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RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond.
May you all have the strength and energy to live and conquer your own issues.
Be well
DaveL
Toronto
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!
I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea.
RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
(03-23-2021, 08:18 PM)Gideon Wrote: Dave, this is a work in progress, it is not ready to go mainstream yet. It will be a long slow road as I add this and that to this wiki article. But it should help.
My hat is off to you. I'm really happy you did this work and sent me the link above.
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!
I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea.
RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
During my first sleep study my sleep doc observed severe sleep apnea
AND
Restless leg syndrome
RLS was observed during my last sleep study and noted by the sleep doc.
These two sleep studies were more than 30 years apart. Yet Restless Leg Syndrome has never been treated...
Is it possible to see Restless Leg Syndrome on OSCAR charts?
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!
I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea.
RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
OSCAR does not specifically recognize RLS. It would show as a disturbance in the flow rate. Specifically assigning the cause of the disturbance is very difficult.
Gideon - Project Manager and Lead Tester for OSCAR - Open Source CPAP Analysis Reporter
RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
plm does have a signature pattern that I've confirmed in my flow rate and seen repeated in the charts of others. to my surprise, I've found the same pattern when masked up in bed trying to fall asleep moving around trying to ease waking rls. I think I'm awake but maybe I'm in transition and easily wakened. these (waking?) rls episodes usually last less than 20 minutes before I can't stand it and have to unmask, get up and walk around. the similarity in patterns surprises me because I perceive movements while awake fighting rls as random and involving more of the body, whereas, according to my wife, my sleeping plm movements are uniformly timed, spasmodic & mostly (not entirely) limited to the legs.
RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
Thanks Gideon.
Thanks sleepless...I'll look more closely!
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!
I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea.
RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
(04-25-2021, 03:07 PM)sheepless Wrote: here's one from when I think I'm awake, first attempt of the night to fall asleep struggling with rls. pretty much the same.
This is helpful to me. I see a lot of members displaying this pattern, and it is flagged now as variable breathing in Philips machines and disables the auto-pressure algorithm. If this is a signature of PLM/ RLS that is a very useful piece of information.
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RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
I'm so grateful that sleepless shared.
However, I'm still sitting in this class with a dunce cap on my head. I don't know the trace that shows the PLM/RLS amongst all those squiggles.
so I can't recognize it in my own trace.
So far the only "for sure" indicator I have is that my 80 lb dog jumps down off the bed so she won't be kicked....
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!
I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea.
Machine: Needing iVAPS but QUACKS refusing to help but they love testing Mask Type: Not using mask Mask Make & Model: F&P Vitera on shelf Humidifier: None/nada CPAP Pressure: 0-0 pressure set CPAP Software: Not using software
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RE: Saddened by my lack of progress with reading OSCAR
Give your dog a big hug Dave.
INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEBSITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
