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Originally Posted by JoSchmooze
Anyone else ever have a sleep study before?
I had one last night and it surprised me.
I knew that I snored and I knew that sometimes I sleep in some strange positions...
When the tech explained the procedure, he indicated that he would be
montoring me for about 2 hours of sleep and then if it was necessary,
(if I stopped breathing more than 5 times in an hour) he'd put a CPAP mask on me
and try and get the right pressure for me.
Evidently, after I reached REM sleep I averaged to stop breathing,
on average - 17 times in 2 hours! No freakin' wonder I am always
tired when I get up!
I was just wondering if anyone else has had this experience?
I am almost apprehensive about going to sleep tonight.
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I've never been a sleeper, that includes when I was a baby. My poor mother. She admitted to me once, she gave me cough syrup to make me sleep.....Anyhow, I don't have sleep apnea. I just don't sleep. I may have slept 40 minutes and woke up and thought I slept 8 hours. At the time I was doing the sleep studies, to further complicate matters, I was doing shift work. 7 to 4 one week. 3 to midnight, then 11p to 8a and the killer shift, two days of each shift in a week.......no wonder I didn't sleep. (I did one study right after killer week).....they said I barely went to REM.
Many lifestyle changes, and I currently am working 9 to 5 mon thru friday, weekends off ( this is a first in my entire working career)and I'm actually sleeping at night. 6 hours, but thats better than 40 minutes. Also, I'm no longer up at night watching infomercials, so I'm not making ridiculous purchases when I am sleep deprived
(oh order now and get the second one free) lol.......good will is missing my generous donations! Its no laughing matter, not sleeping is very bad for your health. I've had Dr's lecture the hell out of me (as if I was doing this on purpose) I learned the body is not a battery, you can't store sleep nor can you recharge...its supply and demand. Ok, off my soap box. I go to bed now.