My Sleep Study

Snooter · Post by **Snooter** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:29 pm

Hey, just want to say thanks for being here. Bunch of great info.

I’m new at this. Here’s synopsis of my sleep study.

...................Number Mean Longest Index

Hypopneas.......6 21.7 31.2 4.6
Obstru Apnea ..64 14.0 25.3 48.6
Central Apnea...2 10.3 10.6 1.5

My RDI was 82events/hr

During Sleep
Mean SaO2% 96.4%
Min SaO2% 90.6%

I still haven’t got a machine yet. Leaning towards an APAP, but got to battle with insurance etc. Would prefer to get a pillar procedure and be done with it. (hopefully) Maybe get a loaner until I can get an ENT appointment.

I think with my SaO2 levels being OK, my Epworth is only 5 and my mean duration of OA is 14sec (This means some are on the threshold of being not being OA) then IMHO it’s really just a matter of controlling the noise. (Pillar?). Tell me where my thinking is wrong/right

jrfoster · Post by **jrfoster** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:53 pm

I didn't get all those numbers after my sleep study. I felt that I didn't really sleep at all, but the doctor said I had 122 events (whatever that means) and is scheduling me for another sleep study with mask.

Most of you have been there, so what do I have to look forward to? Thanks!

I just want the headaches and restless nights to stop!!!

Ric · Post by **Ric** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:52 pm

jrfoster wrote:I didn't get all those numbers after my sleep study. I felt that I didn't really sleep at all, but the doctor said I had 122 events (whatever that means) and is scheduling me for another sleep study with mask.

Interesting you would report that. In my SS, and 2 hrs into it the tech came into the room and I was apologizing for not being able sleep, not even a wink. I thought he was going to send me home because I wasn't able to sleep for them and demonstrate a sleep disorder. That's when I learned the true nature of what was happening. He informed me that indeed I had gone to sleep almost immediately, stopped breathing, woke up, started breathing, sometimes looked at the clock, went back to sleep, and repeat... about 100+ times in slightly over two hours. That explains my subjective experience of never going to sleep some nights, then getting up and going to work and feeling very tired and actually believing I had not slept all night. My ability to actually "fall asleep" was in fact astonishing (according to the sleep tech). What is more astonishing is that I did not fall asleep while driving or other equally critical situations.

Needless to say I wasn't getting much deep stage III-IV deep sleep, probably none. And also needless to say (but I'll say it anyway) it is quite a luxury to fall asleep, and (*blink*) it's morning, time to leap over tall buildings in a single bound. And I would bet I'm getting my fair share of stage III-IV sleep. The difference is "noticeable".

(Almost willing to buy my own EEG just to prove it. No, I think I'll just make one. Any engineers want "in" on that project?)

-Ric