tiredpoet

Okay, about a week ago I had a sleep study, which I haven't heard about the results of yet, but I'd like to ask a few questions for people who are familiar with sleep disorders and/or how the studies work.

At one point, about 45 min to an hour after I had been hooked up to all the probes and went to bed the sleep tech came in and said my heart rate was abnormally high (100 bpm), and asked if it was usually that high. Now, I didn't feel as though my pulse was racing, nor was I abnormally nervous or stressed. I felt totally normal. I said no - at every doctor appt I've had over the last 5 years my heart rate was always between 70 and 90. He took the clamp off my pointer finger and moved it to my middle finger to try to get a better reading, but I'm told it remained high even then. What might be a reason for it to be so high while I was at rest, considering it's never been that high during the day when I'm awake and moving around - it never even has been that high after I take a dose of Adderall, which I take from time to time when my fatigue gets too great.

Also, during the night it took me what seemed like quite a while to get to sleep - over an hour - and as usual I felt as though I was awake for most of the night. Oddly enough I had two dreams that I remember, and I NEVER dream, but even while I was dreaming I felt as though I was awake and aware that I was in the sleep lab and not in my own bed. Does this seem odd?

The sleep tech told me my doctor would give me the results of the report, but considering I paid out of pocket for this I think the report should be mine to have and show to any doctor I want. Shouldn't the sleep center mail a copy to me as well? (They're a reputable center, and the sleep tech could have been wrong, so I'll ask them and hopefully they'll just send me the report when it's ready.)