with sleep apnea. Did you do a follow-up sleep test (polysomnography with titration)? Or, did they actually put a CPAP mask on you during your test(s) at the laboratory? If not, you may need to see your sleep physician again and have a PSGT (Polysomnography with titration). If your problem is not "simple" obstructive sleep apnea, CPAP/BiPAP/AutoPAP, etc. may not meet your needs.
Been on the CPAP for the last year. three months ago I had a septoplasty...All went well. Two weeks ago I had UPPP surgery and ever since the first night as soon as I fall asleep I start choking. Seems like even when I'm awake i can take a deep breath through my nose and feel my tonge/throat closing off. I"ve video taped myself sleeping the last few nights and it's happening about every 5 to 10 minutes. I'm choking on the inhale...
Yes, there can be a link. Every time you stop breathing, you create a vacuum effect that can suck up your stomach juices into your throat (causing your voice box inflammation which can lead to hoarseness, cough, lump sensation and post-nasal drip). It's been shown that stomach contents can then either go into your lungs or into your ears or sinuses. Consider that it's not just acid, but bile, digestive enzymes, and bacteria that's coming up.
I was diagnosed with OSA about 2 years. For all this time I am struggling with the cpap machine/mask.
I got over the embarrsement/discomfort but still having problems that make me not use it.
I have a good machine with humidfyer. But I get so bone dry in the mouth-tongue that it wakes me up.(no moisture to even swallow) I have tried different things but guess I am still mouth breathing with mask on. I have a full faced Mirage Quattro mask.
My original polysomnography showed 1 obstructive apnea, 1 central apnea, 2 hypopneas and 148 respiratory effort-related arousals in 6 hours of sleep, with greatly increased stage 1 and significantly decreased stage 3 and REM sleep, so I think UARS fits. However, the 2 titration studies I had seemed to have been focused on apnea; the CPAP pressure used only reduced my RERAS to 12/hr hour, and the sleep fragmentation was worse than my diagnostic study.
The problem started for me one fine day when there was absolutely no stress in my life. I have been using CPAP after the titration study, but the sleep pattern hasn't changed. This leads me to believe something else as the cause of this fragmented sleep pattern. Any ideas?
I was told that you correct it with a CPAP or variant of. I understand this, but what is causing this to happen. I had two sleep obstructions, four nuero, two mixed, and 29 hypopneas. I never went into Deep sleep NR3 or NR4. It recorded I had zero leg movements, but I kept popping off the leads on my legs from moving them. Venting aside, what is the path I must follow to get the underlying cause answered? Since childhood I have many symptoms of Narcolepsy and other sleep Disorders.
However, I know that there is more to it than that, because prior to CPAP therapy I did not experience this, and with the increase in CPAP pressure to 12 cm H20 following titration, the swelling is quite severe. More telling is the fact that when I suspended CPAP therapy for almost a week (due to difficulties with the DME provider), the swelling went down (and night time visits to the bathroom to urinate returned).
I had a home sleep study done and it came out that I had apnea and they ordered a CPAP titration. I also had some other bloodwork done and i was wondering if this could have anything to do with my symptoms and apnea.
B12 --231 (reference range 211-911)
Folic Acid --- 20.9 (says supposed to be below 5.4)
I know that folic acid can mask B12 deficiency and was wondering if this could be my problem.
Some providers will loan them overnight at little or no cost if they are providing the cpap. Someetimes there are other health issues with the lungs that affect the oxygen levels and require adding oxygen to the cpap if determined there is a need. Sleep apnea certainly can cause daytime fatigue. In many cases, therapeutic cpap treatment restores one to health and vitality. In some, damage can have occured. If any doubt, a cardiac workup wouldn't hurt.
I stopped breathing 15 times an hour and my Blood O2 got to 82%.. I dont know, are those results bad or mid range?? I had a CPAP titration last night and slept great. It took a while to get used to the mask but i felt really good today. I hope over time i will be back to 100%. The only thing is that the machine pumped my stomach full of air.. Makes an unpleasant morning!! I will be set up on a machine by the end of the week..
i wont go to bed till i know that i can sleep..im on disabilty so i dont have any times to be any place..so i go to bed at 3:00am..i put the mask on and mess with it so it wont leak..once i get it taken car of,..i fall asleep within 15 min or less..if ur apnea then you know that the 1st 90 min is ( rem) sleep..then within 2-3 hrs you get to level 3 stage..then stage 4..
well i never seem to get to stage 4..i never did on my sleep study..about 30 min there..
I have leaky gut and would love to have sensitivities to various things tested and helped. BAX 3000 sounds very good, but need to know the approximate cost and how many treatments are required. Thanks.
I had to discontinue using my cpap, due to chronic lung infections. Changing the tubing, keeping it spotless, did not help prevent infection for me. Stopping the cpap treatment, is the only thing that prevented the chronic lung infections...and I always used the humitifer, which never helped prevent any infection... I regret ever having the sleep study and I regret what all the money and time it cost me, and the suffering of 3 years of lung infections...I am so done using the cpap treatment!
My sleep study cost 10,000, and was inconclusive. I had to get a home study to confirm my apnea (these cannot be used to test CPAP settings though). If you have insurance, it's probably in your best interest to use it.
You could also ask the doctor your insurance question over the phone - many want to help. My instinct is that sleep apnea is so common that insurance companies would lose too many customers if they turned down people with the condition.
The gold standard is a diagnostic sleep study and titration in a lab. It would differentiate between obstructive, central, or complex sleep apnea or UARS. It would also determine if it is exacerbated, decreased or eliminated by sleep position, and if you are prone to centrals at higher pressures.
I never had a sleep study done do to the fact insurance wont cover it and the cost is about 2000.00 I have had just regular check ups with my physcian and have had my airway and breathing checked to rule out any apnea peoblems, from what my girlfriend and i can tell i dont have any uncontroled limb movements.
Had sleep study, left study with a sleep apnea machine, discovered it would cost me $140 a month, have high insurance deductible so shopped online and found same machine brand new fraction of the price, called my sleep doc for a copy of my prescription....was told "its against policy to give you a copy, we don't approve of obtaining your equipment elsewhere"
DO I NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO THE RX AND TO CHOOSE WHERE TO PURCHASE IT?
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