How does the sleep study go?

I know this has been asked thousands of times, i just never read the answers. So i will be having one soon and i just want to know how it is. Is it all quiet, how is the bed/cot/?, Do i stay there all night? Do they want you to sleep on your back? Etc, whatever you know please tell me. You can email me if you want. Thanks!!!!

Sleep studies are a breeze. I got there at about 8:30 p.m. , I wore mens jammy pants and a tee shirt, they hooked up a lot of wires all over me with a box/monitor hooked to it and I went to bed. The bed was a full size comfy bed. You can lay on any side that you are comfortable. They wake you up around 5 or 6 and you go home. You will have this thick goo that held the wires all over. It washes out pretty good. After they have read your results they will have you come in again and they will do it all again but this time with a c-pap machine on you. When done in the morning the same as before. If you need a machine you will be ordered one and get it in a couple weeks. I don't snore anymore and feel so rested all day. No more falling asleep when driving or working. Sometimes in my sleep I take it off and I can tell when I quit breathing. I wake up with a huge gasp. Plus my cat will get in my face and scvream at me and lick my face until I answer. There are two kinds of masks. the triangle type that goes over thwhole nose and th fat soft bar that goes under the nose. I have the bar one and I sleep on my face and side. No problem.

I was real nervous for my 1st sleep study. The tech wasn't very nice and didn't care how I felt. I didn't sleep well and the wired made me feel like I was being strangled. (I have a photo in my profile, just scroll down a little) I went on May 17th for my 2nd sleep study to try cpap. I had a wonderful teck, who was very compassionate about wire placement, my comfort and made sure I understood why I was there. She even went over the results from my 1st study that the respiratory therapist didn't explain(she's a major nasty person...B****). Anyway, she pulled all of the wires back and attached them all together like a pony tail. They moved with me and not a single one came loose all night. Just try to get as comfortable as you can. If you can tolerate it, I recommend leaving the tv on low volume all night. My 1st study I set the timer, and it went off before I was asleep. I woke up a few times to voices of the staff in another room. WHEN YOU GET HOME>>>>>when you wash your hair, run some conditioner through first....it'll loosen that tacky glue and make it easier to get out.

tried to the 1st one at their office couldn't sleep. they redid it IN HOME, they come to my house hooked me up to a laptop, it went way better.