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5th Sleep Study

Posted by Sleepyhead on April 24, 2003 at 18:47:07:

As I’ve stated before I have terrible EDS, not corrected by CPAP therapy, and I was having some compliance issues. I was taking the mask off in the middle of the night thinking ”I’ll just take it off for a minute.” Wrong! I was probably only 50% compliant recently. Prior to that I was 100% compliant for months. My doctor thought it might be due to the pressure. I think it’s more from the pressure of the headgear on the back of by head. He suggested a change to a BiPAP and I’d need another sleep study. I took him up on it after his second suggestion. Last Tuesday I had my 5th sleep study.

For this study they used a BiPAP machine and I asked to use a Breeze or NasalAire. They had a Breeze. Normally I use the Mirage Ultra nasal mask with CPAP. The BiPAP part of the study was totally unnoticeable to me. I could not feel or hear the changes in pressure. The Breeze was a little noisy, compared with my usual mask, and the headgear had some hard spots in the back that bothered me. But I figured I could adjust given some time if I owned one. And I knew I could put up with it for one night anyway. Besides I have EDS. Sleep is no problem. I think it was an older model based on what I’ve seen on the net.

My normal CPAP pressure is 13 cm. In the morning after the test the technician said I ended up at 15 / 9. Somewhat higher on the inhalation than my normal CPAP pressure but that was a maximum for the study. It gives the Dr. some flexibility in prescribing my settings according to the Tech. I hoped my pressure would go down with the Breeze but “it is what it is”. All in all I slept pretty well all night and mouth breathing was not an issue or they would have wakened me to correct it.

So now I wait for a new BiPAP machine and a Breeze interface. I’ll keep the Mirage for a backup. I’m looking forward to the change and hoping this new therapy will cure my EDS. If it doesn’t correct things I’ll still know the OSA is being treated properly and I’m not dying, little by little, in my sleep.

Right now the EDS is controlling my entire life. If I’m not exhausted I’m tired. No in between. If this does not work I’m off to see a neurologist for a second opinion.

Sleepyhead

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