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Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - mrp80 - 09-03-2023
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Hi! I was diagnosed with OSA on 8/2/23--I had two different anesthesiologists suggest I might have OSA, one in 2020, one in 2022, but other that occasional quiet snoring, never really had any symptoms. Had exhaustion and frequent night waking recently, but I have a toddler, and the round robin of post-covid upper respiratory infections.
I am also pregnant (17 wks), and was recently diagnosed with post-viral/nighttime asthma. That diagnosis came 2-3 months before the OSA one, and may be completely new. (I get wheezy at night, doesn't really bother me, not using inhalers unless absolutely needed at OB's advice.)
I have been using my CPAP, but I still feel like I am waking up a ton, and I am EXHAUSTED. Even when I sleep 10+ hours, which is really not a thing I do, even pregnant. I feel more tired since starting CPAP. Have been trying to get a good pulseox (Circul and Wellue unfortunately did not work for me), and have been playing around with sleep trackers, many of which suggest I am getting less than 10% deep sleep a night, and sometimes roughly only 10% REM, although some nights closer to 20%. (I know that stuff isn't reliable/reliable, but trying to figure things out.)
They are bringing me back for an in-lab sleep study, to see if they can figure out why my data (on their end, AirView) looks so good, but I feel so poorly. In the meantime, would love any and all thoughts. Here are my OSCAR charts from last night.
Thanks!
-mpr
RE: Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - GWild - 09-04-2023
Not a sleep expert but from personal experience I also felt more tired after starting treatment, but the headaches were gone. After a couple months the sleep began being refreshing again. I attributed it to my body not knowing what to do with a good nights sleep and it was adjusting to the fact I really didn't need to wake up every other minute to breathe.
RE: Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - mrp80 - 09-04-2023
Wanted to add for context--I'm also waking up like roughly once an hour and don't know why.
RE: Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - staceyburke - 09-04-2023
Waking up is possibly due to flow limits. You did not include the chat so I’m taking an educated guess. Flow limits are apnea the same as Oa and H events but are not counted in the AHI. You can see how apnea is determined in my signature.
To help with flow limits I would suggest you try these settings.
Min 7
EPR set to FULL TIME 3
Also to make it easier to see everything on your graphs - turn off calendar - pie chart and use F12 button for a screenshot.
RE: Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - mrp80 - 09-04-2023
Flow limits are on my second chart. I don't think I can do the screen cap thing because I'm on a mac. Thanks so much!
RE: Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - slingshot383 - 09-04-2023
I'd bet being pregnant doesn't help any. I have arthritis, just had a double neck fusion and scheduled for lumbar surgery in 2 weeks. Pain wakes me up every 20 minutes,fully awake, so, I'm betting I never get into REM sleep.
RE: Exhausted newbie, good stats (?) but more tired - Old Steve - 09-04-2023
Everything in OSCAR 1.5.0 works just fine on my imac...