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Fitness tracker sleep data - extremely low deep sleep.

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@johnbishop

Hi @rjjacobsen, I have similar symptoms but it's usually when my AHI number is above 4 which is my CPAP target number from my sleep medicine doctor. I have obstructive sleep apnea. Earlier this year I dumped my iWatch for a Fitbit Versa 4 (free from NIH All of Us Organization for sharing the health data). The sleep data is interesting but it doesn't give me the full details every night. I think it's mostly because it can't read my heart rate consistent sometimes if I forget to clean the back or move it higher on my arm to make it tighter. The last good reading I had was Friday night and I was awake 12% (1hr 6m), REM 18% (1hr 39m), Light 57% (5h 9m), Deep 13% (1h 9m) and my AHI was 3.1. Contrast that with Friday night Nov 3rd - AHI 8.3 well over my target of 4 and my Fitbit showed Awake 15% (1h 20m), REM no % shown - 1h 6m, Light 71% (6h 6m), Deep no % shown - 4m.

I'm wondering if the AHI is the key to feeling refreshed. Might be a good question to ask your sleep medicine doc. It's been about 4+ years since I had my sleep test and I don't remember seeing all of the detailed numbers from the sleep test.

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John -

Thanks for your reply.

Over the last 18 days, I averaged 6 AHIs. Highest was 8.1, lowest 2.6.

I have two other contributing factors - one is pain in shoulders, hips and back requiring movement to get comfortable, the other is nocturnal toilet trips this is 2-3 times overnight.

I take 7.5mg Remeron 90-105 minutes before bedtime - this helps me get back to sleep quickly after waking up. I also take 3mg melatonin 45-60 minutes before bedtime - both per sleep guy. Take Tylenol ER for the pain... NSAIDS work better, but they chew up the GI tract so I can't take them.

My fitness tracker is a VivoSmart4. It seems consistent, but it remains to be seen if it's consistently inaccurate.

I've rechecked my sleep hygiene and last night turned off an electric space heater - I wanted to know if the noise it generates causes disruption. Too early to tell.

Checking the normal sleep hygiene things as well.

Will ask about a sleep study or maybe a recalibration study.

Thanks!