Need Help w/Sleep Study Results
Question:
> say about was the fact that "The patient had alpha-wave intrusion > throughout his sleep." I suspect that this Alpha wave stuff might be > important – for the past year I have had problems with achyness and > have had chronically high CK or CPK test results (@ 400). Related – I > would love to know?
The alpha wave intrusions along with your comment of achyness could indicate you have fibromyalgia I don’t think your sleep center was very good if they couldn’t titrate you with any machine – they should know how to adjust your machine and should have been able to make at least some periodic adjustments without disturbing you too much….. I have no idea what CK or CPK refers to — Beth in Australia ————————– Unless stated otherwise, anything I say here is my opinion only – I am not a medically trained professional FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here http://talhost.net/sleep Newsgroup Archives http://talhost.net/sleep/archives.htm this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 120,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account
Response:
Thanks Beth – my MD mentioned the FMS connection, but I looked at its description and it sounds more specific than what I think I have – I dont really have trigger points – other than in my feet – I just ache, kind of down to the bones. Possibly connected, the CK is, I believe, Creatinine PhosphoKinese(?) – as I understand it, it is a muscle enzyme that is released when muscles degenerate…
Response:
I had a semi-successful sleep study three days ago – due to a study center CPAP malfunction, I had to use my own CPAP. So they got all the readings, but no titration! Anyway – with my CPAP at 12, I still had an RDI of 16, compared to my previous pre-CPAP study when my RDI was 99. Since they couldnt titrate, their recommendation was for me to self titrate…According to the results of the study, I had no "apnea" events, but I had 81 "obstructive hypopnea" events. Further, my MD marveled at the fact that all these events were in "nonREM" states. I only had two REM stages for the night, my sleep efficiency was 88%, even though I felt like crap in the am, Oxygen avg was 93%. He also marveled, with no comment on the significance, that all my "respiratory events" were in nonREM states as well – or maybe that is the same thing…Finally, another anomaly that he noted but had nothing more to say about was the fact that "The patient had alpha-wave intrusion throughout his sleep." I suspect that this Alpha wave stuff might be important – for the past year I have had problems with achyness and have had chronically high CK or CPK test results (@ 400). Related – I would love to know? Can someone please help me interpret these results???? Thanks
