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Re: OSA and Narcolepsy?

Posted by jeanne on August 17, 2001 at 10:30:31:

In Reply to: OSA and Narcolepsy? posted by sleepygrl on August 14, 2001 at 15:33:48:

your situation sounds just like mine. was diagnosed with OSA, started CPAP, felt better initially. I guess it was REM rebound or something, because my doctor speculated I had the OSA for about 10 years. It took me about 5 months to get over the sleep deprivation affects from the OSA. I still remained very sleepy, so my doctor scheduled me for a MSLT, which was positive for narcolepsy. Maybe you need to have your pressure setting checked on the CPAP. One of the things the doctor mentioned in my sleep study report was the fact that I had to have my pressure bumped up from 8 to 10. That was not considered very much, but they did state that it was possible, but not likely, that my continued sleepiness was due to an incorrect pressure setting on the CPAP. However, the MSLT showed my sleep latency was 4 minutes, with sleep onsent REM on each nap. I construed from the doctors comment, that if the pressure setting on the CPAP is really off, that could account for the sleepiness. If you go in for another overnight study and the MSLT, they should be able to tell if the pressure was ok. If its not, you would still snore and have other OSA symptoms. Jeanne

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