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Been trying to treat my UARS in the UK for since august and ive not had much improvement in symptoms - would really appreciate some guidance. Here's last night's Oscar data. My custom flags are: 20,00 3s and 50,00 5s
The only thing that's helped my sleep was buying a cervical collar which eliminated my nocturia and severe tossing and turning (i no longer wake up with all my bed sheets ripped off my bed).
I still wake up multiple times a night (particularly in the second half of sleep) and i'm still v tired. I have no issues with my sleep hygiene.
01-26-2022, 05:01 PM (This post was last modified: 01-26-2022, 05:03 PM by UARSUK.)
RE: 6 months of Bipap - very little improvement
Just with a watchpat test, Uk doesn't recognise UARS. I find that I sleep much longer with my CPAP. Before, i would sleep 7ish hours a night and be unable to get back to sleep despite how tired i was, whereas with the CPAP i can get 9-10 hours. Is this normal ?
01-26-2022, 05:15 PM (This post was last modified: 01-26-2022, 05:18 PM by UARSUK.)
RE: 6 months of Bipap - very little improvement
Here's a screenshot from last night. I changed my trigger to v high to get rid of my CAs. I appear to have reached my "attachment quota of 5 MB" so ican't post any more screenshots".
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Machine: air sense 10 for her Mask Type: Full face mask Mask Make & Model: Airfit 20 Humidifier: attached to the airsense CPAP Pressure: 6 - 10 CPAP Software: OSCAR
Looks to me like you're getting a lot of steady leaks, they may not be affecting the therapy, but it's enough to wake you up.
Once that's solved though sometimes the sleep problems aren't up to an apnea or UARS. A lot of things can cause you to wake up at night, multiple times. Whenever i'm going through a particular anxious period my sleep goes to absolute sh*t.
For now I'd try a different mask if you can't keep your mouth closed at night, a full face mask might be the answer.
my worry is, this forum and others is littered with young thin people that have seen no improvement with CPAP regardless of what their data says and so im starting to think that CPAP is not treating all my arousals (or could even be making my sleep worse - im sleeping longer than ever before).
