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From: argh.matey.argh on 10 Jul 2008 12:36 Last night was my thrid day on the machine (S8 Auto Set EPR) set at 7. First night not good, mask way to tight used four hours and wnet off. 2nd night went four hours, felt claustrophobic (which I never do) got up and let my face flatten out a bit (about 45 minutes) and went back to bed. Last night was remarkable. Been a long time since I "felt" I slept this deep. Felt as if I was way deep, almost drugged. I really don't know if this is artifact or not ;-))) Could have slept even longer if situation permitted. Numbers (which I just found out how to access) were AHI 15.4, AI 1.1 and HI 14.3 with leak rate of .18 L/S. I found that mask adjustment seems to very critical and I think it went a long way in makeing me feel more comfortable. I'm not using humidifier and it now does not now, seem to be an issue. Looking foward to using the knowledge exhange of all the folks here, Rich
From: az willie on 10 Jul 2008 16:58 argh.matey.argh(a)gmail.com wrote in news:12d9922a-6283-4cd3-9101- 4ccbedcf8793(a)x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com: > Last night was my thrid day on the machine (S8 Auto Set EPR) set at > 7. First night not good, mask way to tight used four hours and wnet > off. 2nd night went four hours, felt claustrophobic (which I never > do) got up and let my face flatten out a bit (about 45 minutes) and > went back to bed. Last night was remarkable. Been a long time since > I "felt" I slept this deep. Felt as if I was way deep, almost > drugged. I really don't know if this is artifact or not ;-))) Could > have slept even longer if situation permitted. Numbers (which I just > found out how to access) were AHI 15.4, AI 1.1 and HI 14.3 with leak > rate of .18 L/S. I found that mask adjustment seems to very critical > and I think it went a long way in makeing me feel more comfortable. > I'm not using humidifier and it now does not now, seem to be an > issue. Looking foward to using the knowledge exhange of all the folks > here, Rich > ============ The goal is to have an AHI of 5 or less.
From: tension_on_the_wire on 11 Jul 2008 02:34 On Jul 10, 9:36 am, argh.matey.a...(a)gmail.com wrote: > Last night was my thrid day on the machine (S8 Auto Set EPR) set at > 7. First night not good, mask way to tight used four hours and wnet > off. 2nd night went four hours, felt claustrophobic (which I never > do) got up and let my face flatten out a bit (about 45 minutes) and > went back to bed. Last night was remarkable. Been a long time since > I "felt" I slept this deep. Felt as if I was way deep, almost > drugged. I really don't know if this is artifact or not ;-))) Could > have slept even longer if situation permitted. Numbers (which I just > found out how to access) were AHI 15.4, AI 1.1 and HI 14.3 with leak > rate of .18 L/S. I found that mask adjustment seems to very critical > and I think it went a long way in makeing me feel more comfortable. > I'm not using humidifier and it now does not now, seem to be an > issue. Looking foward to using the knowledge exhange of all the folks > here, Rich Congratulations and welcome back to the real world.....the drugged feeling you had was not artifact but a true sensation of the brain being allowed, for the first time in probably a long time, to get proper stage 4 and REM sleep. It would naturally gobble as much time as it could to do that, and so you likely spent more time than most people in those very deep stages trying to catch up. Don't be surprised if you experience extremely deep sleep and very vivid dreams for several weeks. Some people can catch up within only two weeks, others can take up to 3 or 4 months, depending on how longstanding the sleep deprivation was, and whether you had been able to sneak catchup naps or any other way to mitigate the sleep debt. After you have "paid the piper", however, you should go back to having normal sleep patterns. --tension
From: GB on 11 Jul 2008 09:43 "az willie" <sclaus(a)npole.com> wrote in message news:Xns9AD78E15FC3E3456321(a)69.28.173.184... > argh.matey.argh(a)gmail.com wrote in news:12d9922a-6283-4cd3-9101- > 4ccbedcf8793(a)x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com: > >> Last night was my thrid day on the machine (S8 Auto Set EPR) set at >> 7. First night not good, mask way to tight used four hours and wnet >> off. 2nd night went four hours, felt claustrophobic (which I never >> do) got up and let my face flatten out a bit (about 45 minutes) and >> went back to bed. Last night was remarkable. Been a long time since >> I "felt" I slept this deep. Felt as if I was way deep, almost >> drugged. I really don't know if this is artifact or not ;-))) Could >> have slept even longer if situation permitted. Numbers (which I just >> found out how to access) were AHI 15.4, AI 1.1 and HI 14.3 with leak >> rate of .18 L/S. I found that mask adjustment seems to very critical >> and I think it went a long way in makeing me feel more comfortable. >> I'm not using humidifier and it now does not now, seem to be an >> issue. Looking foward to using the knowledge exhange of all the folks >> here, Rich >> > > ============ > The goal is to have an AHI of 5 or less. How many people achieve that? I rarely do, although I am never quite sure whether the machine gets confused by mask leaks?
From: Andy Hall on 11 Jul 2008 10:05
On 2008-07-11 14:43:17 +0100, "GB" <NOTsomeone(a)microsoft.com> said: > > "az willie" <sclaus(a)npole.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9AD78E15FC3E3456321(a)69.28.173.184... >> argh.matey.argh(a)gmail.com wrote in news:12d9922a-6283-4cd3-9101- >> 4ccbedcf8793(a)x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com: >> >>> Last night was my thrid day on the machine (S8 Auto Set EPR) set at >>> 7. First night not good, mask way to tight used four hours and wnet >>> off. 2nd night went four hours, felt claustrophobic (which I never >>> do) got up and let my face flatten out a bit (about 45 minutes) and >>> went back to bed. Last night was remarkable. Been a long time since >>> I "felt" I slept this deep. Felt as if I was way deep, almost >>> drugged. I really don't know if this is artifact or not ;-))) Could >>> have slept even longer if situation permitted. Numbers (which I just >>> found out how to access) were AHI 15.4, AI 1.1 and HI 14.3 with leak >>> rate of .18 L/S. I found that mask adjustment seems to very critical >>> and I think it went a long way in makeing me feel more comfortable. >>> I'm not using humidifier and it now does not now, seem to be an >>> issue. Looking foward to using the knowledge exhange of all the folks >>> here, Rich >>> >> >> ============ >> The goal is to have an AHI of 5 or less. > > How many people achieve that? I rarely do, although I am never quite sure > whether the machine gets confused by mask leaks? A level of 0.18 l/s is pretty good and well within ResMed's specs of 0.4 l/s They say that the machine will perform OK at up to 0.7 l/s The AI figure is reasonable but the HI is high. However, this is pretty meaningless based on three days of data, two of which are questionnable because of mask adjustment issues. It will be more useful to look at the numbers in one and two weeks time to see if there is an improvement in AHI and specifically HI. |