sleep apnea

Had it done a few weeks ago. They put sticky electrodes all over you with wires going from each one to a box. I went in at 8:30 at night, they got me all wired up and I tried to go to sleep about 10:30. Room was similar to a motel room with double bed a bath but they have cameras in there to monitor you. I don't sleep well when I go to a new place and no way was I sleeping well with all those wires hooked all over me. I slept in gym shorts and t-shirt, no stinking pajamas for me, don't even own a pair. About 5:30 the next morning they ran me out of there. Turns out I have mild sleep apnea and O2 sats dropped to 60 at one point, so I had to go back for the same test but using a CPAP this time. So far I haven't gotten a CPAP to use at home, seems they can't get their ducks in a row. Everyone I have talked with that uses a CPAP says it really helps.

They set me up with a home overnight monitor. When they read it they said I was borderline. Things got real strange at that point. Seemed like the Doc was a QUACK!they were stumbling over what equipment and prices so I basically told them they are up to no good and running some type of scam and I am not sticking around to find out. This was 2 years ago and Soon I will probably search out a different Doc because the snoring is bad.

TMI, Dale!

Keep in mind that the same people that do the test are selling the machines.  Did my test at home kept waking up all wrapped in the cords they said I needed a machine, told them of course I didn't sleep good.

I'm with shamless on night time fashion

I had a sleep apnea test done about 4 years ago. I had been working my ass off for a few days prior, and hadn't slept much either. So I was dog dead tired when I went in. They wired me up, I slept like a rock all night. They said I didn't need a machine. My wife, my father, and a brother in law all 3 have cpap machines, and wouldn't be without them. My wife will not go anywhere for even one night without taking her machine along. I sleep better for it as well, because if she sleeps good, without snoring and waking up every 5 minutes, Then I sleep better, too. The test is nothing to be concerned about. Go in and sleep. Nothing to it. As far as I know, the tech's computer screen does NOT show what you are dreaming about, Which should let you sleep a little easier, Shameless. My mother had the sleep apnea test done a few months ago. Shw also was determined to need a machine, which upset her, because she said the reason she didn't sleep good during the test, was because the tech administering it kept coming in and waking her up. Well, they tell you before you go to sleep that if your oxygen gets to low, or you goo for X amount of time without taking a breath, they will wake you up. That stuff constitutes not getting good sleep, or sleep apnea. That's why they were waking her up. Long story short, she got a machine, and her first night with it was the first time in forever that she slept all night with out waking up. Darrel

I have it. I was diagnosed in 2012 but I knew I had it since 2003. It started half-way through my first Iraq deployment. The sleep Dr. said stress and trauma can initiate it. I had a machine but I stopped using a over a year ago because it started to sound like a shop vac. My insurance pays for a new machine every 5 years, so I'm due.

If you get a machine, make sure you buy that machine 'as seen on tv' that will sanitize it. Insurance should also send you a new mask and filters every 3 months.  

Well Shameless, get ready to have some fun getting used to it. Masks have improved tremendously, so that helps. I use a full face mask. My problem with them is they have to run so much pressure that it tends to blow off my face. So you have to keep them adjusted. I also have central apnea so that presents  a whole nother set of issues. When the doctor told the one guy that 60% sat was a mild case of apnea it's time to get another doctor. While not the most severe, it's time to do something about it. Some like me have to use a oxygen generator along with the CPAP. Even with all this I still sleep like crap, but think I would have croaked by now without it. 

the initial test was back around 2002 sleped about half the night than they hooked me up to the machine for the other half. I never had a problem sleeping while deployed, sleeping in a tent in the desert was fine just couldn't sleep when I was home. Ive had to retake the test twice for the FAA so I could keep my medical. for them after the 8 hour sleep test they sit you in a dark room in a recliner with nothing to do and stay awake for two hours than take a test. I use mine religiously and get a good nights sleep wake up and don't have any desire to nap during the day.

I can say I had pretty much the same experience as Hubert. They said I stopped breathing about every 20 minutes and tossed and turned like a fish out of water. This was through the Mercy Sleep Clinic in Des Moines. They don't sell or maintain anything, I have an outside company that does that. My wife said I snored like a freight train before. Now with the CPAP she says I don't at all anymore. They check me out once a year and I've been good ever since. The sleep apnea is only half of the problem. My brain doesn't shut down on it's own so I'm stuck with a sleeping pill.

I have been sleeping with a CPAP device for 24 years. I am sure I would be dead now without it. I suffocate in the middle of the night and stop breathing. The CPAP keeps me breathing and keeps me sleeping. I just had another sleep study done last week. It was much easier than the one I had 24 years ago. Insurance company made me do another one as it has been so long since my last one . Like others have said the masks have got a lot better.

Had my first machine over 20 years. Got a new 1 last fall. I cannot sleep without 1. Mask covers nose and mouth. I been using the same brand and type of mask the whole time. My new machine warms the air which is OK cause the dang old gal has to have a freezing cold room to sleep in. You can adjust that setting, also has the option to add a little mixture to the air so I don't wake up with a dry mouth. I'st machine I got this past fall did not put out enough air pressure. They replaced it. Old 1 still works, I'm gonna put it in that ferd powered wanna be camper. Got the test done at the local horsepistol, had to do it 2 times cause the gals computer crashed and all info was lost. Its just like sleeping in a strange bed with no TV. I don't remember being hooked up to wires, must not a been cause I gotta get up half dozen times to P. I do know they had a video camera recording all my moving. Anymore I can only sleep about 6 hrs a night which seems to be enough. It took me a couple of days to get used to. Hoping you get a!one good with this. Sure hoping your a getting better too.

The moisture mix on mine don't do anything for dry mouth. if turned past 2 it fills the mask with more water that I don't need. ---have asked the people it came from and they have NO answers, said they never heard of it.
This one is Phillips brand, thats all they sell around here. ( corp. monopoly !)  thanks; ac fleet

Shameless make sure they don't hook you up for a lobotomy instead of a sleep study, they might just cure that darn snow machine fetish you have.

Edited by Darrell G (MN) - 07 Apr 2018 at 9:35pm

Shameless I just purtend I'm a spaceman gitting all  hooked up for a trip up yonder and it makes it easy.