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.
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?
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.
“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.”
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.
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.
The things they are checking are independent of “a bad night”.
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.
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.
I took an at home study a few months ago and it was just one uncomfortable finger sensor?
I had that, six sensors on my skull, a nasal air sensor, two leg sensors, a stomach and heart sensor, jaw, chin and eye sensors as well as two chest expansion sensors, all wired to a data logger that was hung around my neck and took as much space as a cat sitting on my chest.
For me, the machine was on a table beside the bed at least.
Yea, I did one of those too, but it didn’t pick anything up, so I had to go in.
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.
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.
What happens if you need to get up to take a piss or shit or get a beer?
You have to speak to the camera looming above your head, then they’ll come and unplug you.
you just reach out and grab a bucket?
I had to have a couple EEGs as a kid. Similar situation, told to sleep with a bunch of sticky pads stuck to my head. Wasn’t too bad as I recall because they had me stay up extra late so I was already really tired and just conked out immediately
They had smells?
Oh yea.
I like a challenge.
I did sleep study.
I did just fine. barely an inconvenience.
I had enough movement for such stuff and was actually afraid it might happen… the night shift was mainly covered by cute students
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.
I regularly find myself too weird a situation, as well.
How else are you going to get accurate results?
“I’m not even watching the weird stuff. Calm down.”
Me when I load up E6
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.
Struggling is the fun part ;D
Well, maybe not everyone.
Brih lmao
