This question is kind of embarassing, did anyone notice in increase in having gas before being diagnosed?  My doctor called today and I will get my machine Monday or Tuesday.  They said I was diagnosed with very severe sleep apnea.  During "normal" sleep I quit breathing 67.6 times per hour and during deep sleep I quit breathing over 100 times per hour.  The lowest my oxygen saturation level hit was 75.  In the world of sleep apnea are these pretty bad numbers?  I know they are bad, but I wondered on what scale.  I'll keep you informed after I get my machine.  Thanks for all the feedback when I posted that I was newly diagnosed.  

I'm not sure about the world of sleep apnea but in my world those are significant numbers.  I'm really glad you're starting therapy.  I think with those numbers as a comparison frame-work you are going to feel fantastic.  With regard to the gas; I suspect it was just one of those days ... if anything ... I've read complaints of bloating via air swallowing during the therapy but not gas.


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I don't know about an increase before being diagnosed, But I did notice and increase since starting on the cpap machine about 1 week ago. Can anyone tell me when this gas problem will go away?
Debbie

I went for my sleep study on 9/7/05. On 9/8/05 I already had a call that my prescription was in and to come in and get my bi-pap.  I stopped breathing for 10 sec or more 79 times and my oxygen level was 73.  I started it the next day on 18 inhale/14 exhale.  I really didn't want it but even after a week I am so glad I have it.  I slept 7 hrs straight for the last 3 nights and feel so much better at work and during the day.  It isn't as bad as it looks. You will get used to it.  I can even sleep on my stomach now.  Were there is a will there is a way.
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dillmom wrote:

This question is kind of embarassing, did anyone notice in increase in having gas before being diagnosed?  My doctor called today and I will get my machine Monday or Tuesday.  They said I was diagnosed with very severe sleep apnea.  During "normal" sleep I quit breathing 67.6 times per hour and during deep sleep I quit breathing over 100 times per hour.  The lowest my oxygen saturation level hit was 75.  In the world of sleep apnea are these pretty bad numbers?  I know they are bad, but I wondered on what scale.  I'll keep you informed after I get my machine.  Thanks for all the feedback when I posted that I was newly diagnosed.  

Yep, GAS city.......


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I wonder if the act of swallowing air during CPAP therapy is an involuntary reaction by our neurological system perceiving an overload of inbound air.  Could this be a primary contributor towards gas?  There might be a drug to inhibit the reflex without drowning ourselves.  On second thought I don't ride in elevators or work in close quarters so .....


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dillmom wrote:

This question is kind of embarassing, did anyone notice in increase in having gas before being diagnosed?  My doctor called today and I will get my machine Monday or Tuesday.  They said I was diagnosed with very severe sleep apnea.  During "normal" sleep I quit breathing 67.6 times per hour and during deep sleep I quit breathing over 100 times per hour.  The lowest my oxygen saturation level hit was 75.  In the world of sleep apnea are these pretty bad numbers?  I know they are bad, but I wondered on what scale.  I'll keep you informed after I get my machine.  Thanks for all the feedback when I posted that I was newly diagnosed.  

i have just been diagnosed less than a month a go.  i felt better the next morning, but i had sallowed so much air i looked pregnant. i am female, weighing 120.  no one can answer why i do this.  it is so bad it wakes me up.  i can't release the gas.  does any one have any answers. tried sleeping flat  but has not helped.  thanks