Flow limitation spike right after falling asleep

[fishfinderG]

Hey Everyone,

I'm wondering if others see a similar pattern to me where I sometimes have a big spike in flow limitations right as I fall asleep?  This spike causes my pressure to go up quite a bit for around 10 minutes.  After those ~10 minutes the flow limitation goes away and my pressure begins to drop and stays lower for the rest of the night.  The remainder of the night I see some pockets of flow limitation, like during REM, but it's never as bad as when I first am falling asleep.

I've checked cameras and it doesn't seem to be positional.  Maybe it's just congestion that clears up after a few minutes of me sleeping?  Not sure why it only happens once I fall asleep and only at the beginning of the night on some nights.

It doesn't seem to be a huge issue but I wanted to better understand what's going on with my body as I drift to sleep and see if this is a common thing for other people?


   

[McPhearson99]

You're not alone, the same thing happens to me. Sometimes the sudden flow limitation is bad enough that I wake up resulting in a chain of 15-30 minute naps.
Unfortunately, I don't have any further insight other than to confirm that it doesn't seem to be positional in nature. Hopefully someone else has more insight.

[Crimson Nape]

My first guess is you are laying on your back as you enter sleep, thus as you relax, your airway is becoming obstructed.
- Red

[Bluesv6]

I experience flow limits early on night shortly after going to sleep .  Before bed and am I do a sinus routine now , ive slowly raised min pressures and experimented with epr and have been doing alot better without the spikes . Unsure if that will work for you but what ive ran into and I am side sleeper