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[–] [email protected] 148 points 1 day ago (8 children)

If you're wondering, it's a cute idea but they clearly haven't actually done a sleep study. Being wired up to 19 sensors leaves little room for movement, let alone extracurricular activities.

Source: I had my second sleep study last week.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

I've never done a sleep study either but I can tell you right now I couldn't sleep under those conditions without a good wank first.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago

19 sensors leaves little room for movement

A little movement is all I need.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 23 hours ago

I like a challenge.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I never understood the point of a sleep study. How is this highly artificial environment supposed to deliver helpful results? How are you supposed to sleep at all in this kind of environment?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

For sleep apnea for example which only happens when you are asleep they only need you to be asleep and then they monitor when it happens then adjust air pressure etc and see if that helps.

Their equipment is much more precise than for example CPAP machine, so they get more exact data.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I did a sleep study that was done at home. They just sent a device I clipped on my index finger, strapped around my chest and put a small tube around my nose.

It's definitely still a little artificial, but it's at home with no one live monitoring you. As long as you get some sleep they can use stats and all the various data to get an idea of what's going on.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

"Hmm, it seems the patient has trouble sleeping with a device clipped on their index finger, strapped around their chest and a small tube around their nose. Prescribe xanax. Next patient."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You're being very uncharitable to people who have done this for most of their lives and likely are perfectly aware of the limitations

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

You're being very touchy about a throwaway line on a shitpost community

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I wanted a home study so bad but my insurance veto'd it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

I don't even need a damn study. I snore loudly, wake up often if I don't sleep on my side, and am overweight. I have OSA. There's no real need for further diagnostics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

they can still compare it to other people doing a study.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

A sleep study is a diagnostic tool, not a research one. You have them when your doctor suspects sleep apnea and such.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it's about the few minutes when you do actually sleep, to determine if you have sleep apnea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

They only need to capture one sleep cycle anyways.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

eeeehhhhahaha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

What happens if you need to get up to take a piss or shit or get a beer?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You have to speak to the camera looming above your head, then they'll come and unplug you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Is your life support they'd be unplugging?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

The only life it's supporting has been called, "grotesquely disproportionate" and "massively disappointing". Leading women everywhere to ask, "is that it?" or "ya game is bigger, acorn!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Lol no, you don't typically need life support to sleep.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, a cpap is kinda life support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

That's a point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

you just reach out and grab a bucket?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I took an at home study a few months ago and it was just one uncomfortable finger sensor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yea, I did one of those too, but it didn't pick anything up, so I had to go in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

For me, the machine was on a table beside the bed at least.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I've had undiagnosed untreated sleep apnea for almost 20 years.

I need one badly. But there's no fkin way I can go to a Strange place full of strange people and go to sleep while wired up like the the Matrix.

Guess I'll just die.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Just do it. Your sleep apnea is literally killing you. They only need to capture one sleep cycle to diagnose.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago

I had basically the same thought. I don't sleep well now and I didn't then.

However, it turns out they don't need much data. The night they did my first sleep study, I woke up a number of times in the double digits in an amount of time that was so annoying to them that they gave up and sent me home early. They were still able to affect a diagnosis (and back it up with quantifiable data, lest you think them fakers). A full night of sleep is helpful to them to do things like verify your symptoms, but it seems not that much is needed.

Also, as others have said, you can do an at home study. I did one of those as well (later) and it was just a finger sensor (basically a pulse oximeter) and a sticky pad you put on your chest (which does kinda suck if you have chest hair but isn't unpleasant or cumbersome otherwise). I trust that test less, but in case you feel you have sleep apnea, it's less weird and just as likely to get you the equipment you need.

Lots of people describe their CPAP as life changing and I believe them. For me I wouldn't call it life changing in the traditional sense, but I would describe it as beneficial enough that I recommend one. Even if it were 100% psychosomatic, I would say it helps enough that it's improved my sleep. I recommend a test to you. Worst case scenario, it's one unpleasant night to find where you stand. Best case scenario, it really is life changing (and hopefully for the better)! If you have questions, while I'm in no way even remotely an expert, I have been through it and would be happy to answer any to the best of my knowledge.

Please take care of yourself if you can. Your health is worth it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

My first sleep study was 3 hours, then they got scared and woke me up and sent me home.

Turns out I had very severe sleep apnea.

My second sleep test was a trial using CPAP, that lasted 2 hours before they swapped in a BiPap and a full face mask. Slept like a baby after that.

My wife has mild sleep apnea, her pressure is 6, my pressure is 22. It wasn't until I got an Auto BiPap, that adjusts between 20-25 that my sleep really got better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

You can tinker with your settings too. There's a piece of software called sleepyhead that will display all of the stats from your unit's SD card, and you can get your settings dialed in using it.

I had to because my pressure would go up so high that it would cause my mask to leak and I had to wake up and restart the unit to get it to a normal pressure.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Talk to the specialist, my sleep study last week was done at home in my own bed. Went into hospital for an hour to get wired up, drove home and went to bed at my normal time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Mine was just a finger sensor and a chest sensor I put on myself. Ended up having serious sleep apnea and now on a CPAP. Sleep is significantly improved. Just do it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I did sleep study.

I did just fine. barely an inconvenience.