07-27-2021, 01:31 AM
CPAP making my sleep apnea worse...?
Data
As you can see in my data, I got back to using CPAP in 9/7/21, and ever since that my numbers have been getting worse. I have started out at sub 4 AHI, averaging at 6 H of therapy and approx 8-9 hours of sleep. Now, three weeks later, I have reached 16 AHI, with 14 of those apneas being central apneas (I am diagnosed with OSA, and never had more than 1 central apnea per hour). I also sleep more hours, today being the first day I slept for 10 hours. I don't experience restful sleep, and it's hard to get out of bed.
Weight
Weird thing is that in these three weeks, I have actually been losing weight. 77kg in 13/7/21 down to 75.4 today (27/7/21). One of the reasons I got back to therapy was because my sleep depravation was preventing me from burning fat. In these two years, I have tried the same routine to lose fat (intermittent fasting and keto) multiple times. I only had success with the cpap.
I might also add that on 11/7/21 (just a few days into using the machine) I felt AMAZING. I got 6.5 hours of sleep (5.5 of them with the mask) and I felt exactly like I felt when I used the machine years ago. Ever since then however, my mornings have been getting worse.
Sleep Study
22/1/2018, age 24, male, weight 75kg, BMI 25.4
pRDI 27.5 (REM), 16 (NREM), 18.2 (all night)
pAHI 13.2 (REM), 6 (NREM), 7.4 (all night)
ODI 7.7 (REM), 1.8 (NREM), 3(all night)
Oxygen desaturation:
Mean: 94, Minimum: 88, Maximum: 98
Mean of desaturations Nadirs: 93 %
Oxygen desatur 4-9%: 14 events
Oxygen desatur 10-20%: 0 events
Oxygen desatur 20>%: 0 events
As you can see in my data, I got back to using CPAP in 9/7/21, and ever since that my numbers have been getting worse. I have started out at sub 4 AHI, averaging at 6 H of therapy and approx 8-9 hours of sleep. Now, three weeks later, I have reached 16 AHI, with 14 of those apneas being central apneas (I am diagnosed with OSA, and never had more than 1 central apnea per hour). I also sleep more hours, today being the first day I slept for 10 hours. I don't experience restful sleep, and it's hard to get out of bed.
Weight
Weird thing is that in these three weeks, I have actually been losing weight. 77kg in 13/7/21 down to 75.4 today (27/7/21). One of the reasons I got back to therapy was because my sleep depravation was preventing me from burning fat. In these two years, I have tried the same routine to lose fat (intermittent fasting and keto) multiple times. I only had success with the cpap.
I might also add that on 11/7/21 (just a few days into using the machine) I felt AMAZING. I got 6.5 hours of sleep (5.5 of them with the mask) and I felt exactly like I felt when I used the machine years ago. Ever since then however, my mornings have been getting worse.
Sleep Study
22/1/2018, age 24, male, weight 75kg, BMI 25.4
pRDI 27.5 (REM), 16 (NREM), 18.2 (all night)
pAHI 13.2 (REM), 6 (NREM), 7.4 (all night)
ODI 7.7 (REM), 1.8 (NREM), 3(all night)
Oxygen desaturation:
Mean: 94, Minimum: 88, Maximum: 98
Mean of desaturations Nadirs: 93 %
Oxygen desatur 4-9%: 14 events
Oxygen desatur 10-20%: 0 events
Oxygen desatur 20>%: 0 events
