Next step.... Sleep Study

Going Monday night to do my sleep study. Very anxious about it. I'm afraid I won't sleep since they only want you to sleep on your back. I'm a side sleeper. I've tried every night for the last week to do it and just can't. I don't know what to do. Will they give me meds to help me sleep? I'm scared.

they won't give you meds to help you sleep.  And they had me sleep on my side and my back.  I can't sleep on my back, either, and I doubt I slept more than 10 minutes during the time they  had me on my back.  I'm surprised they could make an assessment, but maybe they have ways to deal with this as a lot of people seem to have trouble sleeping when they're doing a sleep study.

Nothing to be afraid of.  They will walk you through it. They do this all the time.  They have had lots of folks who have trouble falling asleep. That is literally what they do for a living...deal with people who have trouble of some kind with their sleep. You will be totally fine. The benefits of healthy sleep are so worth the hassles of the test.

~E

I was in the same boat as you.  I pretty much didn't get any sleep during the sleep study. I'm sure I dozed off and after a few hours I gave up and turned over on my side.  You will get no meds.  There's nothing scary about it, but don't be surprised if you feel like you've been dragged over rocks the next day.

Jen

The sleep center wouldn't give me meds themselves but when I talked to them about my fear of not sleeping when booking the appointment, to my surprise they suggested that I have my PCP give me a prescription for one.  He did, and they told me when to take it that night - I slept great! You might want to call and ask if your sleep center is ok with that.

I have a sleep study done before, I took my normal sleep aid before I went to sleep for the study. The worst party about it for me was all the wires they attach to you. I hated it!

I definitely suggest asking your PCP for a sleeping aid. Ambien works great for me personally.