I did not mean to infer that elderly require LESS sleep, but rather some develop inability to sleep the same length of time compared to earlier in life. From the web page you cited: "Aging affects people differently. While some older adults may have no significant disruptions in their sleep, others ...

It is very difficult to find the origin of the Dreamwear cushions on most online sites. The only company where I saw this info was Direct Home Medical. Calling the vendors does not really help since the customer reps seem not to have access to product specifications. For whatever reason, Philips has...

I have been on a ResMed S10 for about 18 months. The machine is working great, all parameters are optimized, and my AHI is typically ~1. All along, I have been waking up between 4-5 am with mask on for a total of usually 6 hours. Sometimes I drowse back to sleep if I listen to relaxing music. I was ...

I had been using Medium size nasal cushions (Respironics, Lot# 200413, made in China) provided my DME. I needed to replace the cushion, but In the meantime I received a replacement mask “kit” (Respironics, Made in Costa Rica) containing a frame and nasal cushion, so I removed the latter and used tha...

I find that the standard hose for the Dreamwear nasal allows for the best grip of the mask to the head. When I switched to a heated hose to stop "rainout" during the winter months, the added weight tended to pull too much. Wrapping the regular hose with a "Snuggie" worked better than the latter, but...

The only occasion when I do not have dry mouth is when I used to mouthtape and use a nasal mask (I stopped doing this on the providers suggestion). If there is no dry mouth when you use tape, then it's caused by mouth breathing. You can get an idea of the severity of mouth breathing by monitoring y...

Have you tried using a fixed pressure? Even the slight jump in pressure from 7 to 8 may be too arousing in some people. You can do your own self-titration of fixed pressure by sleeping for three nights at 7 and then three nights at 8. You may even want to try 9 if tolerable. Also, often during true ...

I did a sleep study test and it showed no sleep apnea, AHIs of 4 per hour came under the limit. Although I am skeptical as to the accuracy. Why are you skeptical? Did they measure your oxygen levels as part of the sleep study? Mouth breathing can be apnea (i.e. air hunger) or it could be nasal cong...

Started PAP in February 2020. After one year, my therapy has finally been optimized. Listed below are the challenges and how they were solved. Mouth breathing leaks during the first six months defeated the therapeutic effects of the machine *Had frequent large leaks for several months. To rule out m...

Started PAP in February 2020. After one year, my therapy has finally been optimized. Listed below are the challenges and how they were solved. Mouth breathing leaks during the first six months defeated the therapeutic effects of the machine *Had frequent large leaks for several months. To rule out m...

I usually wake up between 4-5 am every night. If I'm alert, I have an old iPhone and use to read news, listen to humorous videos or relaxing music. If all else fails, what works best is to listen to a speech or lecture, eventually lose attention and fall back to sleep. My favorite is 60-70s philosop...

jimbud wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:15 pm

I get the same pattern occasionally. Short periods relative to total nights sleep.
Up to this point, I wake up every morning feeling fine.
I quit worrying about it.

JPB

At this point, quoting Ralph Kramden, I will just fuggedaboutit and move on.

For both charts shown, there was zero leak and no FL during time periods captured.

A period of normal flow rate:




And this one includes interval prior to abnormal FR (latter starts at 4:43):

Can you provide some details on your sleeping environment? I live in a cold weather climate, and myself and bed partner prefer to sleep in the bedroom with a temp range of 60-65 deg F. Initially it is cold getting in bed so we place one or two light blankest over the quilt. As one's body temperature...

OSCAR_11 Jan 2021 (TapedMouth).JPG The flow pattern shown sometimes occurs even when there are no leaks and no flow limitations (I had a Somnifix strip over my mouth for the entire night). I typically use a soft cervical collar to reduce mouth breathing and have also observed similar periodic flow ...