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Curious how this therapy affects sleep (study).

bv1800 wrote: If you are on testosterone replacement therapy, consider stopping a month or ideally more before the study.

Or carbohydrates?

Personally I can see no advantage to cheating on a home sleep study. It is like lying to your doctor or lawyer. What is to gain and for who?
The sleep clinic gets money for nothin on your M-TV.

The original posts are 10 years old.

Guest wrote:Curious how this therapy affects sleep (study).

bv1800 wrote: If you are on testosterone replacement therapy, consider stopping a month or ideally more before the study.

Or carbohydrates?

Personally I can see no advantage to cheating on a home sleep study. It is like lying to your doctor or lawyer. What is to gain and for who?
The sleep clinic gets money for nothin on your M-TV.

I can't speak to the physiological aspects, but I can say that 1) my OSA was far worse when on TRT, 2) if you search this forum, you'll find threads where men reported pressure requirements decreasing 2-3 cm & 3) one of the warnings on the box of androgel & a warning in their commercials is that it may cause sleep probs or worsen existing probs. An google search will return 1,000's of reported cases where TRT resulted in worsening sleep.

As far as carbs are concerned, I've discovered that I have a sensitivity to wheat (even beer). If I consume any after, noon, I have to take a decongestant when I go to bed or my CPAP loses effectiveness & I snore (I don't snore at all without it). To your point, its not all carbs, so I probably should have just mentioned wheat.

LSAT wrote:The original posts are 10 years old.

and I was replying to "todays post".

Guest wrote:

LSAT wrote:The original posts are 10 years old.

and I was replying to "todays post".

Why do you assume that I was referring to you?

LSAT wrote:

Guest wrote:

LSAT wrote:The original posts are 10 years old.

and I was replying to "todays post".

Why do you assume that I was referring to you?

I didn't and don't assume. I was just pointing it out in case you had trouble following along.

Guest wrote:I was replying to "todays post".

And his stupidity killed him, but he lives on in antique post limbo. Jim

I am taking a mandatory sleep study its for the dot they are using a device that straps to your wrist and probes on your fingertips I already took this test it said I stopped breathing 9 times I had a bad cold at that time they made me try to use the crap machine I cant sleep with this thing on my face I tryied 3different masks all kinds of setting changes I have lost sleep if I stay awake for this test will I pass

what now wrote:I am taking a mandatory sleep study its for the dot they are using a device that straps to your wrist and probes on your fingertips I already took this test it said I stopped breathing 9 times I had a bad cold at that time they made me try to use the crap machine I cant sleep with this thing on my face I tryied 3different masks all kinds of setting changes I have lost sleep if I stay awake for this test will I pass

I would think you're going to fail miserably if you think you're going to "cheat" on your test. You need to figure out how to use your machine every night......cold or not. That's why we're here, to help people use their equipment. You need to register on the forum, list your equipment, including the settings. There are many ways these machines can be tweaked to provide optimum therapy and become second nature to the users. You haven't even scratched the surface yet. Try using the machine when you're watching TV or reading......or at other times when you're not in bed.

You need to figure out how to use it and make it comfortable and not whine about it.


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The machines record results based on a sleep-breathing pattern, and it's very different from an awake one, so you couldn't cheat if you wanted to - never get away with it!

It was a required DOT physical that found my Apnea. I didn't think I had a problem but many things have improved for me since I started 4 months ago. The best info you will get is get the test and use the machine. People will be here to help you do that.

many at home sleep study test now have left and right channel electrodes for your head that will be able to tell what stage of sleep you are in also.

If it saves a life, what is the downside?

I have read with great interest your website.
Never have I seen so many sheeple gathered in one place defending a machine that sits by your bed WITH A TWO WAY MICROPHONE imbedded in it that is on 24/7/365.

A medical doctor told me that, with all the leads and sensors, a "sleep apnea" test was so designed that almost any reading could be read to produce a patient needing a CPAP. And the folks who do the study also get to determine if you need one, which they usually sell at a profit of course... or have stock in.

Don't believe me? Stick that chip in your laptop. The software to read the chip is FREE and DOWNLOADABLE. You can actually read where the CPAP is reaching out to its GUIDE to hook up with GPS and randomly transmit readings.

TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT IN YOUR BEDROOM..... BUT THEN, MAYBE YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.... YOUR SITE CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE AN ONGOING COMMERCIAL.

TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF, STOP SMOKING AND GROW UP.

ThisOneSaysNo wrote: TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT IN YOUR BEDROOM..... BUT THEN, MAYBE YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.... YOUR SITE CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE AN ONGOING COMMERCIAL.