06-23-2023, 08:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2023, 09:01 AM by obri95.)
RE: FOT (Forced Oscillation Technique) waking me up repeatedly
(01-18-2019, 10:21 AM)isuckatsleeping Wrote: Wanted to provide a video of FOT. This "feature" seems so excessive and disruptive to me, you can see it vibrating my whole tube in this clip. Make sure you have audio on as well and you'll be able to clearly hear it.
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I find that this repeatedly disturbs me falling back to sleep (usually in the early morning). While I transition into sleep, I usually hold my breath for ~5-10 seconds, FOT will activate and startle me out of this transition back into sleep. It's so frustrating.
Sorry to revive an old thread. Did you ever find a solution to this? The heartbeat-like pulsing wakes me up multiple times a night when it gets strong like in your video. I've had to stop using my AirSense 10 because of it
Even when I wake up from it and am breathing, the heavy pulse is still coming through and moving the tube. It won't stop itself
RE: FOT (Forced Oscillation Technique) waking me up repeatedly
@obri95,
Quite alright in my book to revive old threads because it brings the history of answers with it rather than starting fresh. Personally the pulse wakes me up and drives me crazy too, I've found sometimes it will stop by concentrating on regular breathing other times I have to tap the power button and start it again to get a fresh start. Its like the machine goes into runaway FOT and just wont stop. I've been practicing regular breathing anytime I shift in bed rather than the normal (for me) holding breath while rolling over or adjusting bedding, pillows, sleep position etc, and it has been helping me do so even in that drifting off state. Reduces FOT occurrences considerably. Sorry I cant be more helpful on this one.
08-07-2024, 10:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-07-2024, 10:26 AM by mswertfager.)
RE: FOT (Forced Oscillation Technique) waking me up repeatedly
Hi isuckatsleeping,
I have been running into the same challenge with the ResMed AirSense 11. When I transition from light sleep to deeper sleep, I hold my breath for several seconds. ResMed's Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) would repeatedly wake me up during this transition in the early morning, really exasperating my maintenance insomnia. Eventually, I had to return to an older Philips Dreamstation, which has pressure testing that I do not notice.
I would like to use the ResMed again if you ever found a solution. Have you found any effective solutions?
