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01-17-2023, 02:56 PM (This post was last modified: 01-17-2023, 03:05 PM by youcantgetme22.)
Need help interpretating my OSCAR results
For context I am a 24 yr old male who has been using CPAP/APAP for over 2 years. I have stuck to the same machine that I began with, the nasal pillows p10 and airsense resmed 10.
Every night I am able to stay asleep for at least 4+ hours, sometimes all night, and I have the entire room in blackout curtains and good temperature. Humidity is also decent and I have a full cpap humidifier I set every night before I go to bed with distilled water.
Unfortunately, ever since I was diagnosed and got prescribed the machine, I have not felt "significantly lifechanging improvement" to my sleep, many/often times waking up after a supposedly full nights rest exhausted and unmotivated to do anything.
This has been a real pain knowing I have used the CPAP for this long and still have troubles with probable sleep apnea, so want to check with others on places I can improve with my results. Please let me know what other results I should show for further details.
Undiagnosed AHI was 35 for the take-home sleep study. After that they diagnosed me with sleep apnea and provided the airsense resmed 10 soon after.
More context: i usually sleep for 7-9 hours every night no matter the interruptions, and my schedule is sometimes all over the place unfortunately (but even when the schedule is correct I don't feel any better)
01-17-2023, 09:07 PM (This post was last modified: 01-17-2023, 09:08 PM by youcantgetme22.)
RE: Need help interpretating my OSCAR results
>Do you use a chinstrap or mouth tape?
I don't
>Leaks sometimes wake me up so if my graph looked like yours I’d be briefly waking up over and over.
possibly, but is using mouth tape safe with a CPAP? What if the CPAP loses power during the night? Isn't there a risk of suffocation?
If you aren’t comfortable with the idea of taping then try a chinstrap or soft cervical collar.
I tape most nights with cover roll stretch tape and it works well for me. The tape is not so strong that I couldn’t open my mouth in an emergency, and I fold a corner over so it’s easy to get off in a hurry if something required me to do so.
Chinstraps and cervical collars can also work great for many people.