Is this real Cheyne Stokes Respiration or not ?

[jsljsljsl]

Thanks so much for all the help.

I do have another question. How unusual is it to see a CA event flagged when the machine was turned off. I made a bathroom trip and had turned it off and all the graph lines end then about 10 sec. later, a CA event was flagged.

Making me wonder if I should be concerned about the accuracy of the machines reporting accuracy and function now.

Thx.

[SarcasticDave94]

I'd say it's very unusual to flag an event from a turned off machine and nobody was wearing the mask.

[sheepless]

can you provide a screenshot of this? it's so odd - one would assume it's impossible - it'd be interesting to see what's going on.

as for accuracy, I believe it's as simple as this: generally, the rule of thumb is it's appropriate to discount events when we're awake while sleeping events should be taken seriously.

[jsljsljsl]

Wil post this evening.

I am curious. Is there a possibility that keeping the mask on after waking and trying to fall back asleep for a decent amount of time actually drive development of CA and breathing ussues during day ?

Thx.

[sheepless]

on the contrary, I'd like to think the machine trains us to breathe more regularly, both asleep & awake, but I have no factual basis for this.

[jsljsljsl]

            Thanks to everyone again.

Been experimenting with some settings and seems to help with EPR down to 1.

I am concerned though of a couple of periods over the last 3 days that appear to be CSR or periodic breathing showing again.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[jsljsljsl]

Here is one additional.


Thanks again.

[Gideon]

This is all happening at the tail end of your night. It makes me think that you are in the process of waking up when we all have a tendency to hold our breaths and mimic centrals. Unfortunately, our machine cannot tell when we are awake, let alone what sleep state we are in. Thus I tend to discount these centrals. You can certainly try to set EPR=0 or off. When you see CSR think Periodic breathing which is not nearly as bad. When you really need to be concerned is when you see the PB over extended periods of time and over much of the night.

[jsljsljsl]

Thank you so much. I was hopeful in that it seemed like PB but I am still new so it doesn't take much to cause concern.

Also, what you are describing could happen at any other time of waking and going back to sleep I assume. 

Thanks again.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving !

[jsljsljsl]

                            Just wanted to check back in and get some opinions on my latest numbers.

The intermittent "CSR" flagged by my ResMed machine once again appears to be periodic breathing that seems to be starting at around 6:00-6:30 am.

I would just like someone to take a look and help me decide if there is anything to be concerned about. Overall my therapy seems to be improved since I last posted but some things still crop up that cause me to woory.

I appreciate all the help and information everyone graciously provides.