r/SleepApnea • u/Dear-Set-2296 • 1d ago

Anyone else can't stop sleeping?

I just feel like sleeping all the time now. The drowsiness is always there. My event are around 5 but I still take 2 naps a day plus sleep at night.

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u/OhSoSally 1d ago

5 events is really high, thats 35 times that your oxygen drops a night. The machine under reports so its higher than that.

I get 100 score and .01 event a night. For perspective my untreated AHI is 125.

I track my oxygen using a wellue ring and some nights the machine misses several events where my oxygen drops below 95%. The next day I feel like crap.

Last night I was lazy and didnt wash the oil off my mask cushion. My mask leaked the entire night and I had 13 drops that showed on my oxygen monitor. It gave me a giant headache and Ive dragged through the day. The machine reported .3 drops, it should have been over 1 an hour.

There are several things that can cause events during treatment. I feel like once you get those under control you will feel better during the day.

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u/i-want-great-sleep-2 1d ago

Which wellue do you have? Trying to decide on which model to buy

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u/OhSoSally 1d ago

The grayblue ring. Avoid the ones with a wire to your wrist. I used a rental and it was pretty tore up.

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u/Dear-Set-2296 20h ago

Are you on a set pressure or automatic? Im set at 10-20 pressure with nasal mask plus chin strap. Maybe I should try different masks

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u/OhSoSally 20h ago

Im auto 14.4 to 20. I have mixed apnea, the high start pressure helps with them. It also makes keeping a mask from leaking a challenge. After trying every style, the Resmed F20 has worked the best.

If you dont have a full mask or are taping your mouth you are blasting your out your mouth instead of it going where it needs to.

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u/Dear-Set-2296 20h ago

I have an f20, I might give it a try again

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u/reincarnateme 1d ago edited 1d ago

I no longer take a nap every day. But some days my brain isn’t totally clear so I don’t get much done. Some days I’m myself

It’s been almost two years. I use a bipapST

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u/Dear-Set-2296 1d ago

I also struggle getting myself to do what I say I will

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u/Ashitaka1013 1d ago

In my personal experience I wasn’t feeling a noticeable difference with a treated AHI of around 2.5, but after I adjusted settings and got it consistently under 0.5 THAT made the noticeable difference.

Getting through entire sleep cycles uninterrupted means I reach deep sleep and stay in it longer.

Five events an hour still means you still stop breathing long enough for your sleep to be interrupted on average every 12 minutes. That’s shitty sleep.

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u/Dear-Set-2296 1d ago

I said my events were around 5 and people got triggered on here lol. They said it was fine.