Has anyone ever done a sleep study?

Marie5656

Marie5656

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My cardiologist has ordered a sleep study for me, to test for Sleep Apnea. Due to present circumstances, it will be an in-home study. On Sept 10th, I will go to the office, call in and they will bring me out the equipment I will need. Plus, I guess, instructions for use and return.
I am not sure what to expect. I am a restless sleeper under normal circumstances, and sometimes do not sleep more than a few hours. I guess I need to let them know that, and find out how long I need to be asleep for good results.
Doctor also wants me to see my PC about seeing a pulmonary specialist about my lung functions.
All this, along with my pending move, are going to make for a rather busy, stressful couple of months.
 

@Marie5656 of my very dear friends is a Professor at Emory University Specializing in sleep pathology, disorders, studies etc.

If you have questions or concerns, I’d be happy to relay them to her. Ann has helped
me out a few times about medical matters as an informal consultant, and has done similar for some of our mutual friends. She is very generous with her time and expertise.

She also walked my son in law William through his sleep study questions before he had one and it helped enormously. He ended up changing doctors or locations, can’t remember which, (or maybe it was both?) on Ann’s recommendation, because one or the other was known to be not well regarded in the inner circle of practitioners.
 
I’ve done many sleep studies, consider yourself lucky to be able to do it at home. The beds they have at the sleep centers are extremely uncomfortable. At the center they also film you while you sleep, they might do this at your home.

They will give you instructions. I usually only sleep 2-3 hours to 5 hours. In the center, 3 hours tops. You sleep without the machine on, a c-pap, then with it on. It really is no big deal. I hated the machine, could not adjust to the mask so I am on nighttime oxygen which Medicare will not pay for.

Husband has a c-pap, has no problem using it.

I do not have sleep apnea, I have a partially prolapsed trachea and the air pressure of the machine was supposed to help keep it open at night-so much for that. 😂. But the extra oxygen helps.
 

No, I never have. Should I guess as some times I awaken terrified that I am unable to breathe . Has been going on for years, yet never got around to mentioning it to my doctor.
 
I never went into REM sleep during the overnight sleep study. I could not fall asleep. I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. I could not sleep with the mask on my face. So I put it away in the closet. Come to think about it, I should make an appointment to talk to my doctor about it.
 
RedSky4u said:
I never went into REM sleep during the overnight sleep study. I could not fall asleep. I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. I could not sleep with the mask on my face. So I put it away in the closet. Come to think about it, I should make an appointment to talk to my doctor about it.
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Oxygen is 100 a month with my insurance, as I mentioned Medicare won‘t pay. It works out as I pay for it the first three months, meet my medicare deducible, and then I have no more medical bills the rest of the year.

However, my mother drove SSI insane because she could not sleep with the mask on either. They finally agreed to pay for oxygen for her, but it might be because of her age as well.
personally knowing her, they paid so she would stop calling.
 
@Ronni thanks. Let me consider questions. Hopefully they'll provide me with info.
Thanks to everyone else too! Right now I am just overwhelmed because of all I have done in past few weeks! I am sure it will be fine
 
Yes. It was a disaster for me. My ENT was making extra money on CPAP machines so he tried to get me to do another one. Well my insurance wouldn't pay for the at home version. I just told him it would be a waste of time since I can't sleep in the hospital.

It was a weird experience for me. I don't believe in junk like hauntings, but no one else in the room and the sound of paper crackling, then feeling my collar being pulled, the bed shaking, an overwhelming feeling of terror, I wanted to run out of there but gritted my teeth and stayed. Never again.
 
I've had both at home and on-site sleep studies. Neither were that burdensome to me.
They found I had 54 apneas per hour(on average). Minimum oxygen saturation was 80%

I sleep a lot better now with the cpap machine.
 
I did one years ago. I couldn’t fall asleep, so they gave me a pill, actually, it was a capsule. I slept for many hours after I got home. The capsule was Seconal, which the addicts call Red Devil.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Oxygen is 100 a month with my insurance, as I mentioned Medicare won‘t pay. It works out as I pay for it the first three months, meet my medicare deducible, and then I have no more medical bills the rest of the year.

However, my mother drove SSI insane because she could not sleep with the mask on either. They finally agreed to pay for oxygen for her, but it might be because of her age as well.
personally knowing her, they paid so she would stop calling.
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I appreciate you sharing your story. Now I don't feel so alone in this. The doctor's office made me feel like I was not trying HARD enough. I finally gave up and stopped going to the doctor for check ups.
 

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