Anyone do a sleep study?

[ShitOnWheels]

So, the doctors think I might have narcolepsy (not the classic kind, but a mild case of it). I have to do a sleep study to confirm, which will be the basic overnight sleep study as well as the multiple sleep latency test (multiple 20 minute naps to see how quickly I go into REM sleep). Just curious what other's experiences have been.

[iamsickofitall]

don't fall asleep!!!

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my dad hated his when they were checking him for the same. said it was a torture test.

[mudjnky]

I had one like 10 years ago. They attach a bunch of electrodes to you and you go to sleep, no big deal. The nap test is a killer though. They let you sleep for like 20 minutes, the wake you. Then you stay awake for like thirty minutes and nap again. After doing this a few times I was exhausted. When your trying to stay awake, all you can think about is falling asleep again.

[nj85z28]

i had 3 sleep studies in the past 2 years. i was exhausted all the time and they checked me for sleep apnea, which i ended up having. they hook a bunch of stuff on you and its uncomfortable to sleep to be honest. stuff on your fingers, head and chest as well as legs. the first time i just went to sleep and they monitored me. then they decided i had sleep apnea. the second test i slept with a cpap machine and they changed the pressure during the night to see where i slept the best. the third time i returned with my own machine to see if i needed any adjustments in pressure.

its actually not bad. i told them i needed to be up for work at 5 so they had me out of there on time. its like a hotel room.

[V]

my dad had one in the past and is going for another. Not an easy task for him. He has sleep apnea and should be on oxygen at night. He has trouble with it for other medical and mental reasons, for a young person who can manage with daily activities the study should be no big deal.

[CamaroGirlie]

i had 3 sleep studies in the past 2 years. i was exhausted all the time and they checked me for sleep apnea, which i ended up having. they hook a bunch of stuff on you and its uncomfortable to sleep to be honest. stuff on your fingers, head and chest as well as legs. the first time i just went to sleep and they monitored me. then they decided i had sleep apnea. the second test i slept with a cpap machine and they changed the pressure during the night to see where i slept the best. the third time i returned with my own machine to see if i needed any adjustments in pressure.

its actually not bad. i told them i needed to be up for work at 5 so they had me out of there on time. its like a hotel room.

Yup exact same thing......flat screen tv and all.....I have sleep apnea.....I stop breathing every twenty seconds.......b4 I was diagnosed I hadn't slept a whole night in 3 months and I would constantly fall asleep at work and while I was driving. I Was SO FREAKING HAPPY I did the study.....I've never slept so good.....I heart my cpap machine!

[nj85z28]

Yup exact same thing......flat screen tv and all.....I have sleep apnea.....I stop breathing every twenty seconds.......b4 I was diagnosed I hadn't slept a whole night in 3 months and I would constantly fall asleep at work and while I was driving. I Was SO FREAKING HAPPY I did the study.....I've never slept so good.....I heart my cpap machine!


yea i was tired for what seemed like years ya know...now i feel good when i use the machine! i forget how many times i stopped breathing during the night, something around 200. my apnea isnt that terrible though, im only at 8cfm. i know people whos pressure is way higher

[CamaroGirlie]

yea i was tired for what seemed like years ya know...now i feel good when i use the machine! i forget how many times i stopped breathing during the night, something around 200. my apnea isnt that terrible though, im only at 8cfm. i know people whos pressure is way higher

Yea my machine is set at 15 lol I'm pretty bad....that machine does work wonders tho

[Z28 Heritage]

I only got really tired at work! Since i was laid off I'm fine!

[79CamaroDiva]

Is it hard to fall asleep with that cpap machine?

[nj85z28]

Is it hard to fall asleep with that cpap machine?

at first it was awkward with a full nose and mouth mask and a tube, but to be honest after the first night i dont know if i can sleep without it. a world of difference

[Firebird]

whats narcolepsy? sleep apnea?

[ShitOnWheels]

google. :)

narcolepsy in it's classic form is when people randomly fall asleep throughout the day. One minute you are talking to them, the next their head falls and they are asleep for a minute or two, and then they wake up and are fine. In my case, if I have it, I am just excessively tired throughout the day, and I can take 2 hour naps, and still be tired the entire day. They think narcoleptics get too much REM sleep, which causes issues in wakefulness.

Sleep Apnea is when a person stops breathing throughout the night, and has to wake up (usually unbeknownst to the person, they don't fully wake up) to get them to start breathing again. So people with sleep apnea use machines that force oxygen into the airways to keep them open so they stay asleep.

[V]

my dad needs the machine, but refuses... we'll see what happens after this next test

[12secondv6]

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[sweetbmxrider]

aren't the best nap times 20 minutes and 1hr 10? or something like that? its what the sail boat racers do

[firehawk1120]

I work with a girl who is a narcoleptic. She's on medicine that helps keep her awake. Yeah, before I was married she fell asleep in my car and I had bad thoughts. SO WHAT!!!

[ShitOnWheels]

I work with a girl who is a narcoleptic. She's on medicine that helps keep her awake. Yeah, before I was married she fell asleep in my car and I had bad thoughts. SO WHAT!!!

:rofl: lol

Yeah the doc gave me medicine to try. We shall see.

[cdacda13]

Sleep Apnea reminds me of a funny story.
While taking a a psychology test (that I had no idea was coming due to, well sleeping in class) one of the questions was "I wake up every 20 minutes at night in order to take a breath. Due to this, I never get enough sleep. I have _____ _______." Me being the smart ass that I am, I wrote down " a real problem"
I assumed that the teacher created a random situation to make the question work. Apparently, I slept though the day she told the class she suffered from sleep apnea. Needless to say, she was quite pissed at my answer.

[misterjuice]

damn i fell asleep reading this thread haha

*snore*

[NastyEllEssWon]

arent you guys kinda lucky. you guys get to sleep. i am almost a full fledged insomniac. it goes with my other 'problems' but sucks. ive been up for three days this time...the sleep meds they gave me also gave me some crappy dreams that id rather not have again, so i just deal with it.

internet is my save all for this :nod:

[jims69camaro]

my wife is a hard snorer - i mean wake the dead snorer. so she had a sleep study done and her oxygen levels dropped to below 80% throughout the night. they have her on an oxygen machine at night now, and they are talking about surgery to correct the apnea and hypopnea (rapid, shallow breathing) during the night. that will get rid of the oxygen machine. the surgery will involve removing her tonsils and reshaping of the soft palate and the area where the tonsils were removed.

right now her attention is being diverted to her father, so everything else is on hold.

[jims69camaro]

arent you guys kinda lucky. you guys get to sleep. i am almost a full fledged insomniac. it goes with my other 'problems' but sucks. ive been up for three days this time...the sleep meds they gave me also gave me some crappy dreams that id rather not have again, so i just deal with it.

internet is my save all for this :nod:

i feel ya on that one. i was lucky to get two hours continuous sleep there for a while. i am on remeron now, which has helped me up the time to at least 5 hours, which is great. i have new-found energy where before i was just listless all day - and i never wanted to do anything but lay down and try to sleep. what a crappy existence that is, when you can't sleep.

[Squirrel]

my wife is a hard snorer - i mean wake the dead snorer. so she had a sleep study done and her oxygen levels dropped to below 80% throughout the night. they have her on an oxygen machine at night now, and they are talking about surgery to correct the apnea and hypopnea (rapid, shallow breathing) during the night. that will get rid of the oxygen machine. the surgery will involved removing her tonsils and reshaping of the soft palate and the area where the tonsils were removed.

right now her attention is being diverted to her father, so everything else is on hold.

yeah, i had that surgery done also, but they also reconstructed the bone in my nose at the same time... i was not a happy camper for a longggg time

[CamaroGirlie]

at first it was awkward with a full nose and mouth mask and a tube, but to be honest after the first night i dont know if i can sleep without it. a world of difference

I second this answer lol

[SteveR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6awXw_baxY

[ShitOnWheels]

Well I'm here in the sleep study room. The bed is sooooo comfy...I should fall asleep quickly, lol, even with all of the electrodes on lol.

[firehawk1120]

are you suppose to be on line during a test???

[SteveR]

the electrodes might short out your dopelganger

[ShitOnWheels]

I wasn't hooked up to the electrodes yet when I made the post. And yes, I could be online. It was more for today's testing, since I"d be up for 2 hours and then nap, then up for 2 hours and then nap. Needed something to do.

However, I suck. I couldn't fall asleep. The electrodes weren't bothering me, but one kept falling off on my head so they were constantly in the room pushing on my head to reattach it. The oxygen sensor on my finger felt like it was cutting off circulation. The air sensors and snore sensors in my nose were annoying. The AC made loud noises when it went on and off. Basically, it was a strange place and I couldn't fall asleep. Finally, at around 3am, we gave up, since I wouldn't get enough sleep for the test to be valid, so they took some of the stuff off, and I slept for 2 hours and then they sent me home.

My doctor had given me a sample of Ambien to take, but I got there pretty tired already, and didn't want to mess with the results, and I'd never taken it before and didn't know the effects, so I decided not to take it. If I had, I'd still be there now doing the other tests. :shrug: Guess I'll be going back another time.

[CamaroGirlie]

Ambien does not work anyway....well for me at least and neither does any other sleeping aid. Well good luck with everything....hopefully u can fall asleep next time

[JL8Jeff]

I'm lucky if I get 2 hours straight of sleep. I wake up constantly during the night and right now the birds and golf course workers wake me up at 5:15 every morning forcing me to get up and close the windows. I can't nap in the middle of the day so that doesn't help. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night thinking my 69 Z28 restoration is done, then I quickly realize I'm still dreaming! :lol:

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[CamaroGirlie]

I'm lucky if I get 2 hours straight of sleep. I wake up constantly during the night and right now the birds and golf course workers wake me up at 5:15 every morning forcing me to get up and close the windows. I can't nap in the middle of the day so that doesn't help. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night thinking my 69 Z28 restoration is done, then I quickly realize I'm still dreaming! :lol:

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Awwww lol

[ShitOnWheels]

I know, I usually have it good that I can sleep, and I sleep a lot. But the thing is, I sleep a lot...why can't I sleep when I NEED to? Granted, my mind was racing all night, and with the interruptions and the noise...it'd be hard for anyone to sleep. I dunno. I just feel silly that I couldn't fall asleep, when the whole purpose of going for the study was because I sleep too much. Blah.

[NastyEllEssWon]

sleep is a luxary. not a necessity for me.

[medic2567]

I had a sleep study last week, was exhausted by the time it was over. They put all the electrodes all over my head...fine but then they tell you dont sleep on your stomach and keep you arms away from your head. Thats how I sleep so tell me how can they effectively get a study done when I can't get comfortable? After it was over they said come see the doctor in 7 days. Then call me up the next day and tell me its imperative that I come in for another study cause I am such a severe case... WTF I told them I know I have bad apnea I know I need CPAP, I have been in medicine for a little over 17 years and even though this has nothing to do with emergency medicine I can understand it. Now I have to try and get a day off that matches their schedule just so they can write me a script for the damn machine. I would love to get a good nights sleep but that comes with getting rid of the wife, kids, dogs and cats. I would miss my dogs!

[Brando56894]

my previous family doctor (who is an idiot and my whole family hates him) made me do one last summer for my insomnia. I went in at like 10pm and never fell asleep until 4am, mainly because of all the crap they had on me. they didnt make me do the nap test though, but they do wake you up at like 6:30am which sucked considering i fell asleep around 3 or 4 am. they wanted to me to wear one of those things for sleep apnea but i was completely against it, i didnt have it anyway AFAIK. i never got the results back, which i should actually find out about from my new doctor.

[zuuhlsT/A]

i feel ya on that one. i was lucky to get two hours continuous sleep there for a while. i am on remeron now, which has helped me up the time to at least 5 hours, which is great. i have new-found energy where before i was just listless all day - and i never wanted to do anything but lay down and try to sleep. what a crappy existence that is, when you can't sleep.

My Doc put me on that and it was great for the first 2 weeks. After that I didn't want to leave the apt to go to work or anything...... Needless to say I stopped taking it.