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Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by lectrick »

shas3 wrote: post #102
lectrick wrote: post #53

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Welcome to my sleep-apnea life. The CPAP is only partially effective due to (surprise, surprise) a new allergy to... well, everything airborne, seemingly, including house dust... and even though Allegra does a decent job, sometimes I unconsciously take the thing off in my sleep, and proceed to have a much shittier sleep: http://i.imgur.com/f9oHjqQ.png

There is research that shows that at least with outcomes measured by BP, CPAP and mandibular devices are almost as good: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2473494

That's fine for BP, but what about elevated cortisol levels as a result of repeated breath cessation? In my case a MAD was not helpful, unfortunately

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by lectrick »

lumpypua wrote: post #105
DenisM wrote: post #98

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I swear by my Resmed AutoSet S10. They have too many S10 models, so be sure to get the AutoSet (or higher), as it dials the pressure up and down. I'm kicking myself for sticking with an older S8 model for far too long, all the misery I endured was entirely unnecessary! Proper pressure is the key to compliance. This machine has auto-set, so the minimal required pressure is used; it has better algorithms for it (compar…

Thanks for the extensive answer! I did an at-home CPAP trial after a sleep and they gave me some POS machine and I hated it. Unfortunately getting anything more fancy is going to require jumping through insurance hoops. rolleyes Pretty new to this whole thing. My posture definitely makes a big difference, I'm at 9 AHI sleeping on my side but 50+ on my back untreated. I'm gonna duct tape pillows to myself or something…

> and they gave me some POS machine and I hated it

I really hate that they do this. I had a friend who also got stuck with the same situation and did not have a good experience as a result. They should send you home to try the top-of-the-line model and then let you duke it out with your insurance company! ;)

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by robg »

Analemma_ wrote: post #5

Not a Fitbit, but I do have a Microsoft Band, which tracks, among other things, your galvanic skin response. I still haven't found any real use for this data, but I have noted that resistivity definitely plummets in response to stressful events, even if I'm not sweating enough to consciously notice it. I once looked at the daily graph and noticed a dip right when our application started throwing errors while I was on…

Core biological response that we've been looking at!

http://news.mit.edu/2015/startup-neumitra-stress-tracking-we...

How do you like your MS Band?

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by joshu »

DenisM wrote: post #112
lumpypua wrote: post #105

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Thanks for the extensive answer! I did an at-home CPAP trial after a sleep and they gave me some POS machine and I hated it. Unfortunately getting anything more fancy is going to require jumping through insurance hoops. rolleyes Pretty new to this whole thing. My posture definitely makes a big difference, I'm at 9 AHI sleeping on my side but 50+ on my back untreated. I'm gonna duct tape pillows to myself or something…

Pay cash. You can get a refurb at $600. It's totally worth it. Speaking side-sleeping, I have sewn a sock with a tennis ball to the back of my sleeping tshirt. It worked well, but it's hard to wash. So I bought this contraption: https://www.amazon.com/stream/ref=nav_upnav_mobile_T2_Detail... Side-sleeping is a big deal, but it's even better with a neck pillow.

Where do you get refurbs?

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by DenisM »

joshu wrote: post #124
DenisM wrote: post #112

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Pay cash. You can get a refurb at $600. It's totally worth it. Speaking side-sleeping, I have sewn a sock with a tennis ball to the back of my sleeping tshirt. It worked well, but it's hard to wash. So I bought this contraption: https://www.amazon.com/stream/ref=nav_upnav_mobile_T2_Detail... Side-sleeping is a big deal, but it's even better with a neck pillow.

Where do you get refurbs?

I saw some on google shopping. Didn't try ordering though.

Also, check craigslist. In Seattle there are several people selling them right now at $400.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by DenisM »

DenisM wrote: post #112
lumpypua wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the extensive answer! I did an at-home CPAP trial after a sleep and they gave me some POS machine and I hated it. Unfortunately getting anything more fancy is going to require jumping through insurance hoops. rolleyes Pretty new to this whole thing. My posture definitely makes a big difference, I'm at 9 AHI sleeping on my side but 50+ on my back untreated. I'm gonna duct tape pillows to myself or something…

Pay cash. You can get a refurb at $600. It's totally worth it. Speaking side-sleeping, I have sewn a sock with a tennis ball to the back of my sleeping tshirt. It worked well, but it's hard to wash. So I bought this contraption: https://www.amazon.com/stream/ref=nav_upnav_mobile_T2_Detail... Side-sleeping is a big deal, but it's even better with a neck pillow.

Better link, I hope. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DTLLYQ6/

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by DenisM »

lectrick wrote: post #118
DenisM wrote: post #87

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Do you have the latest CPAP machine? The latest generation is a dramatic improvement over the older generations, especially with the exhale relief, this yields less discomfort and more compliance. I can't recommend it enough.

Mine's about 4 years old or so (?), perhaps I need to upgrade. yeah, the newer ResMeds do look quite a bit more high-tech lol. I have a ResMed S8 Elite ( https://www.google.com/search?q=resmed+S8&tbm=isch ) with humidifier (the latter DOES make a noticeable difference).

I had an s8 as well until recently. S10 is much better.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by girvo »

vinceguidry wrote: post #114
pmalynin wrote: post #15

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The polygraph is shit for chirst's sake. Clench your anus and it will mess up it up. Polygraphs have time and time again have been shows to be ineffective, and yet people still keep advocating for them.

Newer machines detect clenching and the practitioner will tell you to stop.

Interesting.

They are still useless things built on pseudoscience considering what question they're attempting to answer, and I find their use in court cases a blight on an otherwise advanced society.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by Tiksi »

RyJones wrote: post #107
jacquesm wrote: post #93

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Be careful about continuing to drive it like that you may end up wrecking the catalytic converter.

You're right to be concerned. I paid $1500 for it, three times that to have the misfire issue "fixed" (among a bunch of other delayed maintenance), and after the misfire came back I gave up. I've been driving it on 5 cylinders for years now. If only I could find an "open loop" switch to just disable the engine monitoring. Everything runs fine in open loop mode.

If it runs fine in open loop mode, it sounds likely to be a bad knock sensor causing the ecu to think there's detonation and retard the timing to the point it doesn't fire at all. As far as getting it into open loop mode, unplugging the throttle position sensor or any of the other intake sensors (MAP, Mass airflow, etc) would probably get you there.
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