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Join the club! If you're interested in the data aspect of this, I highly recommend the software package sleepyhead. It let's you see all the data from the machi
by DrAwdeOccarim 9y ago
Join the club! If you're interested in the data aspect of this, I highly recommend the software package sleepyhead. It let's you see all the data from the machine in a great format. If you're able to convince your insurance to cover, I would also recommend getting a mandibular advancement device. I find that switching between the two every few weeks helps my AHI scores. Probably because each works in a different way and muscle memory seems to come into effect for each differently. The MAD works for me because I have epiglotis-derived SA, so you're milage may differ. I would also highly recommend getting an ENT consult. Knowing why I have SA was great because it helps me position my pillows to get the best results.
This is also a really cool recent advancement but I'm not sold on it yet: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/01/fda-approves-first-of-a-kind-sleep-apnea-implant/8563821/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/01/fda-ap...
If you want even more data, I use this: https://www.amazon.com/Contec-Wrist-worn-Oximeter-Software-Download/dp/B00LN4LCMC https://www.amazon.com/Contec-Wrist-worn-Oximeter-Software-D...
You can overlay the pulse-ox data in sleepyhead with your CPAP data to get a fuller picture.
I've also been looking into making my own EEG hairnet and computer logger but it's not trivial. Good luck!
- lsc 9y agoI was looking at that oximeter you mention, but according to reviews, they updated the firmware, which made it much more difficult to get the data out of the thing. I actually spent a fair amount of time looking for a pulse oximeter I could get data out of when I was getting diagnosed; I never found anything that looked like it would work without significant reverse engineering. I haven't even setup sleepyhead, so I haven't really been looking at the data. I should do that. Shocking my throat sounds... like a hilarious way to improve sleep? I have a few friends who got various kinds of surgery; they all speak really highly of it, but my doctor said that it's super common for the problem to reoccur after a few years. seems like maybe electrically stimulating my throat might be more resistant to "growing back".