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I voted yes. I dont take a sleeping pill, but do need an anti-anxiety (they are pretty much the same thing). I wouldnt have slept without it for my study. This factor did not interfere with my study results. I had sleep apnea, got fitted with the CPAP, and subsequently the apnea reduced.

Now I can sleep anxiety free AND better through the night without waking all the time.

One could debate that the meds cause apnea - or maybe apnea causes one to need the meds... but - each person needs to assess the risks and benefits and make that decision with their provider.

[quote="secret agent girl"]All very helpful comments in helping me consider new perspectives and gain a better understanding. I’m so impressed at how people on this board rally to help others while they are dealing with their own challenges.

Well, I wasn’t properly titrated in the lab. In retrospect, I believe the technician was incompetent; she kept the setting so low I couldn’t fall asleep cuz I couldn’t get enough air, but was too ignorant back then to tell her to turn up the pressure.

I have had 5 sleep studies in 11 years and tried a new lab where that happened, the tech would not give me enough air, I was crying after 4-5 hours and it got worse... for sure do not go back there or if you do, make sure you get a different tech. it might be a lab policy that the tech had to enforce, which you would need clearance or something done in advance to override

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I would not use a sleeping pill for a sleep study as it could skew the results. In fact, I would not take a sleeping pill at any time as it can supress normal breathing. That is my take on this subject.........

Alberta Health services website:
Sleep apnea can be made worse by:
alcohol, sedatives, sleeping pills, narcotics
http://www.healthlinkalberta.ca/Topic.a ... 4EE5852%7D

The respected Mayo Clinic says.... Although you probably won't fall asleep as easily or sleep as well at the sleep center as you do at home, this usually doesn't affect the test results. A full night's sleep isn't required to obtain accurate polysomnography(sleep study) results.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/polyso ... can-expect

They gave me a sleeping pill to take for my test.

Anybody know why I get a "." in the subject line and the poll doesn't show up?

The thread's two years old... don't waste your time

herefishy wrote:Anybody know why I get a "." in the subject line and the poll doesn't show up?

Just a guess, but it may be that the OP removed the original subject line "Do Sleep Studies & Sleeping Pills Mix" and the poll may be disabled as it is from 2010. Sometimes posters will remove their posted information and will leave a "." or "deleted " because there is no way for forum members to remove the post after someone has responded to it. That is why if members see a obvious spam post it is best to not respond to it or it becomes permanent. Only the forum admin can completely/permanently remove posts.

Bet that's it - thanks. I've seen it before, but just didn't notice the age of the post.

Sometimes trolls are rather clever, and are not identified quickly.
Sociopaths are like that.

chunkyfrog wrote:Sometimes trolls are rather clever, and are not identified quickly.
Sociopaths are like that.

But I didn't think I was being all that subtle!

Good one!