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>I tried to bring the case to my doctor that my Cpap machine setup was not working correctly. Doesn't the sleep apnea machine itself measure whether you are br
by staticman2 3y ago
>I tried to bring the case to my doctor that my Cpap machine setup was not working correctly.
Doesn't the sleep apnea machine itself measure whether you are breathing? If the concern is it may not be accurate, the gold standard is probably an in lab sleep study while wearing the machine, but insurance may not feel it is medically necessary and may not pay.
- instagib 3y agoIt detects events when I’m awake which led me to suspect it was not working properly. According to Cpap forums awake readings are invalid, but sleep measurements are? I’ve had a sleep study which determined I need a Cpap machine but they never did the study while wearing it and my readings vary greatly from 3 to 30 AHI per hour with it on. In hindsight, I have exceedingly “freakishly” large lungs which may explain the slow breathing. My concern has been waking up with a daily headache which has been suggested by other doctors to be due to uncontrolled sleep apnea.