RE: can someone read my oscar chart and tell me if it's good or bad?
(01-03-2025, 03:37 PM)Expat31 Wrote: I had positional apnea, and produced both obstructive and centrals. Often these centrals are "false positives.
i tried positional training before, afaik it did make me feel very slightly tiny bit better but that could be a placebo effect as well. i find sleeping on my back a lot easier, on the side i can hear the air from the cpap device going through my mask and i hate that.
i don't know what to do right now, you guys really seem to know A LOT about sleep apnea but my doctor has over 30 years of experience. However in my country (the netherlands) i feel like research on central sleep apnea is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy behind compared to countries like the USA.
RE: can someone read my oscar chart and tell me if it's good or bad?
I see your options are as follows:-
1. Follow the protocol of the doctor, continuing on as now and hopefully the problem will resolve itself, or she will be able to provide "some kind of medication that helps me breathe and controls my breathing or something..?"
2. Acquire yourself a suitable BiPAP. I am not a BiPAP user and therefore cannot offer any advice. All I know is that there are several types of machine. (Copied from wiki)
-Aircurve 10 VAuto. (BiPAP) Bi-Level machines.
-AirCurve 10 S - Fixed bilevel therapy device (10 S is static only).
-AirCurve 10 V - Auto-adjusting bilevel therapy device
-AirCurve 10 CS PaceWave -Adaptive servo-ventilator ASV device used to treat CAs.
(The Aircurve S and Vauto sold in the EU seem to lack trigger sensitivity settings.
On the 21st of December, SarcasticDave suggested a "VAuto style bilevel, using Trigger High or Very High, or the VAuto failing to give good therapy, the ASV to treat CA."
I have no idea how you would buy one in Europe without a doctor's prescription. Someone else in the forum needs to help you out on this.
3. "Sedentary lifestyle for 10+ years causes these symptoms". Is this a comment of the doctor's? What do you think she meant by this? Is your BMI (Body Mass Index) in the normal range of 20-25?
That's all I can think of. I am not a doctor, so the above is what I think are possibilities.
RE: can someone read my oscar chart and tell me if it's good or bad?
Number 3: no that was my comment, that's the only reason i could think of in case sleep apnea is not the cause of my issues. i have to buy the device in the USA and have it ship over to the netherlands, not sure how i can do that.
i forgot to put the SD card back in the device so i have no data. i couldnt fall asleep so i took a sleeping pill my doctor prescribed me and slept for about 6.5 hours with the device.
OSA: AHI 71
CSA: AHI 4.9
the OSA is mainly caused by the sleeping pill for sure, however CSA is again under 5
