How many of ya'll have done a sleep study?

I went in, went to sleep, they came in and woke me up cause I was snoring and to try the least invasive mask. When I woke up at 7am I thought they forgot about me. But it was just that I stopped snoring completely with the under nose mask.

I did one for apnea. You’ll get a little recorder box and a breathing tube or mask to wear overnight. Since it’s heart related they may give you some electrodes to wear for a day or so too. It’s not too intrusive

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Just kind of wondering what to expect

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Expect to go to sleep.

Me, years ago. Was pretty dreadful trying to sleep with all that stuff attached to you.

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Just kind of wondering what to expect.

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I have to go to a clinic for this one. Not overly worried about it.... just seems a little weird.

I just did one about a month ago here. I did the take home test equipment so I could sleep in my bed. Pretty simple. You put a thing on your face and attach sensors to your chest and on your finger while you sleep. That was mine anyway. You go by and pick it up at the clinic, they show you how to put everything on, you go home and hook it all up to you at bedtime, wake up and drop it off in their dropbox. Get the results a day or two later.

Very similar to this:





I had a sneaking idea that I had apnea issues and finally did the study after years of wondering.

My results came back and showed within about a 6 hour period I had 291 apnea events (about 50 per hour). So I was a considered a severe case. My nasal passage and sinuses get narrow and blocked real easy.

Had a couple of weeks delay on getting my CPAP because of the shortage crap. I luckily got placed at the top of the list since my case was severe.

Fortunately it only took me a few days to get used to wearing my CPAP. The first night was very tough. May have slept 2 hours all together. It wasn't the mask, it was the way it makes you breathe. The second night was much much easier. The mask didn't feel nearly as foreign on me and the breathing was easier. I can say I feel I have more clarity and my brain just works a bit better since doing this. I do feel better.

I still like waking up an hour or so earlier than I have to and take off the mask so I can roll around and sink my face into the pillow. I miss the freedom of tossing and turning.

If you're interested in cost... I have BCBS of NC and I will end up paying about $650 out of pocket for my CPAP machine, not including all the specialists copays.

Seems people are in one of two camps when it comes to CPAP. Some say it's life changing, just like in this thread... while others say they don't feel all that different but say they notice how crappy they sleep when they don't use it. So it seems like they really do work 100% of the time.

I heard that pee can cause the electrodes to malfunction.

I did the at home version. I did not sleep well that night and knew the results would end up with needing a cpap machine. Went yesterday to discuss results thinking I would go with a machine... nope a waste of time, I have to wait for them to schedule another appointment for that.

Interested in your heart condition if you dont mind me asking. The reason I ended up doing the test was for one as well. Not sure if its connected or not, but had covid in January, in February I woke up feeling my heart beating very fast. put on a heart rate monitor and collected a hour of 140-160 BBP while laying in bed. Went to the urgent care and they did a EKG. Urgent care told me to go to the ER and was told I was in AFib. Stayed in it all night until they cardioverted me back into normal rhythm. Have not been back into AFib since and no longer taking daily medication.

Now that COVID is over it's back to the old way

You'll sit in a room with 3-4 people watching your every move and taunting you to go to sleep and openly talking about what to do with you if you die during the study