How often??

[bluetiger69]

How often should you get a new sleep study done?

[NightHawkeye]

I have no plans to ever have another sleep study. I've had two already. Neither diagnosed my OSA.

The sleep study's primary purpose is diagnostic, but it is not very accurate in regard to severity of apnea, and represents only one's night sleep under typically unusual conditions. Also, if postings to this forum are any indication, the follow-on titration study provides at best only a rough indication of needed pressure, often missing the mark entirely.

All-in-all, there seems to be little purpose to additional sleep studies.

After one has been diagnosed with OSA, monitoring progress with a data capable machine and self-adjusting pressure provides far more benefit than another sleep study.

Regards,
Bill

[Wulfman]

I have no plans to ever have another sleep study. I've had two already. Neither diagnosed my OSA.

The sleep study's primary purpose is diagnostic, but it is not very accurate in regard to severity of apnea, and represents only one's night sleep under typically unusual conditions. Also, if postings to this forum are any indication, the follow-on titration study provides at best only a rough indication of needed pressure, often missing the mark entirely.

All-in-all, there seems to be little purpose to additional sleep studies.

After one has been diagnosed with OSA, monitoring progress with a data capable machine and self-adjusting pressure provides far more benefit than another sleep study.

Regards,
Bill

Ditto to what Bill said.

If you figure in the cost of deductibles, co-pays, doctor visits, etc.......you can justify purchasing a data-capable machine and software......and monitor your therapy EVERY night.

Den

[Country4ever]

I don't plan on ever having another one either. But if you have absolutely no problems having one, and sleep really well through one, then the info might be useful. The only reason I catch myself thinking about having one (which I won't have), is wondering if I'm getting any REM sleep at all now. The 2 sleep studies I've had in the past, showed no REM at all........but that was without CPAP.
I think alot of us have such a horrible night's sleep during those tests, that its hard to believe that any useful info can be gotten from them.

[tomjax]

Ditto all the above.

With an APAP, I/you get the equivilent(sp) of a sleep study every night.

Unless you have other sleep disorders, then your apap will give you all the info needed.

IMHO, the data from your machine in your own bed over several nights is far more accurate than a sleep lab.

Of course,m the docs and DME want you to have another sleep study.
Wonder why?

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Thought for the day:
Why are there so many beautiful babies and so many ugly adults?

[RipVW]

Don't have any plans for another, either. As long as I have my data (including my pulse/ox readings), and my AHI is very low, and I feel good and sleep all night, I'm a happy camper! My first/only sleep study did diagnose my sleep apnea and qualify me for insurance coverage, but the titration was WAY off (6 when I really needed 12). I've had much better results self-titrating with my auto than I had with the sleep study.

[katusha]

After sleeping with a doctor (my husband) every night for several years, he was sure I had OSA. My initial sleep study confirmed how bad it was. I had 14 episodes of breathing sesation in a 7 hour recording. Some of which were very long in duration. I then went back for a sleep study wearing a mask. For the first time in years I woke up the next morning full of energy, I did not feel tired all day. My mood had also improved and I was a lot more patient with daily things.

[jomac30]

My latest sleep study done about two weeks ago was horrible.
the technician kept coming in and tightening the mask when I kept telling her it would fit better if she loosened it.
then halfway throught the study she brought in a different mask. This one felt like a tornado was blowing on my face all night. The technician said she didn't see any leaks showing up. So I spent the night with this wind blowing out the top of the mask and tried to hold it in different postions all night. She told me in the morning there were no leaks, but I'm sure it leaked all night. What a waste of time!!!!
It's absolutely true that the way you sleep in the lab is not a good representation of how you actually sleep at home.
Why bother? Just give everyone an auto machine and forget the sleep lab.