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Posted 5/31/2011 8:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Y'all

     I'm going for 1st of 2 sleep studies tomorrow night and feeling anxious. I kind of obsess over sleep be cause altho I sleep long enough, I wake up exhausted. I have taken ambien, lunesta valium dalmane and seroquel at nite before with no luck. They knock me out but don't ever feel refreshed. So, going someplace strange with a zillion electrodes thingies everywhere is hard. My PLMD (sleeping version of restless legs) is so severe doc says it brings me close to awake 20-30 times and hour. No wonder!!!

     They told me to take regular meds, which at night is  just some generic benadryl now. I'm bringing my lucky pillow-lol. Any tips from my wise and wonderful co-fmers? My husband says every day "Well, you looked like you were sleeping fine to me" AAARRRRGGGGHHHH-it is not quantity it is quality!!! Anybody else hear the same thing? Thanks

Maggie

Posted 5/31/2011 8:56 PM (GMT 0)

Take a hat with you to wear home in the morning, lol!  My hair is so thick they had to glue the electrodes to my head.  I was picking glue from my scalp for a week!

Seriously, though, don't stress over it too much.  Sleep studies are inherently weird.  Everybody is uncomfortable.  The sleep techs are used to it.  The lab I went to was very calm and quiet.  They will go out of their way to make you as comfortable as possible.

My apnea was so bad that they went ahead and titrated me to a cpap the same night.  I haven't slept without it since. 

Good luck!

Posted 5/31/2011 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
LOL Happy Cat. I seem to remember some goo issues when I had it done 3 yrs ago. Thanks!!!
Posted 6/1/2011 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
Have you ever tried melatonin? It works for me sometimes. I usually take ambiem though. But I have taken melatonin on occasion and it worked pretty good. Also some tea called "sleepytime". It is all natural.

I hope that you learn something from your sleep test and that you have sweet dreams.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 6/1/2011 3:04 AM (GMT 0)
Just remember it is okay if it is not the best night of sleep you've ever had. Even if you only sleep a few hours, they should be able to get enough data.
Posted 6/1/2011 3:15 AM (GMT 0)
Just a tip. It wont help much to try and pick off all the glue the next morning. that glue is tough and it is made to stick. You can really hurt your scalp working to get it out. The interesting thing is that your natural hair oils will release it all at once in about 5 days. Untill then, you try lots of stuff but it only hurts. Be patient and it will fall out on it's own. Good Luck.
Posted 6/1/2011 5:09 AM (GMT 0)
I had a really great night's sleep when I had my study so I was afraid they'd miss my problem. Turns out, they couldn't tell I was asleep, my brain waves registered as awake for most of the night.

My tip is to go light on liquids later in the day and go to the bathroom just before they wire you up. It's a pain going when you are all hooked up.
Posted 6/1/2011 7:34 PM (GMT 0)
I had a day and night sleep study done when I had mine done I had to go there at night and then nap during the day. The problem I had with sleep studies is that they want you to sleep on demand and I am so not like that I watch TV I read, I relax a bit before I fall asleep. So for me I did not get a goods night sleep. The place I had gone to had a shower in it so I got to clean up before going home so that wasn't a problem. It is kind of like if you were in a hospital and people checking on you off and on because if a lead falls off or if it is not registering they come in and adjust it. Just didn't like that whole sleep when I tell you too. Kind of don't like when things are not under my control.

Gina
Posted 6/1/2011 9:12 PM (GMT 0)
great idea on liquids. Thanks Gina I amlike you I always read and /or watch tv while I'm going to sleep I'm lile the princess and the pea, everything has to be just so or I don't fall asleep I like white noise(my hubby said it's like living ina wind tunnel-lol). I have terrible PLMD so I'll be kicking off leads all night. Oh well, what we suffer in the name of fibro-I just hope something we can "fix" shows up It is 4:15 here and 99 degrees!!! I never nap but can hardly keep my eyes open-lol.. OK, thanks for all the info-Sweet dreams

Maggie
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