Frequent Jolting in Sleep

[Pawpri]

I was trying to cuddle him tonight while we sleep, and he keeps like jumping/flinching. Which he did a lot before the cpap. But I haven't tried to cuddle with him, or watch him sleep since he started using the Cpap, because I usually go to bed first, so idk if he's been doing this every night still or not. 

I thought it was related to the Sleep Apnea. But if the CPAP is bringing his AHI down, then idk why he keeps jolting. 

I asked him if he's okay and he said yea. And I asked him why he keeps jolting and he said he didn't know. And I asked if he was asleep when he did it, and he said he didn't know. 

(So yes he was probably asleep. ) 

But he's doing it a lot. 

Should I be concerned??

I have another thread here, where we have been making coap changes, but the jolting is concerning me right now and I was hoping to get a quicker response on it. 

https://www.apneaboard.com/forums/Thread...11-Autoset

[Phaleronic]

Do any of these apply to him?

'Excessive Caffeine or Nicotine Consumption
Stimulants like caffeine and nicotine wake up your brain
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. These substances can also stay in your system for several hours, disrupting sleep. In one study, people who stopped drinking coffee six hours before bed
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still had trouble falling asleep. Having too much caffeine or nicotine, or consuming these substances too close to bedtime, may lead to hypnic jerks.

Stress and Anxiety
Both everyday stress
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and diagnosed anxiety disorders
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can contribute to insomnia, which leads to the kind of sleep deprivation that increases your risk of hypnic jerks. When you are stressed or anxious, your cortisol levels remain elevated during sleep, which makes sleep less restful. Anxious thoughts can also keep you up at night, making it hard for you to relax into sleep and disrupting the transition between wakefulness and sleep, potentially triggering a hypnic jerk.

Some people who experience hypnic jerks frequently may even develop anxiety around sleep itself, which only increases their likelihood of experiencing sleep deprivation and more hypnic jerks.'

[Pawpri]

Yea he smokes, drinks soda, energy drinks, and coffee, and has an anxiety disorder.

I was worried he was having trouble breathing or something

[icipher]

Yea he smokes, drinks soda, energy drinks, and coffee, and has an anxiety disorder.

I was worried he was having trouble breathing or something

Why someone with an anxiety disorder would smoke and drink energy drinks is insane to me. 

Sounds like his sympathetic nervous system might be in overdrive.

[Pawpri]

Why someone with an anxiety disorder would smoke and drink energy drinks is insane to me. 

Sounds like his sympathetic nervous system might be in overdrive.

Yeaaaaa he's not very smart lol. I am trying to help him. He doesn't get good sleep because of the sleep apnea which is why he drinks energy drinks.

[PeaceLoveAndPizza]

Sleep hygiene is something we do not discuss nearly enough. Here is a brief checklist from Harvard Medical school with sage advise.

https://sdlab.fas.harvard.edu/files/sdla...weekly.pdf

[UnicornRider]

I agree with PL&P, everything we can do towards good sleep hygiene, lessens the demand we place on a *PAP  Device to compensate for. 

Now anyone who has not violated the "Consistent Early Bed Time Rule" can commence to flog me with their pillow now. For I am guilty.

[Pawpri]

I'm working on it. The man really likes caffeine and going to bed late lmao.

[stevew168]

Some are afraid to sleep for what they might dream.
--SW