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butterfly2b · 01-15-2007, 01:34 PM

I had a sleep study. They came to my home and did it.

It is definitely odd, but doable. You have electrodes glued to your head, a CO2 monitor under your nose and chin, an EKG (electrodes glued to your chest) a band around your waist, electrodes on your legs and arms, and a pulse oximeter probe on your finger! It's a lot of stuff to wear and try to sleep!

Good tricks to being able to sleep for me were getiing in some excersize that day, a quiet evening, and going to bed and hour or 2 later than normal. Plan on a light day the next day too, 'cause you'll need a nap!

I am REALLY glad I had done though. I did not end up having sleep apnea (which my husband thought I had) but had another disorder that caused me to wake up 151 times in 5 hours of "sleep!" No wonder I was always tired, I never progressed through all 5 stages of sleep. I was prescribed a simple pill by my MD, and within a week my memory was better, I felt refereshed, and I wasn't tired all the time. I came away as a walking advertisement for getting sleep studies..."Feel tired, ask for a sleep study!"

Moral of the story - all the electrodes and straps associated with a one night sleep study have greatly changed my life for the better. Look at it as an advenure.