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Clear airway events when awake - hockeybik - 01-05-2023

I'm seeing clusters of CA's - clear airway events - when I'm trying to go back to sleep. I know I'm awake by the other breathing charts and my watch. I have a tendency to breathe deep and deliberately when i'm trying to fall back asleep. Anyone else have this? Is the machine reading my deliberate breathing as CA's?


RE: Clear airway events when awake - Gideon - 01-05-2023

The Machine reads you holding your breath and calls it central apnea.  This typically happens then tossing


RE: Clear airway events when awake - hockeybik - 01-05-2023

(01-05-2023, 10:37 PM)Gideon Wrote: The Machine reads you holding your breath and calls it central apnea.  This typically happens then tossing

Gideon, thanks. That explains it. I do pause between inhale - exhale when I'm trying to relax back to sleep. Thanks for the answer.


RE: Clear airway events when awake - quiescence at last - 01-08-2023

You can do the same thing by taking shallow breaths and exhale normal. Doing that will also artificially reduce tidal volume, and this will invoke a need to breathe signal don't breathe in until you get urged to.


RE: Clear airway events when awake - srlevine1 - 01-09-2023

Experienced much the same results when I woke to my alarm and reached over to grab my meds. It appears that I hold my breath when rolling over and reaching for my meds. I have learned to disregard those results after speaking to my doctor.