The problem I see with the Railroads and Trucking companies mandating sleep apnea studies is the fact that they are getting contracts with these vendors who are doing the program with the only intent of $$$$... in my case they charged my insurance close to $4000 in the end plus I still have a lot of...

An update.. did over nite in lab test and just got results.. was able to actually sleep for 3 hours.. AHI 1.1 no signs of sleep apnea what so ever, no snoring ect... confirms the home sleep tests are pretty much BS showing over 8.0 and 12.0 ahi (in my case vendor is making a good amount of money off...

I had a follow up visit. One thing the vendor sleep study doctor was not showing me during the first visit was the chart of occurrences while I used the home sleep study and all the information that they had from the home sleep study. Once looking at the charts the only spikes on the sleep test were...

Thank you Pugsy for understanding. I have sat at plenty of doctor appointments with other frustrated truck drivers, CDOT workers, and railroaders in the waiting rooms. I do not drive company vehicles or operate equipment.. They consider me safety sensitive just because I 'CAN' walk about or around t...

I'll delete the post then.. I am try to find information on how this process works and if someone can have sleep apnea who experience no symptoms.. not looking to "whine".. but you would be aggravated if someone was trying to shove aspirin down your through for the headache you don't have either.

Thanks Pugsy. Ill update what happens. I feel they want to sell me a cpap either way. The vendor is getting rich making all these employees pay and get cpaps plus schedule all these appointments. So far anyone with a 5 or greater AHI out of the overnight study is forced to purchased a cpap machine a...

No I don't work for the company that has engineers going over 80mph in a 30mph.. I am not an engineer and am not behind the controls. Our railroad has signal in the rails also which would make it extremely hard to near impossible for anyone to do 80 in a 30 sleeping or awake.

Thank you Pugsy and what happens if I can't fall asleep with all the machines hooked up to my head and body.. I am one of those people that sleeps best in my own bed. I normally can't sleep in strange locations and usually end up staying awake.. Happens a lot when we go on vacation. Takes me a while...

They are making me take a day off for the over nite test and the next day off to "rest" before going back to work

I work for the railroad BUT am NOT an engineer nor do I operate equipment. I am still considered a safety sensitive job and since there are all these accidents happening with in railroads they are forcing anyone deemed safety sensitive (only if your overweight though). If you are skinny or not heavy...

Hello recently my employer decided they want to test their overweight people for sleep apnea. I am being forced into the testing since I am fat. I have no symptoms of sleep apnea.. I sleep perfectly each night and wake up with full energy as long as I had gotten between 6-8 hours of sleep.. (I norma...