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Is there a home test for sleep apnea? Testing in a clinic?
Sleep Health | Last Active: Mar 27 3:59pm | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
Hi, carol1024,
My experience was similar, but I had a hard time falling asleep. When I finally did, the tech came in and put a mask on me. She said 1 had 5 apneas in an hour when she decided to give me a mask. She said that I had 35 apnea episodes during the test which was in the severe range. I had no central apneas recorded. Right now, I have been using the cpap for about 6 weeks and tolerating the mask better. My machine is set between 6 and 10 with a ramp pressure at 4. At first I was having a problem going to sleep with the mask on, but that's gotten better. I get up at night to use the bathroom so I have to remember to shut off the machine or it will record a mask leak. I don't feel any difference with the cpap, but I didn't have excessive fatigue before. I have a doctors appt coming up and I have a few questions. I plan to use this machine until I own it, then make a decision if I will continue. Best wishes and sleep tight!
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Not understanding the putting mask on during the first night of study. The first night is to see how many you have. You might have, like me, 31 in one hour but then only 3 or 4 another hour. They did not put a mask on me the first night at all. They just noted how may episodes I had and the I went back to wear the mask. The doctor had to read the results to get final count to know what to set my machine to. I guess they are all different.
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I had 31 episodes and my neurologist said that was a mild case. He also has a doctorate in sleep study. I talked to someone that had 85 episodes in an hour and there was another person with over 100. That's a LOT.