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27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<2, extreme fatigue - fitandfatigued97 - 07-09-2024 Hi everyone, I'm in my late 20s, have had previous surgery for OSA and have just started a CPAP trial a week ago. Currently, I'm struggling a great deal with what I believe are symptoms some sort of sleep disorder. I feel significantly impacted by extreme fatigue, grogginess, headaches, and clouded thought, almost every day. I'm barely functional. Really hoping someone here will be able to offer me some advice in relation to the PAP therapy I started through a local clinic a week ago, which doesn't seem to be working for me. My GP is difficult to get in to see but I have got an appointment in a few weeks to ask for a referral to a sleep physician. Due to where I am located, it could take months to see a sleep specialist. The health system/infrastructure where I live is not the best in Australia. Quick hx of my journey so far:
I recently learnt about UARS, by watching a video by thelankylefty27 on YouTube that explained it could be a reason someone might feel wrecked even with a low AHI. Wondering if this could be me... Is anyone able to have a look at my data and offer any advice on what might be wrong or what I could improve? If you've read through this... thanks so much for your time. If anyone has expertise to share that could potentially help me feel even a little more well, I'd really appreciate it. I'm having trouble putting images in this post that are screenshots of my OSCAR data. Hopefully these links to my SleepHQ data uploads work... 7 Jul 24 - https://sleephq.com/public/4302a832-32b8-4fa6-90eb-3ffd6cce09a0 6 Jul 24 - https://sleephq.com/public/42441721-3b89-4390-bc29-3cedafb4e605 4 Jul 24 - https://sleephq.com/public/9fd3e56b-f131-48bb-a3ba-e855c4d340b8 2 Jul 24 - https://sleephq.com/public/fc348b91-3ac1-48d5-a4fd-efc1530361ba RE: 27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<2, extreme fatigue - SarcasticDave94 - 07-09-2024 Welcome to the Apnea Board, Here's a few things to start with: 1. Increase your minimum pressure to 7, so the next step works 2. Turn on EPR to 3 full time 3. Use OSCAR for your chart data, post it here with the attachment option 4. Consider turning Ramp off or at least increasing the pressure up to matching 7 min RE: 27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<2, extreme fatigue - joeblough - 07-09-2024 have you visited an allergist? my story is very similar to yours and the CPAP definitely helps me, but i am now seeing an allergist to see if there is some other cause for my headaches/fatigue. will have results soon... RE: 27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<2, extreme fatigue - fitandfatigued97 - 07-09-2024 Hi SarcasticDave94 Thanks for your reply! Currently I've got the settings on Auto 4-20 EPR 3, I'll take your advice and try changing this to Auto 7-20 EPR 3 and see how I go. I find it difficult to fall asleep with the initial pressure more than 4 so I might leave ramp on for now. I've figured out how to attach some OSCAR screenshots to this post, hopefully they upload... [attachment=66787] [attachment=66786] [attachment=66785] Hi joeblough - Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. Will ask my GP about my options RE: 27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<2, extreme fatigue - Narcil - 07-09-2024 Please show us the details tab of the left column so we can see the stats and post the entire night not 5 mins zoomed in views. instructions available in the wiki did your sleep study show centrals? RE: 27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<2, extreme fatigue - fitandfatigued97 - 07-09-2024 Hi Narcil, Thanks for your message. The physicians who did my 2019/2020 sleep studies didn't mention any central events. I just checked the results of them and there aren't any noted on the study reports. I'm limited to 3 attachments in this reply, so I'll try post those reports in another post below. Meantime here are some OSCAR screenshots with the details tab open. [attachment=66788][attachment=66789][attachment=66790] RE: 27 y.o. male, new to CPAP, AHI<3, extreme fatigue - fitandfatigued97 - 07-09-2024 Attached are the results of the three sleep studies I've had in the past (these were all long before I started CPAP in Jul 24)
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