Has Anyone Participated In A Sleep Study (Or Know Someone Who Has)?

[OneEyedDiva]

A couple of my doctors mentioned me participating in a sleep study for possible sleep apnea detection. The latest...my cardiologist (this week). At first I declined, but now I'm thinking maybe I should. Too bad it won't be like the one in NYC that was paying $5,000 several years ago. Honorary Son #3 said his late aunt did one and he thinks it could be a good thing.

My main problem, other than trying to sleep in a strange location being monitored by strangers, would be that I can't sleep in beds anymore. I wake up feeling like somebody beat me up on the side I laid on. Also, I can't sleep on my back either. For at least 10 years, I've been sleeping comfortably in my recliner.

If you've done a sleep study or know someone who has, please let me know what the experience was like. Was it concluded that you (or the other person) has sleep apnea?

 

[Jules]

My DD did and she has sleep apnea. She doesn’t mind wearing the mask. Her husband refuses to wear his.

They also diagnosed her with severe insomnia. She has sleeping meds for that now.

As I understand it, they hook you up to monitors. They’re not in the room with you.

I think I have sleep apnea. The thought of a mask panics me.

 

[RambleTamble]

I've done several sleep studies. When I had Kaiser Permanente insurance, they sent me home with a sleep monitor system and I did it in my own bed. @OneEyedDiva, maybe you should ask if something like that is available through your provider.

 

[MarciKS]

I have done 4. First time was a home test many yrs ago. Second and third was in sleep clinic and I ended up not being able to sleep. Insurance forced the clinic. After the second failed attempt I got to do the home one again.

At the clinic I had a wig of heavy wires glued to my head making it so uncomfortable there was no way I was sleeping. Every time I had to use the bathroom they had to unhook me.

If I sat up or moved around too much they kept asking me what the problem was on a speaker in the room. The lady was worse than the man. I finally told her at home I didn't have people nagging me in the middle of the night.

I have sleep apnea but the equipment is so uncomfortable that I can't sleep with that either.

 

[Pepper]

Yes. A few times. I have sleep apnea. I hated the experience. Very uncomfortable. They woke me up before dawn and threw me out to a dark lonely street. Luckily I live around the corner to doctor office.

Haven’t used the equipment since before I entered hospital six months ago.