Sleep Study
I'm going to have one here shortly.
lol - I actually had one done a few years ago.
I was less than impressed.
I'm going to have one here shortly.
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I had my sleep study back in '99. And I have had a C-pap ever since. It changed my life.
lol - I actually had one done a few years ago.
I was less than impressed.
I plan to sleep through it. I finally talked jinx into letting me go to the doctor. Had blood taken this morning also. just to see if I'm dying.
gonna be 40 soon, so I finally caved and went to the doctor.
not really. I get sleepy sometimes in the afternoon. jinx says I choke in my sleep sometimes, and supposedly, i snore. (yeah right)
and monster's thread got us thinking about that other stuff.
well, you DO work about 100 hours a day...
right. I'm sleepy in the afternoons too. And the mornings. And especially the eveningzzzz zzz zz...zwhu..WHAT? I am paying attention, it was just a long blink.
... and supposedly, i snore. (yeah right)
I don't believe that bullcrap either! Women, always makin' stuff up...
not really. I get sleepy sometimes in the afternoon. jinx says I choke in my sleep sometimes, and supposedly, i snore. (yeah right)
and monster's thread got us thinking about that other stuff.
Did you check your neck for finger marks the next morning?
:lol: beest beats me up in the night. And steals the duvet. And snores, but I like that bit -it's gentle and comforting. It's quiet when we're apart :(
Nothing like gluing on a zillion electrodes, hooking up a wiring harness fit for the space shuttle, and sticking you in a hospital bed, to check you're normal sleep patterns.:rolleyes:
i just want the fucken cpap thing paid for by Aetna. if i have to snore for some mooks in lab coats to get one, I'll do it!
I guess I should smoke a cigar and drink some Rum before I go there, so that I snore my best snores for them.
not all snoring is bad. The choking thing is not so good....
Did you check your neck for finger marks the next morning?
I'm too busy massaging the knee bruises on my back!
Dat call shiatsu. Good for chi.
I need ideas
I wanna do weird stuff to freak out the sleep watchers.
I was using a CPap. When I finally got it working well, they gave me some medication that damn near killed me. Haven't used it since.
Go to a Goodwill store or someplace and buy some really strange clothes, bing some stuffed animals/toys to sleep with ... just thinkin here.
Just insist that you have to sleep naked.
Except be all squeamish about it. "Eee, don't look at my nipples!"
I'm leaving for my sleep study in a few hours. Freakishly, I'm hoping it's apnea. That would explain a lot.
They explicitly told me I can't sleep naked. They didn't say anythign about a ballerina costume, however. You might try that LJ.
Good luck SN! LJ+ballerina costume - lol
Insist on keeping a Bowie knife under your pillow and be sure to scream "Die mutha fukka!" at the moment you wake up.
Mine's tonight too!
How weird is that
Nothing is weird in 2010. What two grown men do wired up in bed while being observed is their own business.
If it's the same bed, it's porn. :facepalm:
I guess if it's the right man and it's done correctly they don't even have to be in the same bed, bruce.
Mine's tonight too!
How weird is that
That's odd.
if we're both wired up at the same time, there is a chance that I can hack into foot's brain and change my grades to all As!
Or maybe I'll just put a zombie warning up.
We'll have to watch closely in the next few days to make sure you two haven't become pods.
I'm here. I have to wait 10 minutes before I go in. I'll try to take pictures of myself with all the wires and shit.
I had baked beans for dinner. Heh.
There is no try. Do.
You need a new profile pic anyway...
it SUCKED
i got a fucking TOOTHACHE in the middle of the night!
and the mattress was terrible. I couldn't lie on my back for more than 5 minutes without my lower back screaming at me.
the tech gave no indication of how it went. I'm kind of bummed
Meh. If it had been bad, they would have slapped a CPAP on you right away.
I'm saying that this night's sleep was not my normal night's sleep, and therefore not indicative of what I typically do in my sleep. My concern is that they will see no need for the cpap. I'd rather not have to repeat this experience. They had no advil for my toothache.....wtf?... Fuckers didn't even have a water cooler to get a drink at. Next time, if there is one, I'll bring a cooler and a six pack.
That photo should be on your next album cover, jimPod.
I'm saying that this night's sleep was not my normal night's sleep, and therefore not indicative of what I typically do in my sleep. My concern is that they will see no need for the cpap. I'd rather not have to repeat this experience. They had no advil for my toothache.....wtf?... Fuckers didn't even have a water cooler to get a drink at. Next time, if there is one, I'll bring a cooler and a six pack.
I'm pretty sure if you need a CPAP it'll show whether your sleep is atypical or not. I'd just never get to sleep in those conditions. How ridiculous. I assumed they'd try to make you as comfortable as possible, but doesn't sound like it.
Now do you have to go and get that tooth checked out?
i was just at the dentist and got good marks! I think it might be a sinus thing, actually. fucking hurt, and now it's fine. I'm baffled.
I just woke up from my post sleep study nap. Show up at 8:30pm, get wired up till 9:00, go to sleep at 9:30 (HA!)
Bed was ok, pillows were weird, wish I had brought mine.
9:31 fucking GODDAMN restless leg.
Awake all night it seemed, which was typical. I usually drop off to something approaching rest at about 4:00am.
5:00am WAKE UP CALL!
Here's your hat; what's your hurry? I did get a complimentary cup of tea or coffee, and a bottle of water the night before. The room was so dry, my eyes were glued shut.
The tech told me I snored and woke up a lot. She wasn't allowed to tell me if I stopped breathing (WTF?) MY wife said it was because most people would freak out. I know a couple of times I must have stopped because I remember waking up feeling a little adrenalin rush.
We'll see next week.
The glue was a bitch getting out of my hair. I think there is still some there.
yeah.... that sucks. I just got a high and tight right before i went, but i'm still scraping it out of the stubble. ick!
where's your pic?
I forgot to bring my camera! D'oh. They took one of me with a mirror, ostensibly so the doc could see my fat neck.
They told me in a week my PCP would have the results and if I needed a cpap, they'd schedule another sleep study to calibrate the machine.
WTF do they do about restless leg? The tech told me that sometimes they can't tell if it was the leg that woke me up or the apnea. I guess they flip a coin.
They give the report to a Doctor, and he reviews it with my doctor, ....or something.
WTF do they do about restless leg? The tech told me that sometimes they can't tell if it was the leg that woke me up or the apnea. I guess they flip a coin.
Do you have the leg thing going on often? I gotta have cold, moving air to sleep in or my legs keep me up.
They give the report to a Doctor, and he reviews it with my doctor, ....or something.
You're doctor is a homeopathic hippie though, what's he gonna do with it? You told him you want this thing right?
edit: Oh and I'm pretty sure it was Piker that battled the mole, he has a lil' boo-boo on his lip.
i asked him to just prescribe the thing when I went. He said they had to do this study so they could decide what kind, and then to fit it. The tech said something about having to go back for another study unless he observed me stopping breathing multiple times and could put one on me last night....which didn't happen. bleh
Alright, I'll videotape your non-breathing ass...
lol... then you'll have proof that I [strike]don't[/strike] snore!
Do you have the leg thing going on often? I gotta have cold, moving air to sleep in or my legs keep me up.
No the weird thing is, I haven't had it for months, maybe a year. When I do get it it's fierce.
nail polish remover for the glue in your hair?
No the weird thing is, I haven't had it for months, maybe a year. When I do get it it's fierce.
Is someone scratching your tummy at the time? :p:
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nail polish remover for the glue in your hair?
No this new stuff is water soluble, I got a whole treatise on it. It is almost the consistency of beeswax, but water soluble. A lot of water.
I had that same stuff once - took a long while to get out.
You should try it with long hair sometime.
And the stupid technician had assured me when I was making the appointment that I'd be able to go straight to work afterwards, no problem... lying jerkface.
You'll be able to go straight to work *cough*and look like a mental patient *cough*
NAt-geo had something about being tired and sleep last night.
Dead Tired
Scientists explore whether tiredness can lead to health problems.
So I'm still waiting to read the report but a nurse called me and said that I only stopped breathing a little and don't need a cpap machine. IF I want to take fistfuls of pharmaceuticals for my restless legs then they will hook me up. They think I should lose some weight.
I probably only stopped breathing only a little since I never really fell asleep and that night was the first time in several months or longer that I had restless leg.
I'm skeptical.
When you're asleep, that's when the "aliens" re-program you, do maintenance, uploads, downloads, that kind of thing. When you don't sleep for a few days your brain files get all corrupted and loose their indexing. That's when things can get ugly - you might forget to breathe, your heart might not remember to beat, and other bodily functions start to fail.
So I'm still waiting to read the report but a nurse called me and said that I only stopped breathing a little and don't need a cpap machine. IF I want to take fistfuls of pharmaceuticals for my restless legs then they will hook me up. They think I should lose some weight.
I probably only stopped breathing only a little since I never really fell asleep and that night was the first time in several months or longer that I had restless leg.
I'm skeptical.
I haven't heard anything yet. fuckers.
I'm expecting to hear what you heard. I'll have to do it again. sucks.
When you're asleep, that's when the "aliens" re-program you, do maintenance, uploads, downloads, that kind of thing. When you don't sleep for a few days your brain files get all corrupted and loose their indexing. That's when things can get ugly - you might forget to breathe, your heart might not remember to beat, and other bodily functions start to fail.
I think I'm on Service Pack 2. :lol2:
don't be so skeptical. Would be my take on it. If you really didn't sleep at all they'd tell you and have you go back. It's vey rare people don't sleep, but it's not unusual to feel you didn't. I just chaperoned a camp where all of the other chaperones and kids claimed not to have slept, but I was awake late and know they all did. I too felt like I didn't sleep, but I guess I slept in the early hours, once they'd all woken up and couldn't get back to sleep....
Sunday I had smoked a cigar, and drank a good bit of beer, was out in the sun playing horseshoes ....and ate a lot too. When I asked her the next night, Jinx said I snored worse than usual. Monday morning I woke up tired, and was groggy all day. Literally nodding at my desk. If you had asked me, I'd have said I slept through the night. Had a long day, got home late, and had to go back in.... Tuesday was better, but not normal. I slept until 9 am this morning, and could have slept until noon.
I need to lose some weight
It seems to me that when you get a good night's sleep, that's when you feel like you could use a few hours more. That was last night for me. at least 7 hours, but woke up feeling like I could stay there for a lot longer -and I'm a get-out-of-bed-as-soon-as-I'm-awake type person.
are you saying that i actually DID get a good night's sleep Sunday night?
no, not if you were groggy the next day. Sorry, it was a more general comment, but I didn't make that clear
for your experience, I'd blame the cigar. Smoking makes hangovers worse and wakes you up after the beer's put you to sleep.
I think I'm on Service Pack 2. :lol2:
Wait until they do a complete reformat and then realize that the back up tapes for the last two weeks are no good. You'll wake up thinking that it's 1999.
So I'm still waiting to read the report but a nurse called me and said that I only stopped breathing a little and don't need a cpap machine. IF I want to take fistfuls of pharmaceuticals for my restless legs then they will hook me up. They think I should lose some weight.
I got the exact same story, but really didn't want the drugs. I asked my own Doctor about it and he said, "NO, that shit is bad news"
Yeah, I'm all about avoiding the meds.
Jim, sounds like classice obstructive sleep apnea. I deal with patients who have this very often.
I got the exact same story, but really didn't want the drugs. I asked my own Doctor about it and he said, "NO, that shit is bad news"
What? What shit? REquip? I take it - the chemo gave me wicked RLS. I take the generic form of requip (ropinerole - sp?) and 1mg gives me peace for the night. what have you heard??
I've heard it makes you not be able to think of what to put in your iPod
I just got the letter:
mild obstructive apnea
woke up a lot from snoring
and RLS
Maybe if you lose some weight you won't snore so much
Good luck slugger!
but losing weight won't help with the RLS....
why won't you take the meds? I must know!
I must know!
Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.
Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.
okay.
dammit.
Jim, sounds like classice obstructive sleep apnea. I deal with patients who have this very often.
Deal with them how?
Srsly this shit needs to stop.
Have you tried sleeping with a marble in your mouth? I've heard that that will help.
but losing weight won't help with the RLS....
why won't you take the meds? I must know!
I have zero faith in pharmaceutical companies. That's not entirely true. My faith would have to grow by several orders of magnitude to reach zero.
I am rather fond of antibiotics when used appropriately, There are a handful of drugs that have proven themselves over time. It's not the meds themselves but the people who are claiming them safe that I especially distrust.
As for the RLS I will try an acupuncturist first and see if that helps at all.
K. Let me know.
I'm on way too many meds as it is.
but losing weight won't help with the RLS....
Depends on
how you lose the weight...
Depends on how you lose the weight...
fair point, well made, I thought
Jim, sounds like classice obstructive sleep apnea. I deal with patients who have this very often.
Deal with them how?
Srsly this shit needs to stop.
(yes Merc really does look like that at work. We only ever see his "chilling with my speedboat in my pink shirt and no wig" look.)
Deal with them how?
Srsly this shit needs to stop.
IMHO, CPAP or surgery.
This is me in my CPAP. Kewl look, huh?
You sleep in that thing every night??
You sleep in that thing every night??
Every night. It took a while to get used to it.
The Cellar comes through again. I have been going through testing and visits with a neurologist to try to determine the cause for my (annoying to me, interesting to them) symptoms. Had a sleep study, and at least some of the issues are likely related to apnea and sleep deprivation. Next Friday I go back in to be measured for CPAP.
It's good to know it helps others. I admit that I am suspicious of the sudden popularity of the CPAPs. Someday some doctor is going to forget if they are auto-prescribing for mobility scooters or CPAPs, and an unlucky patient will be found aboard a scooter going 'round and 'round in their hallway, completely asleep. But I want to try one because the idea of being able to get a good night sleep brings me this//close to tears. Keep the good news coming!
Had the CPAP trial sleep study last night, and didn't do too well because - no surprise - I had difficulty getting to and staying asleep. :( Be a week or so before there's any CPAP machine, assuming they'll prescribe one and not pills. Dang it.
I've had several people they liked the result of CPAP, but just couldn't hack sleeping with it.
these cork soakers have still not called me. but it cost my insurance almost 5k!
I've slept with a CPAP for 2 nights now. Wow. I can feel the difference already. My mask is just a hose with nasal pillows (or some such term) and I've had no problems yet. Double-wow. It's amazing to wake up with a brain that is fully oxygenated, with energy to go all day. What a difference!
We'll be traveling for about 6 weeks out of country soon, and I was not planning on taking a machine with me - but now I'm thinking that I will accept any hassle with airlines because I want to keep on feeling this way. Anyone flown across international borders with one? Any problems? Should I get something from my doctor?