Yea, sleep studies suck. You’re in stuffy room tethered to a machine by a million wires everywhere from your knees up and covered in smelly glue and sticky pads. After a night of that, if you’re lucky, you’ll get to stay for the entire next day and try to force yourself to take naps every couple of hours.
I had that, six sensors on my skull, a nasal air sensor, two leg sensors, a stomach and heart sensor, jaw, chin and eye sensors as well as two chest expansion sensors, all wired to a data logger that was hung around my neck and took as much space as a cat sitting on my chest.
I had the same experience, my doctor told me the home ones are often worthless but insurance companies like to make you try them before approving a sleep lab because it’s cheaper.
I had to have a couple EEGs as a kid. Similar situation, told to sleep with a bunch of sticky pads stuck to my head. Wasn’t too bad as I recall because they had me stay up extra late so I was already really tired and just conked out immediately
Yea, sleep studies suck. You’re in stuffy room tethered to a machine by a million wires everywhere from your knees up and covered in smelly glue and sticky pads. After a night of that, if you’re lucky, you’ll get to stay for the entire next day and try to force yourself to take naps every couple of hours.
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What happens if you need to get up to take a piss or shit or get a beer?
You have to speak to the camera looming above your head, then they’ll come and unplug you.
Is your life support they’d be unplugging?
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Lol no, you don’t typically need life support to sleep.
Dang.
I mean, a cpap is kinda life support.
That’s a point.
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My first study was in a sleep lab. It is as you describe. My second study last week was at home in my own bed. The experience was much the same.
I took an at home study a few months ago and it was just one uncomfortable finger sensor?
I had that, six sensors on my skull, a nasal air sensor, two leg sensors, a stomach and heart sensor, jaw, chin and eye sensors as well as two chest expansion sensors, all wired to a data logger that was hung around my neck and took as much space as a cat sitting on my chest.
For me, the machine was on a table beside the bed at least.
Yea, I did one of those too, but it didn’t pick anything up, so I had to go in.
I had the same experience, my doctor told me the home ones are often worthless but insurance companies like to make you try them before approving a sleep lab because it’s cheaper.
I had to have a couple EEGs as a kid. Similar situation, told to sleep with a bunch of sticky pads stuck to my head. Wasn’t too bad as I recall because they had me stay up extra late so I was already really tired and just conked out immediately
They had smells?
Oh yea.