I don't know which CPAP machine you have but if you have a reasonably recent machine, and especially if it is an Automatic CPAP (APAP), it basically is doing a sleep study every night. I personally use a Resmed Airsense 10. It logs data continuously while it's in operation. It also 'scores' apneas and other similar events, so you can actually tell how many arousal events you're having every night and what type, and at what pressure they occured, and your breathing patterns around those apneas and so on. It's actually a really cool thing to look at what data is actually being logged and to learn about how to interpret them. Some enterprising person has written some software to display an analyze all of this data (the machines often hide the data) for certain machines. Search for 'sleepyhead cpap' to find it. There are also a few apnea forums out there, with lots of people who could help you analyze the data. I also have a compatible logging oximeter (a specific CMS model - I'd tell you which one but I'm travelling and it's at home) which I will on occasion wear all night to verify my o2 levels. If it's a compatible one, sleepyhead will let you import the data to match it up with your cpap data and tell when you're low in relation to what is going on with your sleep. Having the above data has proven invaluable to be able to monitor the status of my sleep. I know from looking at the data that I still need the CPAP. If I saw that the machine wasn't detecting blocked airways (and increasing the pressure as a result), I'd then know that at the very minimum I could possibly reduce pressure on the CPAP, if not discontinue it altogether. But, I'd probably still go for a sleep study before discontinuing altogether. On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Art wrote: > I've gone through a massive change of lifestyle (diet, weight loss, > realization of the myth that the traditional type doctors, FDA, USDA, > American Diabetes Association, pharmaceutical industry, farming mafia, > Congress, health insurance industry etc) are all lying scum. Many of my > health conditions are drastically improved, just with a proper diet as > specified by Functional Medicine practitioners in the first 3 weeks of > my lifestyle change. I am still in recovery, but..... > > My sleep improved, I am curious whether I have need for my CPAP machine > any longer. I need at least a screening test for sleep quality > evaluation, rather than a full blown lab type sleep test. > > Sensors to detect breathing patterns (sound recorder), sleep paralysis > (wrist or leg worn accelerometer) and O2 sat meter (finger clip on) and > to data log the results overnight is good enough for my needs at this > point. > > Has anyone done a PIC program for this purpose? Or maybe someone has a > kit?? > > I would interpret my own results, at least as far as a 'preliminary' > home test/evaluation. > > Any ideas? > > TY > > Art > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forrestc@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .