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Gasping for air as falling asleep with cpap - Sleepyroshi - 06-29-2023
Hello, I have mild sleep apnea (says doctor) and I have been on cpap a couple years. Nothing has changed since I started really and the main issue that I have is that when I am falling asleep (not asleep) I stop breathing and panic and then gasp for air. I can literally feel myself not breathing and I like panic trying to breathe an it takes a second or two for me to be able to breathe again. It's like my body is unable to breathe during these moments. It happens 20-30 times on a bad night.
Both sleep doctors I have been to have no idea what it is because they say everything on my sleep reports is normal and that my apneas are barely there. Clearly these events I'm having are not showing on their end. I have downloaded Oscar to try and find it on my own but am not really sure what to look for. I have been trying to figure this out for almost 2 years and still have had no luck.
I have added a few screenshots from a short nap I took earlier today where I experienced at least 10 of these "forgetting to breathe" events. I was hoping someone could maybe shed some light on anything that stands out.
I will be trying to order another sleep study and I would like to try an ASV machine however there is no way my insurance will cover it with my current AHI being so low.
Thank you for any input you can give me!