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[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)
[-] betahack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Get outta here Weirdo!!!

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago
[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 139 points 1 day ago

If you're wondering, it's a cute idea but they clearly haven't actually done a sleep study. Being wired up to 19 sensors leaves little room for movement, let alone extracurricular activities.

Source: I had my second sleep study last week.

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 45 points 1 day ago

19 sensors leaves little room for movement

A little movement is all I need.

I never understood the point of a sleep study. How is this highly artificial environment supposed to deliver helpful results? How are you supposed to sleep at all in this kind of environment?

[-] Karjalan@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

I did a sleep study that was done at home. They just sent a device I clipped on my index finger, strapped around my chest and put a small tube around my nose.

It's definitely still a little artificial, but it's at home with no one live monitoring you. As long as you get some sleep they can use stats and all the various data to get an idea of what's going on.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 12 points 19 hours ago

"Hmm, it seems the patient has trouble sleeping with a device clipped on their index finger, strapped around their chest and a small tube around their nose. Prescribe xanax. Next patient."

[-] SkyeStarfall 8 points 13 hours ago

You're being very uncharitable to people who have done this for most of their lives and likely are perfectly aware of the limitations

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

You're being very touchy about a throwaway line on a shitpost community

[-] other_cat@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I wanted a home study so bad but my insurance veto'd it.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I don't even need a damn study. I snore loudly, wake up often if I don't sleep on my side, and am overweight. I have OSA. There's no real need for further diagnostics.

[-] takeda@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

For sleep apnea for example which only happens when you are asleep they only need you to be asleep and then they monitor when it happens then adjust air pressure etc and see if that helps.

Their equipment is much more precise than for example CPAP machine, so they get more exact data.

[-] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

they can still compare it to other people doing a study.

A sleep study is a diagnostic tool, not a research one. You have them when your doctor suspects sleep apnea and such.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 14 points 1 day ago

I think it's about the few minutes when you do actually sleep, to determine if you have sleep apnea.

They only need to capture one sleep cycle anyways.

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

Yea, sleep studies suck. You're in stuffy room tethered to a machine by a million wires everywhere from your knees up and covered in smelly glue and sticky pads. After a night of that, if you're lucky, you'll get to stay for the entire next day and try to force yourself to take naps every couple of hours.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

You're in stuffy room tethered to a machine by a million wires everywhere from your knees up and covered in smelly glue and sticky pads.

eeeehhhhahaha

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

What happens if you need to get up to take a piss or shit or get a beer?

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 7 points 17 hours ago

You have to speak to the camera looming above your head, then they'll come and unplug you.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Is your life support they'd be unplugging?

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

The only life it's supporting has been called, "grotesquely disproportionate" and "massively disappointing". Leading women everywhere to ask, "is that it?" or "ya game is bigger, acorn!"

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

Lol no, you don't typically need life support to sleep.

I mean, a cpap is kinda life support.

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

That's a point.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago
[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

you just reach out and grab a bucket?

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 13 points 1 day ago

My first study was in a sleep lab. It is as you describe. My second study last week was at home in my own bed. The experience was much the same.

[-] Zidane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I took an at home study a few months ago and it was just one uncomfortable finger sensor?

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

Yea, I did one of those too, but it didn't pick anything up, so I had to go in.

[-] the_artic_one@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

I had the same experience, my doctor told me the home ones are often worthless but insurance companies like to make you try them before approving a sleep lab because it's cheaper.

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[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I've had undiagnosed untreated sleep apnea for almost 20 years.

I need one badly. But there's no fkin way I can go to a Strange place full of strange people and go to sleep while wired up like the the Matrix.

Guess I'll just die.

Just do it. Your sleep apnea is literally killing you. They only need to capture one sleep cycle to diagnose.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I had basically the same thought. I don't sleep well now and I didn't then.

However, it turns out they don't need much data. The night they did my first sleep study, I woke up a number of times in the double digits in an amount of time that was so annoying to them that they gave up and sent me home early. They were still able to affect a diagnosis (and back it up with quantifiable data, lest you think them fakers). A full night of sleep is helpful to them to do things like verify your symptoms, but it seems not that much is needed.

Also, as others have said, you can do an at home study. I did one of those as well (later) and it was just a finger sensor (basically a pulse oximeter) and a sticky pad you put on your chest (which does kinda suck if you have chest hair but isn't unpleasant or cumbersome otherwise). I trust that test less, but in case you feel you have sleep apnea, it's less weird and just as likely to get you the equipment you need.

Lots of people describe their CPAP as life changing and I believe them. For me I wouldn't call it life changing in the traditional sense, but I would describe it as beneficial enough that I recommend one. Even if it were 100% psychosomatic, I would say it helps enough that it's improved my sleep. I recommend a test to you. Worst case scenario, it's one unpleasant night to find where you stand. Best case scenario, it really is life changing (and hopefully for the better)! If you have questions, while I'm in no way even remotely an expert, I have been through it and would be happy to answer any to the best of my knowledge.

Please take care of yourself if you can. Your health is worth it.

[-] PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 22 hours ago

My first sleep study was 3 hours, then they got scared and woke me up and sent me home.

Turns out I had very severe sleep apnea.

My second sleep test was a trial using CPAP, that lasted 2 hours before they swapped in a BiPap and a full face mask. Slept like a baby after that.

My wife has mild sleep apnea, her pressure is 6, my pressure is 22. It wasn't until I got an Auto BiPap, that adjusts between 20-25 that my sleep really got better.

You can tinker with your settings too. There's a piece of software called sleepyhead that will display all of the stats from your unit's SD card, and you can get your settings dialed in using it.

I had to because my pressure would go up so high that it would cause my mask to leak and I had to wake up and restart the unit to get it to a normal pressure.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 9 points 1 day ago

Talk to the specialist, my sleep study last week was done at home in my own bed. Went into hospital for an hour to get wired up, drove home and went to bed at my normal time.

[-] necromancyr@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Mine was just a finger sensor and a chest sensor I put on myself. Ended up having serious sleep apnea and now on a CPAP. Sleep is significantly improved. Just do it!

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[-] Metostopholes@midwest.social 51 points 1 day ago

I did a sleep study once. Right before they had me go to sleep they said something like "Okay, we're going to turn off our monitoring and cameras, in case there"s anything you need to do. Just press this button to call us when you're ready."

I appreciated it, but I was still too weird a situation to jerk off.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I regularly find myself too weird a situation, as well.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago

How else are you going to get accurate results?

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago

“I’m not even watching the weird stuff. Calm down.”

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Me when I load up E6

[-] fin@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago

It’s actually helpful though, it makes you exhausted and sleepy. The side effect though is that whenever you get sleepy, it becomes hard, and I’m struggling with it.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Struggling is the fun part ;D

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It's the only way to know If I did it well.

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