Anyone with apnea Sleep Charts?

[SleepBandit]

Please post your sleep graphs if you have any apnea.  I have mild apnea and I am curious to see if our graphs look similar.   I use an oral appliance to treat it.  I can't use CPAP.  Tried, but couldn't take to it.  Thanks! 

Moderator edit: subject for clarity 

[SunsetRunner]

Hi @SleepBandit - I’m not sure others would want to post such personal information. But to track your own apnea, I suggest:

• Look at your SPo2 reading in the morning. It should be in the high 90s. 
• Also check your oxygen variation chart in the sleep settings. It should stay within the two lines, meaning there are no major variations.

As always, share your results and concerns with your doctor. My own doctor appreciates it when I share these Fitbit reports. 

[WilsonFitbit]

Hello @SleepBandit, it's nice to see you here in the forums! @SunsetRunner thank you for your input and I am happy to see you around! 

Adding to what @SunsetRunner said, your sleep stages data helps you track your patterns and notice variations. If you have any concerns about your sleep health we recommend sharing the information with your doctor. A good source of additional information is the National Sleep Foundation.

For more information, please check: What should I know about Fitbit sleep stages?

I'll be around. 

[Dgreener]

Below are my latest three nights of sleep. I have had a heart issue known as preventricular contractions and my cardiologist sent me to a Sleep Clinic for one night and they told me I had sleep apnea despite the fact that my fiance has never once mentioned that I stop breathing and so I was a little suspicious because the Sleep Clinic also rents out CPAP machines. I am not a good sleeper in any case and I don't really know how to read this chart because it says variations in green are minor variations but the minor variations look fairly major and it might be possible to have a minor form of sleep apnea which might be remedied with a CPAP machine. If anyone has any thoughts with my charts please share and post yours. This is not personal information so I don't know why anyone would care.

 

 

 

[Dgreener]

If you want others to post their charts you should probably post yours first no? You get what you give.

[SleepBandit]

The charts would show spikes above the line.  The spikes would be yellow.  So you would have a green line that changes to yellow as it moved above the line.  Indicating possibly a high SP02 variance.   If you had "severe apnea" I would expect you would see several of those spikes over the evening.   If you have "mild' apnea the spikes may not be captured by the Fitbit.   Also, you can look at your SP02 reading during the evening.  You need to download the SP02 screen for your watch to capture your SP02 during the evening.   If it is below 90% there's likely something going on.   My SPO2 is 93% to 95% on any given evening.   I have mild apnea and wear a mouth guard.  If I have an "event" it will show as a yellow spike protruding past the line.  Your graphs generally look fine to me.   But, with that said, I would not rely on Fitbit to determine if you have sleep apnea.   You would need a real sleep study.  

[Ossur]

My question is this if each yellow spike potentially represents a breathing issue ….wouldn’t you have to have over 4 to be diagnosed with sleep apnea?  My sleep doctor says 4 or less apneas a night is normal.

[Murphsally]

Hello 😊

Am only in my first WK of using a fitbit sense so am quite new to all of this. I specifically got it to track my sleep. I never get a very deep sleep, I may be insomniac too, always am fatigued. I do have other health issues that contribute to that but my gut has been telling me there is something not right about my sleeping. I've not being diagnosed as having sleep apnea but having many yellow fluctuations in my graph maybe it's a possibility. I'm not sure how to.post the graph but it saw somewhere that you can't post an image until you post at least once so will try that 😊

[Murphsally]

 

 

[Passthemanna]

My graph looks a lot like yours. This is my first post so I will try the screen shot after. It's been like this as long as I've been measuring. I'm not sure how I didn't notice before. I have excessive fatigue. I'm going to bring it up to my doctor for sure. 

[Ashcabelk]

Mine look like this and I am wondering if I have sleep apnea as well.

[Passthemanna]

I just read that it's an android update issue and several people are seeing the same with version 3.64. I'm still following up as I do have other sleep apnea symptoms. 

[Murphsally]

Great, I will remain optimistic then 😊 thank you

[gschoen]

It's "insurance normal" to have an AHI (Apnea-Hypopnea-Index, or number of apneas (breathing pause) and hypopneas (breathing much slower but no pause) per hour of sleep) of 5 or less per hour.  It's an "insurance normal" because AHI of greater than 5 on a sleep study is required for Medicare to cover treatment and essentially all other public & private US insurance use the same standard. Probably 3 or less is ideal for treatment and many people would be lower than this. The Fitbit breathing chart wouldn't tell you directly anything about your AHI because even with sleep apnea your blood O2 won't start dropping significantly unless or until your apnea is severe.  Fitbit doesn't precisely determine blood O2, just level of variation and an overall estimate of % for the entire night. With the old graph, I never had any variations outside of low. With the new graph, every night I have lots of yellow spikes even though I wear a CPAP to bed each night. 

[StekiJess]

 

Yours are all in the green zone. Mine spike to the yellow zone a few times a night. I don’t have any sleep apnea symptoms.Thanks for sharing yours too (everyone who did)! Now looking at the date of this conversation was 6 mos. ago, but I’m grateful to see the comparisons. 

[SunsetRunner]

Do you know if you snore? I was tested years ago and found out that I have mild sleep apnea. I never got around to treating it because some life circumstances got in the way, but I'm finally going to a sleep clinic in October.

My sleep apnea shows up on my FitBit charts only a couple times a week, if that. When it does, it's about once or twice a night. Sleep apnea can still cause cardiovascular and cognitive issues even without daytime sleepiness, so it might be worth it to get it checked out if that's what your charts look like considering mine barely register anything. My apnea occurs mostly during REM sleep. 

[BrooksM23]

I was ordered to get a sleep study by my PCP and was sent a ring that goes on your thumb. It records the data, it’s reviewed by someone, and was given the details of the report with a diagnosis of sleep apnea and a prescription for CPAP machine. I have a hard time wearing my fitbit to sleep but I made myself last night. Here are the readings:

 

 I have a ton of awake points throughout the whole night! Is this normal? Anyone else have similar sleep cycles? My report for my sleep this morning said it was a good night with sleep score 87, but I didn’t feel well rested.