Sleep Study

Snaggletiger · « **on:** August 31, 2011, 10:54:49 AM »

I've talked to one or two of you that have been through one. I'm having one tonight and I still think that unless they give me something to knock my fat ass out, I'm gonna' lay there and stare at the ceiling. I understand they hook you up to all kinds of electrodes and Frankenstein shit and just expect you to go on to sleep. I can't go to sleep now without some burrbinz and coke product with a Tylenol PM chaser.

Anyone had one done? Did it help?

djsimp · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:57:49 AM »

No, but I use to do a lot of sleep study in school.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:10:23 AM »

I have done one. What are you doing the study for? Mine was because the ex had me convinced I was going to cave in the ceiling with my snoring and that she was "concerned" for me because of sleep apnea.

Are you getting one done because you can't sleep? If so, why are they doing it?

wesfau2 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:21:44 AM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 31, 2011, 11:10:23 AM

I have done one. What are you doing the study for? Mine was because the ex had me convinced I was going to cave in the ceiling with my snoring and that she was "concerned" for me because of sleep apnea.

Story of my life. What was the outcome of your study?

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:22:54 AM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 31, 2011, 11:10:23 AM

I have done one. What are you doing the study for? Mine was because the ex had me convinced I was going to cave in the ceiling with my snoring and that she was "concerned" for me because of sleep apnea.

Are you getting one done because you can't sleep? If so, why are they doing it?

I had my annual physical this summer and my blood pressure was really elevated for the first time in my life. I had all the blood work done, a stress test, a camera run up my innards etc. and everything came back good. But, one of the questions was whether I was having trouble sleeping and/or snored a lot. Just like you, I was told that I peel the paint with my snoring and I do have a bad habit of waking up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning and not being able to go back to sleep. I just don't want any damn Darth Vader mask to help me sleep. Give me a pill or something...or more burrbinz.

AUJarhead · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:23:10 AM »

Does this sleep study have anything to do with WE!!!'s avatar? Because if it does, I need to sign up, also.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:28:09 AM »

Quote from: AUJarhead on August 31, 2011, 11:23:10 AM

Does this sleep study have anything to do with WE!!!'s avatar? Because if it does, I need to sign up, also.

Great minds think alike because I was thinking, if that's the bed I'm laying in tonight, hook me up.

GarMan · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:55:21 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 31, 2011, 10:54:49 AM

I've talked to one or two of you that have been through one. I'm having one tonight and I still think that unless they give me something to knock my fat ass out, I'm gonna' lay there and stare at the ceiling. I understand they hook you up to all kinds of electrodes and Frankenstein shit and just expect you to go on to sleep. I can't go to sleep now without some burrbinz and coke product with a Tylenol PM chaser.

Just bring a flask... Filled with your favorite nectar.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:03:44 PM »

They said I had sleep apnea and gave me a darth vader mask. That thing fucking sucked, and I slept worse with that than I did without it. You HAVE to sleep on your back. You can not sleep on your side or on your stomach. Plus, you can't turn over without the damn thing getting tangled. Not worth it to me. I haven't used mine in over 5 years.

I am convinced that no matter if I snored or not during that test, I was going to be diagnosed with sleep apnea. They sell you those machines for an ass pile of money just because the insurance will cover it. I looked it up and the machines are only worth $250-$300, but since I had insurance, and insurance covered it, they tried to charge nearly $2000. My insurance settled for around $900.

The wife now doesn't complain at all. I snore heavy when I am drunk, but other than that, it is a light snore if it all. I think my ex-wife lies about fucking everything, so I just chalk up that little episode to her fucking craziness...

My ex-wife said she was worried I wasn't sleeping because I was cranky all the time. It turns out I was just a cranky mother fucker not from lack of sleep, but because I was waking up next to a fucking bitch every morning...

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:05:54 PM »

So, you're saying you and your ex don't get along?

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:09:24 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 31, 2011, 12:05:54 PM

So, you're saying you and your ex don't get along?

Why do you say that? I am just saying the mask wasn't for me...

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:12:37 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 31, 2011, 12:09:24 PM

Why do you say that? I am just saying the mask wasn't for me...

Question...when you say you can't sleep on your side or stomach, is that during the study or after you get the mask?

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:17:30 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 31, 2011, 12:12:37 PM

Question...when you say you can't sleep on your side or stomach, is that during the study or after you get the mask?

After you get the mask. It fits over your nose and mouth with a tube coming out the side. There is really no way to sleep without sleeping on your back.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:20:58 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 31, 2011, 12:17:30 PM

After you get the mask. It fits over your nose and mouth with a tube coming out the side. There is really no way to sleep without sleeping on your back.

That in itself is a huge problem. I don't think I'm any different from most people in that I have my own little routines in going to sleep. I do start out on my back but unless I'm wasted and ready to pass out, I roll to each side. I almost never fall asleep on my back. I have talked to some that got the machine that didn't use the mask but had the two little tubes that stick up your nose.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:37:14 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on August 31, 2011, 12:20:58 PM

That in itself is a huge problem. I don't think I'm any different from most people in that I have my own little routines in going to sleep. I do start out on my back but unless I'm wasted and ready to pass out, I roll to each side. I almost never fall asleep on my back. I have talked to some that got the machine that didn't use the mask but had the two little tubes that stick up your nose.

You still have a huge hose that comes out the side and you can't roll your head over to sleep on that side. Also, If you did have a way to sleep on both sides, then you still have to roll all the way over at night in order not to get tangled up in the hose. There is no way to sleep on your stomach and then turn your head from one side to the other. The hose would be under you.

Over all...like my marriage...it sucked ass...

Hogwally · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:37:29 PM »

I never had the study, but knew I had sleep apnea. I used to have trouble sleeping more than an hour and a half at night without waking up, had horrible acid reflux, started falling asleep at my desk, and ended up falling asleep at the wheel on the way home from a golf outing with Sani and some other guys in Myrtle Beach and crashing my SUV.
I got a hand me down C-Pap machine from my brother (his insurance bought him a new one) and it changed my life. The first time I used it I slept for 9 hours straight and woke up feeling like I'd had shot of adrenaline or something. Just incredible the difference it's made in my quality of life. I've also lost about 60 pounds and never have reflux anymore. Sani will vouch for how bad I was draggin my ass around in Myrtle Beach, which was just a couple months before I got the machine.
I can sleep on my side in my mask, but it does take a little getting used to as to how to arrange your pillow and the hose and all. I know a lot of people don't like them, and if you're just having trouble sleeping it may not help. But if you really do have a severe case of apnea it can make an incredible difference.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:40:42 PM »

Quote from: Hogwally on August 31, 2011, 12:37:29 PM

I never had the study, but knew I had sleep apnea. I used to have trouble sleeping more than an hour and a half at night without waking up, had horrible acid reflux, started falling asleep at my desk, and ended up falling asleep at the wheel on the way home from a golf outing with Sani and some other guys in Myrtle Beach and crashing my SUV.
I got a hand me down C-Pap machine from my brother (his insurance bought him a new one) and it changed my life. The first time I used it I slept for 9 hours straight and woke up feeling like I'd had shot of adrenaline or something. Just incredible the difference it's made in my quality of life. I've also lost about 60 pounds and never have reflux anymore. Sani will vouch for how bad I was draggin my ass around in Myrtle Beach, which was just a couple months before I got the machine.
I can sleep on my side in my mask, but it does take a little getting used to as to how to arrange your pillow and the hose and all. I know a lot of people don't like them, and if you're just having trouble sleeping it may not help. But if you really do have a severe case of apnea it can make an incredible difference.

Then there is that too. I know several people that swear by them. I think the key is it helps for severe sleep apnea. Not the occasional snorer. I didn't feel any different when I was on mine.

AUTiger1 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:00:56 PM »

Go to the study, let them push the machine, take the machine and do not use it if you choose. Come back and tell them the machine is a piece of shit and doesn't work for you. Go the surgery route. No more sleep apnea.

Surgery recovery time is horrid. Your throat will be as sore as hell for about oh.......3 weeks. It also takes a long time before you can drink a coke without it coming out of your nose. It was over a month before I could eat a hamburger. You basically have to learn how to swallow all over again in a way. On the bright side, I lost about 20lbs that month.

Saniflush · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:03:14 PM »

Quote from: Hogwally on August 31, 2011, 12:37:29 PM

Sani will vouch for how bad I was draggin my ass around in Myrtle Beach, which was just a couple months before I got the machine.

I thought was just because of the shitty titty flops that were there?

AUsweetheart · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:08:16 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on August 31, 2011, 12:03:44 PM

They said I had sleep apnea and gave me a darth vader mask. That thing fucking sucked, and I slept worse with that than I did without it. You HAVE to sleep on your back. You can not sleep on your side or on your stomach. Plus, you can't turn over without the damn thing getting tangled. Not worth it to me. I haven't used mine in over 5 years.

I am convinced that no matter if I snored or not during that test, I was going to be diagnosed with sleep apnea. They sell you those machines for an ass pile of money just because the insurance will cover it. I looked it up and the machines are only worth $250-$300, but since I had insurance, and insurance covered it, they tried to charge nearly $2000. My insurance settled for around $900.

The wife now doesn't complain at all. I snore heavy when I am drunk, but other than that, it is a light snore if it all. I think my ex-wife lies about fucking everything, so I just chalk up that little episode to her fucking craziness...

My ex-wife said she was worried I wasn't sleeping because I was cranky all the time. It turns out I was just a cranky mother fucker not from lack of sleep, but because I was waking up next to a fucking bitch every morning...

I giggled.