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Re: sleep study question » Sarah T.

Posted by Larry Hoover on April 10, 2005, at 11:00:23

In reply to Tabitha, ChrisO, KaraS and anyone else - question, posted by Sarah T. on April 2, 2005, at 15:15:37

> Have any of you ever had a sleep study to find out exactly what's going on (for example, sleep apnea, restless legs, etc.)? If you have had a sleep study, can you tell me a little bit about it?

I just had one. There is no way, no possible way, to duplicate a clinical sleep study with home recording units. I had a ponytail of wires off of my head. Four sensors on my face (glued right into my beard, too). One of those oxygen sensors on the finger. A special device around my chest to measure respiration. EKG leads on my chest. I think there were about thirty recordings of my sleep.

They said I didn't meet the threshold for treatment, despite years of non-restorative sleep. At least I know I don't have sleep apnea, or PLMD, or RLS....but I awakened 27 times in the night. I remember two. I get too much REM sleep, and I usually wake from a dream, when I do awake.

I have no idea if any of this can be controlled with melatonin, or how melatonin affects the five stages of sleep. I took some the night of the test, but I don't use it any more.

I'm on a trial of zopiclone right now (instead of temazepam). It usually works well, but some nights I'm awake for hours (like last night). I don't know what's up with that.

I think my sleep quality has improved a little bit with the zopiclone.

Lar

 

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