:/ This bitch right here. My guess is that I’ll need yet another one to determine if I have sleep apnea. This whole thing is such a massive pain in the ass, I just want to cry.
I had a sleep study at home a couple years ago because I’m a pretty low-energy person and the doctors wanted to know if there was something wrong with my sleep. It showed sleep apnea. So I tried a CPAP, and I could not sleep with it on. I tried for like a year. I think I got maybe one night of sleep with it in that whole time. So I decided to ask if I could get a mouth guard or something else to treat it. But then they wanted me to do another at-home sleep study. I did, and it showed no sleep apnea. So they wanted me to get one done at a sleep center. After putting it off for like a year, I finally made the appointment a few days ago and got it done last night. But, as per the title, I didn’t fucking sleep. I think it was at least partly because of the thing that connected to my nose–I have trouble tolerating things on my face while I sleep.
I hate this so much. I know that living with untreated sleep apnea is really bad for you, and it makes me so anxious to know that that’s probably going on with me. I won’t even know the results of the “sleep” study for another 2-3 weeks, and then I’ll probably have to make another appointment to try again. Fuck this. No wonder I put it off for so long.
hi! I also have sleep apnea and have used my cpap for about five years now. what kinda mask do they have on you? I couldn’t use mine at all until I finally got a full seal face mask. they look kinda like this
is that what they have you using? you say “connected to your nose” which is why i ask - that was a big part of the reason why i was never able to use my cpap.
the other thing i’d recommend is a CPAP pillow. they’re concave so they let you sleep on your side and stuff without the cable getting in the way.
that said, not being able to sleep doesn’t always mean that there won’t be any results. i wasn’t able to sleep the first time i did a sleep study but they were still able to get info from my position, the way i was breathing, etc. so it might not be a total lost cause! either way sorry you’re dealing with this, al lthe stuff around sleep apnea is so shitty. it took forever to even get a new machine despite clearly having sleep apnea for years as well.
I’ve tried both the full face masks and the nasal masks, and I can’t sleep with either. I was referring not to a mask but to the little thing they put on/in your nose when you go in for a sleep study–kinda like oxygen patients have. I wanted to to rip it off all night long.
I hope they get something out of this study, at least. Thanks.