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Quit breathing 150+ times in 2 hours
I am under the impression that is bad. I just had my sleep study Tuesday (8-3-10) and the tech put the CPAP on me after two hours. He said I quit breathing over 150 times during those two hours. Hubby says I snore like nothing he's ever heard and it sounds like someone is choking me. I haven't gotten my results back but am curious, just how severe is it when you quit breathing that much in two hours?
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Permalink Reply by Allison Keller on
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Wow! Thanks, Jeff! Sounds like you really know about all this. I sure am thankful to have stumbled upon this site.
When I wake up I usually just feel like I haven't slept. I have a lot of trouble staying awake driving and at my desk at work until about noon. By then I have usually consumed enough caffeine to keep me fairly alert. But then there is the drive home which has been scary at times. When I get home I think "I need to do this" and "I need to do that" but I just about have to make myself move. I'm just so tired all the time. I did feel a difference the day after my sleep study just from having worn the mask for those few hours. I am really excited about getting a machine =)
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Oh I plan to stick around. I'm also on Inspire. I started blogging there when I had my thyroid removed. I got frustrated because I couldn't find where anyone had written down the total experience so I did it. I think I've helped some people on there and in turn, it's helped me a lot too. Inspire has a Sleep Apnea group as well. I look forward to educating myself (and eventually others, I hope)
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Permalink Reply by gordon on
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When I was tested I had only 2-3 "episodes" where I stopped breathing, my Rx is 11 pressure. The technician showed me the graph of a severe condition, and I remember clearly her saying "here's a patient with 75 episodes in a night ... we fixed him". That's a recipe for heart attack or stroke if not treated, according to her and everything I read.
Please be patient and allow 6 months using CPAP to get the right equipment adjustments and the therapy you deserve.
Let us know how your doing, ok?
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Permalink Reply by John Kemp on
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Hey Allison, I was at 110/hr and the doctor at the sleep clinic was so concerned that he 'fast tracked' me to an a-pap machine within a week and a half....so, yes that number is so off the scale, it's as I see it, life threatening down the road if not treated by pap therapy. Consider that clinically, any AHI over 30 (sometimes I see 20) is considered severe... When I saw the numbers of my heart rate and oxygen saturation of the blood (really low) and the carbon dioxide level in my brain, (very high) it scared the C-RAP out of me!! I have every incentive to be compliant with the pap therapy, I just remember those numbers and how I used to feel without it. BTW, I'm on my 3rd week of therapy and the changes so far are well worth it. John
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Permalink Reply by Mark Douglas on
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I guess VERY. I hope your CPAP fixes all this!!
I was not nearly as severe as yours -- I had a think 15 disturbances per hour. But they never said I "quit" breating. Now with my CPAP, according to the data on my machine, I have 5.2 AHIs per hour. As important as that is, you should also want to know your oxygen level overnight. They are of course, related.
You have a lot to learn - let me throw in what I wish I knew when I was in your shoes
1) To get a data recording machine, so you can see a lot of data yourself.
Don't just hand over your care to the doctor. Some are great --- some not so much. Many of us here found that out the hard way. You will have to be your own advocate, and demand good results. A data recording machine empowers you tremendously, because it tells you several important factors.
( It does not, sadly, tract your overnight oxygen. Someday, they will add that crucial capability)
2) Its VERY important to have good results -- keep fighting and demanding and asking --- till you do. Don't accept delays, excuses, postponements or platitudes.
There is no question, simply NONE, that you will have very serious health problems if you don't get on top of this Just because you got a machine doesnt fix much, by itself.
It depends how effect your CPAP works. I don't want to scare you, but you still face risks -- including heart disease, obesity, fatigue, memory issues -- there literally is not anything that "bad sleep: does not effect over time.
I'm kinda nuts on this overnight oxygen thing - others are not. Every cell, and every process in every cell, every cell division, and every organ in your body, depends on a healthy oxygen level.
If your overnight oxygen is low -- from whatever cause -- its like throwing darts to determine which disease (s) you will get. CPAP should fix low oxygen -- but you can't tell unless you test for it. So for my two cents -- bug the bejesus out of your MD to get that "oxygen thing lined out. And if he doesn't -- you get a meter and test it yourself.
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Oh dear, I'm not sure if I'm replying in the right place or not. Anyway, I am concerned about the oxygen thing because my feet and ankles have been swelling very badly and my regular doctor said that could be from CO2 backing up in my system from not getting enough oxygen. I will remember to talk to my doc about that. Thanks!
Mark Douglas said:I guess VERY. I hope your CPAP fixes all this!!
I was not nearly as severe as yours -- I had a think 15 disturbances per hour. But they never said I "quit" breating. Now with my CPAP, according to the data on my machine, I have 5.2 AHIs per hour. As important as that is, you should also want to know your oxygen level overnight. They are of course, related.
You have a lot to learn - let me throw in what I wish I knew when I was in your shoes
1) To get a data recording machine, so you can see a lot of data yourself.
Don't just hand over your care to the doctor. Some are great --- some not so much. Many of us here found that out the hard way. You will have to be your own advocate, and demand good results. A data recording machine empowers you tremendously, because it tells you several important factors.
( It does not, sadly, tract your overnight oxygen. Someday, they will add that crucial capability)
2) Its VERY important to have good results -- keep fighting and demanding and asking --- till you do. Don't accept delays, excuses, postponements or platitudes.
There is no question, simply NONE, that you will have very serious health problems if you don't get on top of this Just because you got a machine doesnt fix much, by itself.
It depends how effect your CPAP works. I don't want to scare you, but you still face risks -- including heart disease, obesity, fatigue, memory issues -- there literally is not anything that "bad sleep: does not effect over time.
I'm kinda nuts on this overnight oxygen thing - others are not. Every cell, and every process in every cell, every cell division, and every organ in your body, depends on a healthy oxygen level.
If your overnight oxygen is low -- from whatever cause -- its like throwing darts to determine which disease (s) you will get. CPAP should fix low oxygen -- but you can't tell unless you test for it. So for my two cents -- bug the bejesus out of your MD to get that "oxygen thing lined out. And if he doesn't -- you get a meter and test it yourself.
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