New to CPAP, inconsistent results as of late
Although first time poster I have read a lot of posts on here in the last few months there are some real experts on here. I just figured out how to get Oscar data and have
been running it for a few weeks and would love to have someone analyze my charts. I had to paste them as limited to 3 attachments so sorry for that.
Brief hix: Home sleep study early April 2024, 15.1 AHI, OSA. (36 on back, 6 on side) Spo2 low was 77 and 30 mins under 90. Yikes !
5/1: Started CPAP Resmed 10 in APAP mode, almost immediately traded OSA for TECSA. Sleep Dr said those will eventually go away.
June: In lab study as although he didn't want to do one as I had been doing well, I told him I had trouble with sleep duration. Writeup from that is as follows:
Since June, have been doing progressively better and got AHI down to an average of under .20 for a while there.
Then I decided to try some back sleeping as side sleeping was bothering shoulder and hip. They wen't up a little
but nothing drastic. Average .5-.6. I can live with that. They are all centrals and hypopneas/RERS, but mostly CSA.
They say CSA's are consistently inconsistent. Yep they sure are. Night before last 1 single CSA, nothing else.
Last night, very different story. I will say my leak rate was not stellar last night so possibly that plays into it?
I should also add that I upped my EPR from off to 3 initially (to treat aerophagia) now I'm down to 1. I also increased min pressure from 5 to 6.6
over time as noticed SPO2 average would dip to an average of 94 when pressure that low. (FYY- 2 PFT tests soince 6/1, both better than normal spirometry)
Questions:
1- Will leak rate affect CSA ?
2- Do any of my CSA's resemble OSA ?
3- I have ramp set at 20 mins to avoid "Sleep junk CSA's" as I definitely get those when falling or especially lying in bed too long upon waking. "
4- I had previously set range from 6.6 to 11 but then would wake up and see it really close (10.8) so I bumped it to 13 (maybe I can go down again to 11 after seeing these?)
Meds: Hyroxyzine 25mg before bed, Famatodine 10-20 b4 bed, sometimes 3am melatonin mid sleep, sometimes Lorezepam midsleep (rarely though)
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Can't post charts for some reason. No idea why. I only tried to post 3, it wouldn't even take 1 !
been running it for a few weeks and would love to have someone analyze my charts. I had to paste them as limited to 3 attachments so sorry for that.
Brief hix: Home sleep study early April 2024, 15.1 AHI, OSA. (36 on back, 6 on side) Spo2 low was 77 and 30 mins under 90. Yikes !
5/1: Started CPAP Resmed 10 in APAP mode, almost immediately traded OSA for TECSA. Sleep Dr said those will eventually go away.
June: In lab study as although he didn't want to do one as I had been doing well, I told him I had trouble with sleep duration. Writeup from that is as follows:
Since June, have been doing progressively better and got AHI down to an average of under .20 for a while there.
Then I decided to try some back sleeping as side sleeping was bothering shoulder and hip. They wen't up a little
but nothing drastic. Average .5-.6. I can live with that. They are all centrals and hypopneas/RERS, but mostly CSA.
They say CSA's are consistently inconsistent. Yep they sure are. Night before last 1 single CSA, nothing else.
Last night, very different story. I will say my leak rate was not stellar last night so possibly that plays into it?
I should also add that I upped my EPR from off to 3 initially (to treat aerophagia) now I'm down to 1. I also increased min pressure from 5 to 6.6
over time as noticed SPO2 average would dip to an average of 94 when pressure that low. (FYY- 2 PFT tests soince 6/1, both better than normal spirometry)
Questions:
1- Will leak rate affect CSA ?
2- Do any of my CSA's resemble OSA ?
3- I have ramp set at 20 mins to avoid "Sleep junk CSA's" as I definitely get those when falling or especially lying in bed too long upon waking. "
4- I had previously set range from 6.6 to 11 but then would wake up and see it really close (10.8) so I bumped it to 13 (maybe I can go down again to 11 after seeing these?)
Meds: Hyroxyzine 25mg before bed, Famatodine 10-20 b4 bed, sometimes 3am melatonin mid sleep, sometimes Lorezepam midsleep (rarely though)
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Can't post charts for some reason. No idea why. I only tried to post 3, it wouldn't even take 1 !
