Back for a quick update!
Machine setting changes: none
Ongoing Negative Symptoms: waking up with a headache, daytime fatigue and sleepiness, nausea, lack of concentration, anxiety (severity of these symptoms fluctuate day to day, assuming dependent on how good the sleep is).
I did a test run the night prior to yesterday and went to sleep without the machine, and I did wake up more frequently than with the machine and throughout the day I felt just a bit worse, so nothing major of a difference enough to make me believe the machine has reached a point of being 100% effective but enough to make me consider that maybe it's doing something better than nothing.
Symptoms as described above are still quite debilitating, I'm soldiering through the day without damaging my exercise/diet too much but the exercise portion has been almost impossible to maintain (besides a quick jog and some mobility routines) as I run out of energy and the headache is amplified if I push myself which I have in the past.
I noticed last night's data shows quite a higher number of leaks than usual, and one pattern that still arises when I sleep is waking up frequently (not as frequently as when I'm not using the machine) and toss and turn, so something is still going on with my sleep position and/or brain connectivity. I've been very carefully tracking everything else (sleep hygiene, nutrition, exercise, external influences such as work or other stressors) and nothing else is raising potential red flags.
What I'm waiting on still:
- Follow-up in-lab sleep study (I'm also looking online for some thorough at-home tests that might provide something similar to an in-lab test specifically with an ability to check for UARS/RERA, such as AXG Sleep Diagnostics);
- Blood work to check for thyroid, diabetes, testosterone and vitamin D deficiencies
- Knightsbridge Dual Chin Strap to arrive (still using my make-due strap which is working fine with 3M tape to keep my mouth shut, not mouth leaks for the past few nights)
As always, any input on the attached charts below is greatly appreciated. See ya'll on the next update!
May 9...
May 10...
Did not use machine
May 11...
EDIT: one other thing I forgot to mention was that I've also been using an SpO2 and HR monitor that I wear on my wrist and finger when sleeping, my blood oxygen levels have been fluctuating from a high of 98% down to the lowest of 89%, although most nights the lowest have reached only 91%.