Question:
Did everyone that did a sleep apnea test have it all night?
The sleep apnea test I'm taking is going to be all night. Is this how it is for everyone? I had no idea I would have to be away from home over night. — TheresaC (posted on December 14, 2002)
December 14, 2002
Yes! Well, that's how it was for me, anyway... I went in to the hospital
around 9pm on a Monday night and left the hospital at around 6am when the
test was over. I also had to go back a second time to do a C-pap test and
also had to spend the night for that one... if you have any specific
questions, feel free to e-mail and I will tell you whatever I can.....love
and light,
— medium
December 14, 2002
It is an all night thing. However, it may be that they will monitor you
and about half way through the night, if you do have apnea, they will wake
you up and put the CPAP on you then and after that, monitor you for the
rest of the night. They can then adjust the settings on the CPAP to see
where it needs to be for you to get the best sleep.
— garw
December 14, 2002
Hi, yes, a sleep apnea test is almost always for all night. Mine was a full
night for the initial sleep study (plus I had to stay half a day for some
other tests not related to sleep apnea, so that will be a nonissue for you,
I presume), and then another full night study with the CPAP to get it
adjusted properly.
— Elizabeth N.
December 14, 2002
you need to ask them to do a spilit night on you or you will have to go
back. They normally monitor you the first session/night then you come back
and they put you on a cpap if you require it the second session/night and
the make the adjustments. My Dr. requested a spilit session and they were
to monitor me the first four hours without a cpap then if I needed one put
it on me. They had me on a cpap after the first hour. I ended up with
over 102 apneas per hour(sever extreme sleep apnea).
Good luck!
— Robert B.
December 14, 2002
Mine & my husband's were all night. I had 125 events per hour,
myhusband had 25. After an hour or so (who knows?) they put the CPAP on me
and adjusted it to taste. By morning, I was NOT willing to give it back.
My mom, though, had an overnight at home with an oxymeter. She never
experienced the relief that my husband & I did, though. I know my mom
& she probably took it off & on several times, making an invalid
reading, so inadequate treatment. My experience was NOT unpleasant at all,
BTW.
— vitalady
December 14, 2002
OMG...my sleep test overnight was the BEST!! I made an evening of it...I
took myself out to dinner...had a nice relaxing dinner, without kids...then
"checked in" at the sleep clinic...got into my jammies, and went
to sleep. It was the best. They found that I was "borderline"
apnea...not full blown "episodes" but my breathing would become
labored in my sleep...pickwickian syndrome. It was a relief that I did not
have full blown apnea, but also that I was just about there...it answered a
lot of questions I had. Relax and have a good night sleep.
~CAE~
— Mustang
December 14, 2002
Yes my test was all night then I went back again for another all nighter.
— Lana Rush
December 15, 2002
It seems like everybody had a lot more fun with their sleep studies than I
did! (LOL) I had to have two of them -- the first one I only slept for
two hours, so any readings they had were invalid; the second one showed I
had moderate sleep apnea. I hated the darn thing -- but, then again, I
don't do well sleeping in a strange bed, or in a room that isn't completely
inside-of-a-cow dark, and I'm claustrophobic so having all those wires all
over me more or less tying me to the bed wasn't a good time ... and, to top
it off, I'm allergic to the adhesive tape they stick on the leg monitors to
the point where, after the second one, my GP thought I had flesh-eating
disease my legs were so messed up. But that's just me -- obviously, other
people have a MUCH better time of it. I guess it has to be an all-nighter
because how else will they see how you sleep -- although, in my case, they
probably would have got better/more accurate results if I could have been
in my own bed. Good luck, hon!
— Cheryl Denomy
December 15, 2002
yes i had to o for a all nighter and i hated being away from home like that
i hated it and even the girl that gave it to me said she knew it has to be
uncomfortable sleeping n another bedand they hook al kind of wires up to me
i couldt sleep good in the bed so she let me try a reclining chair and i
slept about 3 hours she said but i did not have to go back and when i came
home i went to sleep at 630 in the morning but i guess we all have to get
through it but some places will run the test at home but thehosiptal i went
to did not but i know the cleveland cinic does good luck
— ROSEMARY A.
December 16, 2002
Yes, most sleep studies are all night affairs. However, ask ahead and see
how they plan to conduct the study (or how the doctor wrote the order for
it).
Some studies will monitor you all night long, tell you that yes, you have
sleep apnea, and then require you to come back a SECOND night to be tested
on the CPAP machine.
I'm not sure if this is a money making ploy or what, but it's so
unnecessary. When I had my sleep study years before this operation, they
monitored me for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, and they already had enough evidence to
know that I had severe sleep apnea. At that point, they woke me up and set
me up on the CPAP machine. It was the first night in ages that I'd had a
good nights sleep and by morning they knew what setting I needed and I only
needed to wait for the medical supply company to visit me and set me up
with one.
Sleeping in a different bed and attached to all sorts of electrodes can be
uncomfortable enough without having to do it TWICE. Honestly though, I
didn't find the experience very bad at all. It's always conducted in a
private room - how often do you get THAT in a hospital? Bring a book,
watch some tv and pretend you're in a hotel! I had a follow up study done
last year and at this hospital they even gave you a voucher for a free
breakfast in the cafeteria, LOL.
— sandsonik
December 19, 2002
You can read my profile where I described my sleep study (which was just
last night). Worst night of my life (sleep wise), but I had an excellent
Sleep Technician. Good luck to you.
— ccwilliams
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