u/DrowningInFun

I am on Resmed Bipap machine and tracking sleep w/Oura. Trying to experiment with settings, both IVAPS and S mode for the last many months. I have low AHI but it doesn't matter, I still tend to wake up a lot after 4-6 hours. Probably some UARS or hyperarousal, not sure. Anyway, been trying to learn to read Oscar but a lot of my flow morphology doesn't seem to match the charts I have seen.

What morphology would you ascribe to the attached flows? I chose a 2 minute zoom. Let me know if that's not appropriate. The first zoom is the most common one that I see.

https://preview.redd.it/mhtmialsjt0h1.png?width=464&format=png&auto=webp&s=d1f167968b46d2391941cabb9487c60f5c64b7a1

https://preview.redd.it/tm6kbettjt0h1.png?width=352&format=png&auto=webp&s=ea6141f7da809db46ba891d46d3b4857364327ba

https://preview.redd.it/vo8s7chvjt0h1.png?width=290&format=png&auto=webp&s=f25d855370c936df550d6069880f272cb34a3270

https://preview.redd.it/22uy82ixjt0h1.png?width=232&format=png&auto=webp&s=70bc24b28efaf75239c3524650b208bf80648e0a

I am on Resmed Bipap machine and tracking sleep w/Oura. Trying to experiment with settings, both IVAPS and S mode for the last many months. I have low AHI but it doesn't matter, I still tend to wake up a lot after 4-6 hours. Probably some UARS or hyperarousal, not sure. Anyway, been trying to learn to read Oscar but a lot of my flow morphology doesn't seem to match the charts I have seen.

What morphology would you ascribe to the attached flows? I chose a 2 minute zoom. Let me know if that's not appropriate.

Any help is appreciated. (also, needed to repost bc I messed up the images on the OP, must have been tired lol)

https://preview.redd.it/2y7nhqgalm0h1.jpg?width=464&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45fe0c5c6cb7ae741e566d71f5b4e4e716f9168f

https://preview.redd.it/dxaofg0blm0h1.jpg?width=352&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f8778b1ca00ce0c7a22ad365fca1bdfae90b296

https://preview.redd.it/mjmu5irblm0h1.jpg?width=290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6abd96bb58c0f7cd03b12d03250b174a8c5c75e2

https://preview.redd.it/3e73ms8clm0h1.jpg?width=232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9285e960f15aa10c6a156f536b32e547af0a7c53

https://preview.redd.it/g4wkd9uclm0h1.jpg?width=277&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14e43c64a577237e89217cdc9df150a790663006

https://preview.redd.it/ixzg5addlm0h1.jpg?width=364&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd6bae05b45b007f5a23e2064b5dbf6f317edc8f

I am on Resmed Bipap machine and tracking sleep w/Oura. Trying to experiment with settings, both IVAPS and S mode for the last many months. I have low AHI but it doesn't matter, I still tend to wake up a lot after 4-6 hours. Probably some UARS or hyperarousal, not sure. Anyway, been trying to learn to read Oscar but a lot of my flow morphology doesn't seem to match the charts I have seen.

What morphology would you ascribe to the attached flows? I chose a 2 minute zoom. Let me know if that's not appropriate.

Any help is appreciated.

First off, this is not a "1 weird trick cured my Insomnia" post. It probably won't help most people, esp. with severe Insomnia. And it didn't cure mine. But it's the only thing that has shown any meaningful benefit on my sleep, over a year of testing and collecting data.

Also, second caveat is that I have sleep maintenance Insomnia. I have no problem going to sleep. I am usually so exhaused, I sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, if not before. I just can't stay asleep for more than 4 hours.

So the thing that seems to be helping me is a bit surprising to me. Figuring out the timing of my workout. I used to avoid evening workouts because they are supposed to keep you awake. And they do. But...they also seem to make me sleep better once I do get to sleep. So I had to find the right timing where I could still fall asleep at a regular time but also sleep better.

Working out in the afternoon at 3 pm and going to sleep at 2 am, my normal schedule, was statistically no benefit, at all, compared to non-workout days. But working out at 11 pm and going to bed at 2 am shows significiant improvement in my total sleep time, sleep efficiency and deep sleep (deep sleep being my biggest problem, running from 0-10 minutes a night).

Btw, I track my sleep with an Oura ring and use a BiPap machine, if that makes any difference. I have tried every supplement in the book and most sleep medicines, sleep hygiene, etc. I have been collecting data on all of it for a year now and none of it, except for the late workout, has made a significant impact. The only thing I haven't done is SRT. And that's probably next.