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Help me fine tune my BIPAP settings, please!
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RE: Help me fine tune my BIPAP settings, please!
You have very low event rates. It might be interesting to use a recording oximeter to see if your oxygen saturation levels are normal. The CMS 50 series are inexpensive and work with Sleepyhead. Beyond that, I think you need to consider that the problem is unrelated to your use of CPAP or BiPAP.
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Just one question. What is IAH? Has the 'I' come around to the front?
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IAH is AHI. So yes the "I" moved to the front. He's a restless little letter isn't he.
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(04-17-2018, 04:10 AM)holden4th Wrote: Just one question. What is IAH? Has the 'I' come around to the front?

Nito is using the Spanish Translation of Sleepyhead.  Apnea Hypopnea Index becomes Índice de Apnea Hypopnea.
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(04-16-2018, 02:24 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: You have very low event rates. It might be interesting to use a recording oximeter to see if your oxygen saturation levels are normal.  The CMS 50 series are inexpensive and work with Sleepyhead.  Beyond that, I think you need  to consider that the problem is unrelated to your use of CPAP or BiPAP.

What can be the problem then or do I need more months using the machine to start feeling better? Thanks again for your help .
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Nito, there are many potential causes for chronic fatigue and the symptoms you listed (very tired, morning headaches, feeling groggy and drowsy, bad memory). They range from hormone deficiency (low testosterone) to auto-immune disease, to anemia. The only way to find out is to obtain comprehensive blood tests and a physical exam, then start doing some detective work regarding the circumstances of when the symptoms started. With chronic fatigue, it may be difficult to obtain a good diagnosis as it is mostly a matter of eliminating other possibilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome

You are not alone. Inputting your list of symptoms to a Google search produced these results: https://www.google.com/search?q=very+tir...e&ie=UTF-8 All we can say is that you are clinically very well treated with both CPAP and BPAP, however we don't have EEG data to verify that you are getting sound and undisturbed sleep. That is beyond the capability of any CPAP software, and would require the use of a polysomnograph with EEG channel while sleeping with your therapy.
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RE: Help me fine tune my BIPAP settings, please!
Sleeprider,
I am collecting the results of my latest polysomnography tomorrow.
Hopefully that will shed some light.
Will keep you posted.
Thanks again for your help.
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RE: Help me fine tune my BIPAP settings, please!
(04-17-2018, 09:27 AM)Sleeprider : Please find attached the results of my latest sleep study Wrote: What can I do to achieve REM sleep now that my apnea is treated???

This sleep study was done with CPAP on at a fixed pressure of 13cmH2O

I still get headaches in the morning, feel tired and beaten up all day  and have brain fog.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Kind regards,

                             NITO









Nito, there are many potential causes for chronic fatigue and the symptoms you listed (very tired, morning headaches, feeling groggy and drowsy, bad memory).  They range from hormone deficiency (low testosterone) to auto-immune disease, to anemia.  The only way to find out is to obtain comprehensive blood tests and a physical exam, then start doing some detective work regarding the circumstances of when the symptoms started.  With chronic fatigue, it may be difficult to obtain a good diagnosis as it is mostly a matter of eliminating other possibilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome

You are not alone.  Inputting your list of symptoms to a Google search produced these results: https://www.google.com/search?q=very+tir...e&ie=UTF-8   All we can say is that you are clinically very well treated with both CPAP and BPAP, however we don't have EEG data to verify that you are getting sound and undisturbed sleep.  That is beyond the capability of any CPAP software, and would require the use of a polysomnograph with EEG channel while sleeping with your therapy.
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Now here is the sleep study attached here
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Now here is the sleep study attached


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