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SleepyMommy703

SleepyMommy703
Joined Jul 2017
SleepyMommy703
Joined Jul 2017

I finally had my followup from my at home study last month. I'm still very fatigued despite the readings on my machine indicating my AHI is almost always below 1. My sleep doctor had me do the at home study to see if the machine readings were accurate. While they didn't show any apneas they did show a lot of respiratory disturbances. Basically, she said for some reason I'm still working really hard during the night to breath. She suggested doing a study in a sleep center so we can figure out exactly what's going on and as long as insurance will cover it I'm going to go ahead and do it. I can't figure out why I'd be struggling to breath even with the machine. She asked about a deviated septum or lots of nasal congestion. I know I tend to wake with a little congestion when I don't use my machine, but when I use it I don't notice any. And my ENT once said I had a "very slight" deviated septum but didn't seem concerned about it.

I still wake up a lot during the night. That never changed after starting the CPAP and I don't know why I'm waking. I wake up and feel fully awake quite a few times during the night, but fall back asleep when I realize it's not morning yet and then as it gets closer to morning I'm exhausted and feel like I hardly slept at all. So maybe they'll find there is still a reason that this is happening. Fingers crossed.

Just curious if anyone has had this "respiratory disturbance" thing come up on a home study and if they figured out what it was.