If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
This pretty much says it all for me.
A colonoscopy comes in pretty close in similar thoughts.
Den
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This pretty much says it all for me.
A colonoscopy comes in pretty close in similar thoughts.
Den
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
Bill44133 wrote:My sleep studies were perfect.. They ran the sleep study at the Court Yard by Marriott Hotel.Pesser wrote:Did anyone ever get a good sleep study?
During my first sleep study I had to go to the bathroom around 5AM.. The tech told me that if I wanted to end the test that she had sufficient data.. They started me on bi-pap about 3 hours into the study.. I told her that I needed to go back to sleep for a while.. I actually felt pretty good.. It was 8am they came busting into the room and told me to go home.
I begged for another half hour and they told me to go home..
I had NO complaints except they wouldn't let me sleep in.
I was shown the door around 6:30 AM ! I wasn't ready to be awake at that point and drove slowly home on back roads in case the Ambien was still affecting me.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
Seems like there is some liability kicking the patient out at Oh-Dark-Thirty to drive home after a lousy or medicated night's "sleep". I'm sure one of these places will get sued eventually. Then someone will have to drop you off and pick you up.
My studies went relatively well. Probably averaged 5 1/2 hours each night. But the fixed CPAP level they gave me was garbage. Been tweaking it ever since, and may need a Bipap after all.
My studies went relatively well. Probably averaged 5 1/2 hours each night. But the fixed CPAP level they gave me was garbage. Been tweaking it ever since, and may need a Bipap after all.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
The colonoscopy was easy. Even interesting to watch . The sleep studies, on the other hand....Wulfman... wrote:If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
This pretty much says it all for me.
A colonoscopy comes in pretty close in similar thoughts.
Den.
From a total of SIX sleep studies (2 home, 4 in-lab), we managed to get the following information: I have apnea, my brain can't be bothered with that breathing thing at the smallest excuse, and when they thought I needed higher pressure, really it ended up being less than half of where we started. But at least we fixed that stuff; on the other hand, I was still falling asleep everywhere, anytime. And as far as I know, I still rouse a squillion times an hour.
Know what finally fixed, for the most part, the daytime sleepiness? Thyroid medication. No sleep study required! Who needs sleep anyway....
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
My first sleep study was like another damn, miserable night, plus glue in my hair and the whole ball of wax.
Night two was quite peaceful once they got me dialed in. When they woke me up around six,
it felt like it was a lot earlier that it really was; BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A HEADACHE! WOOT, WOOT!
Night two was quite peaceful once they got me dialed in. When they woke me up around six,
it felt like it was a lot earlier that it really was; BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A HEADACHE! WOOT, WOOT!
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
My Dr also sent me with a 10mg Ambien but I wouldn't take it because They told me they were waking me at 5:00 AM and I had to be out of the building by 5:30; they didn't even get me hooked up until after 11:00 PM; I don't think it is a good idea to drive 35 miles on 6 hours sleep after taking an Ambien.Gasper62 wrote:My sleep doctor sent me with a 10mg. Ambien for both of my sleep sessions at the hospital. No problems sleeping whatsoever either time. I can't imagine going there without some sort of sleep inducing aid. I have been very fortunate in that my avg. AHI for the last 8 months has been 0.55 using an S9 Autoset The Dr. said that unless I start having complex/centrals, I won't need any more studies done at a lab or hospital. APAP's are awesome ! PS: I'm sorry that you had such a lousy experience !
WILL NEVER, EVER DO AN IN-LAB SLEEP STUDY AGAIN (yes, I know I am shouting).
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
Would you rather sleep or have a low paying night job sitting in a little cubicle watching people sleep, snore, roll, tumble, groan, fart and call you to come get them up to go to the toilet? If anything is demeaning, its working at a job like that.
I have had three sleep studies - all were no problem to me. Same with three colonoscopies, surgical removal of two wisdom teeth and multiple tubinectomies and deviated septum correction - no problems with any of them.
But, don't ask me about an orthopedic surgery done four times because the first three were botched.
I have had three sleep studies - all were no problem to me. Same with three colonoscopies, surgical removal of two wisdom teeth and multiple tubinectomies and deviated septum correction - no problems with any of them.
But, don't ask me about an orthopedic surgery done four times because the first three were botched.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
I did take Ambien but didn't seem to help that much (I fell asleep but woke up after an hour or two). The conditions were actually pretty good, as they go. It was at the Drury Inn which is a very nice hotel-- even got breakfast thrown in. Also I thought the techs were very good, and I didn't find it particularly demeaning, except in the general sense of an unpleasant and unnecessary tests. (BTW, the tech I had actually did like his job, said it was a great job, had worked there 6 years-- go figure.)
I had no idea that I might have sleep apnea until my PA said she thought I had it, so I maybe needed the first one. Don't see any reason for the titration really. BTW, they already CYA re: driving sleep deprived, they had a line in a waiver re: knowing about driving when possibly sleep deprived.
Excellent point re: because this is the last sleep study I will ever do, so I need an AutoPap. No. 13 "I will never take another sleep study as long as I live." LOL I think if the place does not want to prescribe what I want, my PA will be very easy to persuade. She owes me at this point.
I had no idea that I might have sleep apnea until my PA said she thought I had it, so I maybe needed the first one. Don't see any reason for the titration really. BTW, they already CYA re: driving sleep deprived, they had a line in a waiver re: knowing about driving when possibly sleep deprived.
Excellent point re: because this is the last sleep study I will ever do, so I need an AutoPap. No. 13 "I will never take another sleep study as long as I live." LOL I think if the place does not want to prescribe what I want, my PA will be very easy to persuade. She owes me at this point.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
My first sleep study had only one problem, they set the thermostat to about 50'. Not my idea of fun.
When I got up for a bathroom break they put a mask on me and around 5 AM they woke me up and told me to go home.
The room was nice,the bed was nice. No big deal
Second time, 3 years later, once they realized I was there for a BiLevel/ASV titration and not a basic sleep study, everything went fine. They also threw me out around 5:30 AM. Way too early.
My sleep studies were no big deal.
When I got up for a bathroom break they put a mask on me and around 5 AM they woke me up and told me to go home.
The room was nice,the bed was nice. No big deal
Second time, 3 years later, once they realized I was there for a BiLevel/ASV titration and not a basic sleep study, everything went fine. They also threw me out around 5:30 AM. Way too early.
My sleep studies were no big deal.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
Pesser wrote:Did anyone ever get a good sleep study?
Mine went off without a hitch. The Tech was kind, courteous, and very professional. I was scheduled for a split study, but after hooking me up to all the wires, and administering the sleeping pill (I don't take sleeping pills at home so the durn thing knocked me out) I went to sleep on my back (which I never do at home). I do remember the tech waking me for a few minutes to put a mask on me, and then when it was time to go home. I did not have to come back for the second night they got all the info they needed the first night.
The machine, and pressures the prescribed worked out quite well. I have had many nights of AHI = 0.00 since then.
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After an unsuccessful sleep lab titration test they initially wanted me to try another titration test which I definitely didn't want to do. Fortunately the sleep specialist canceled the titration study and prescribed an APAP machine. After 3 months on the APAP I concluded from the data it was generating and from what I learned here that I may need a BiPAP machine. When I saw the sleep specialist today he had also concluded that I may need a BiPAP machine. Unfortunately he said he couldn't prescribe the BiPAP machine without another sleep lab titration study. I asked if he could a prescribe a sleep aide to help me get through the test but he said that it might compromise the test results. Even after I suggested that not sleeping might also compromise the test he wouldn't prescribe a sleep aide. I've adjusted to sleeping with a mask and using PAP so hopefully this one won't be as bad of an experience as the first one.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
The first five hours of my (titration) sleep study were amazingly good quality sleep.Pesser wrote:Did anyone ever get a good sleep study?
When they diagnosed me (via home sleep study), they said my O2 sats were in the 60s for a significant portion of the night. BAD NEWS! So until I could go for my titration study, I slept sitting up. Result was that by the time I got to my titration study I was so sleep deprived that once my head hit the pillow, I passed out for five solid hours -- wires, pads, hair glue and mask be damned! I would have slept longer if they hadn't woken me up to make me turn onto my back. (That was the only bad part.)
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
jimsp1 wrote:Even after I suggested that not sleeping might also compromise the test he wouldn't prescribe a sleep aide.
"It's not the number of breaths we take, it's the number of moments that take our breath away."
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
There was a comment in the first sleep study report, something about that she recommended doing another study since I had no REM sleep. Seems like a strange recommendation. He didn't sleep very much so maybe another one?!
I'm on the autism spectrum so I think all the touching and wires and so on, are particularly nasty. Just because I allowed the tech to touch me for the test doesn't mean that my sensory system handled it.
I'm on the autism spectrum so I think all the touching and wires and so on, are particularly nasty. Just because I allowed the tech to touch me for the test doesn't mean that my sensory system handled it.
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Re: If I never have another sleep study it will be too soon
Yeah, if you ever have to do another sleep study for insurance purposes, insist on a home sleep study. Truly, they have these little units you wear on one wrist with two finger probes. It gives you plenty of info and it's not too difficult sensory-wise. Plus the sleep testing is done in your own bed and under your normal sleeping conditions--IMHO that is far more accurate. Home sleep studies have been approved by Medicare and are used exclusively by Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser has a stake in properly diagnosing Sleep Apnea because treating it now saves a lot of money later--so they also have the studies to prove it's just as effective as an in lab study for OSA.
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