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Am I awake? - mcsheltie - 11-14-2016
When the Flow Rate chart looks ragged/spiky does that mean you are awake or does it mean something else?
I do not recall being awake at these times.
![[Image: 5A4Abpn.png]](http://i.imgur.com/5A4Abpn.png)
![[Image: oWP86lw.png]](http://i.imgur.com/oWP86lw.png)
Do any of the other graphs indicate if you are awake (or close to it)?
RE: Am I awake? - justMongo - 11-14-2016
I'd say your in a period of partial obstruction.
RE: Am I awake? - mcsheltie - 11-14-2016
(11-14-2016, 11:56 AM)justMongo Wrote: I'd say your in a period of partial obstruction.
So that is struggling to breath, not waking up?
The top example doesn't show anything going on. The bottom one is about four minutes before a hyponea. Half hour from the last one.
RE: Am I awake? - robysue - 11-14-2016
My take on this is you are probably asleep the whole time. You *may* have turned over between 4:46:05-4:46:15. Or not. It looks like you *may* have had a few snores between 4:46:15 and 4:46:35. And there is some evidence of possible flow limitation before 4:46:05. Whether it's really serious or only minor is hard to tell from just this snippet of breathing AND because the scale on the y-axis is from -110 to +110, whereas the size of the inhalations in this particular snippet of breathing are more in the 25 to 35 L/min rand and the exhalations are in the -15 to -30 range. In other words, to really say anything more definitive about how bad the breathing is before 4:46:15, it would be useful to see the same plot with the y-axis range limited to -50 to +50 or even -40 to +40.
Since your machine did not score a flow limitation, it was "happy" enough with your breathing. The flat part between 4:46:07 and 4:46:15 is not long enough to be scored as either a H or an OA/CA.
RE: Am I awake? - mcsheltie - 11-14-2016
Is there a way to tell using Sleepyhead if you were awake, either fully or partially?