Glojer

BetsyAnn, I have had a sleep study done and the wires will seem awkward at first but you will soon not notice them. Don't worry about falling asleep, if there is medication you take to help you sleep be sure you take it along and ask the techs if you need to take it. I took mine along but my mistake was not asking if they wanted me to take the meds, I foolishly assumed they would read my paperwork and tell me if they wanted me to take the meds. My problem has always been falling asleep and staying asleep and that is what I told them. I didn't fall asleep (not because of the wires or anything) and that was the diagnosis. She couldn't fall asleep as she stated and the sleep docs recommendation was sleeping pills. DUH, I have been on them for a couple years. I didn't quite get the point of the test, I did it anyway. My rhuemy was the one who sent me and he said they should have sedated me and I said I already take a sleeping pill what could they have learned if I took a pill and it made me sleep? The tech told me everyone has some sleep apnea and they need to find out if I needed a cpap machine which I would not have used anyway.

OK, sorry I got a little carried away. The sleep test is really not bad, the wires won't bother you and they will make your room comfortable. Someone gave me a tip to take a hat to cover up your hair on the way home cause that stuff they use to attach the wires will make it look funky. That was a good tip, so I am passing it along....take a hat.

Glojer