shooting out of the mouth despite mouth being closed (it zips out through the edges of my lips,but again this is less common than the gurgling)
I am baffled at how the machine claims I have NO events - no apnea, hypopnea, etc. Does this mean the thing is probably providing some kind of theraputic benefit, but I just have to get MORE hours of quality sleep to get the benefits to max?
Oscar data is clumsily attached, possibly improperly due to how tired I am. Thanks for your patience!
I have been trying to use my Resmed 10 BiPAP ASV, but it is a real struggle because sleep seems unrefreshing. I wake up in the middle of the night SO tired that I can't put the mask back on. It seems to take some conscious effort on my part to relax and fall asleep with the mask, so when I wake up in the middle of the night in this state of terrible super-sleepiness, I take the mask off. I also am waking up in the morning in this insane state of super-sleepiness. It is not like grogginess, it more like a terrible desire to go back to sleep accompanied by sleep inertia symptoms of sluggishness and irritability.
The only evidence I have that Bipap helps is that my FOCUS seems to be improving, even though I continue to struggle with being tired, really there is more tiredness, but less total inability to focus.
Anyway, I am looking at my Oscar data, and it looks like maybe the leakage is the only issue. If this seems right, then what do you do to reduce leakage? I have nasal pillows and don't witness a lot of leakages. I do sometimes experience "gurgling" in which the air seems to be coming into my mouth through the throat even when my mouth is closed. Less frequent than the gurgling is air shooting out of the mouth despite mouth being closed (it zips out through the edges of my lips,but again this is less common than the gurgling)
I am baffled at how the machine claims I have NO events - no apnea, hypopnea, etc. Does this mean the thing is probably providing some kind of theraputic benefit, but I just have to get MORE hours of quality sleep to get the benefits to max?
Oscar data is clumsily attached, possibly improperly due to how tired I am. Thanks for your patience!
