I have severe sleep apnea. I’m waking up because I’m not breathing.
That was the results from the 2 hours and 58 minutes that I slept during an at home study where you hook yourself up to a tiny computer. Now they want me to come to their hospital and stay overnight and have someone watch me sleep. Then I guess they will figure out what treatment I need.
sounds like a plan, i think there are lots of treatments so i am sure they will find the best one for you 
Good luck to you.
I have sleep apnea but refused treatment. I don’t want to use a cpap machine.
Hey there Leaf is it? So, I thought that was outdated. Maybe it’s because i’m in Boston and it’s like the best medical care ever for East Coast…they typically send you home with a funny hat with electrodes to wear and a camera from your home and you push the button if you wake up feeling badly then the camera records it. I dunno. But it’s not that bad…It’s not FUN but it’s nothing you should be worried about though i acknowledge your fears. Stay strong. You got this.
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Wow!
Wish I got help like that with my insomnia.
Time and research…
Honestly my biggest fear is I have a phobia of traveling and I have to go out of state to get the test done because it’s the closest hospital that has a sleep lab. My doctor and I were discussing all the sedatives I would need for the trip and she didn’t want to give me as much as I was thinking I would need. But she said she would decide when we get scheduled.
How long do you sleep each night? How long have you been having this problem? Why won’t they test you?
I have had insomnia since I was a child.
I have not had testing suggested to me.
I can’t afford a private sleep clinic.
Don’t know if Medicare would cover testing.
I have medicare
I did that years ago. But I haven’t been getting treated because I couldn’t tolerate the treatment. Although they say its changed a lot in recent years. I just haven’t looked into it. I need to.
I snore badly. My doctor wanted me to do a sleep study, but that unvolves being at the hospital 12 hours and being kicked out at 6 am. No one wants to come get me that early!
To me that’s rotten. But I don’t have anyone either. I’ll be taking a medical transport paid for by my insurance company. It’s out of state, but only an hour away. I hope you can find someone to take you. Maybe your insurance will pay for a transporter.
Yeah. I could do medical transport. It’s just difficult to get a reliable vendor. We’re in the sticks and only 1 local cab company that do medical transport. They have 4 drivers and get booked quick.
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