my sister got a bad rash on her face from the mask and goo they put on. i would insist on cleaning the mask yourself with alcohol and skip the goo. can you take a sleeping pill?

I had a sleep study done in September. I had a really tough time falling asleep. When I finally fell asleep I was up 2 hours later. It was really frustrating. I had to go back a second night and I slept with a c-pap. Boy did that make a world of difference. Last Thursday I got my own c-pap to use in the house. It was hard to get used to but now I feel really comfortable with it. Dont worry about your sleep study, it can only help you. Best wishes for a good night sleep.

I had one and it was okay. I didn't like when they glued the diode things to my head, or rather when they poured the glue remover to remove them! I have super sensitive skin and got burned where the glue was (allergic to the formaldyhide sp?). Needless to say, it wasn't comfortable.

I was surprised to find out how much faster I fell asleep as you are not allowed any clocks, phones, read in bed, etc. I had no idea what time it was when I fell asleep but it was before midnight.

I ended up getting a CPAP machine and for the first few weeks, was fine but having problems wearing it now. I have a hard time with the smell of it or something, as well as it also presses so hard against my lip/teeth, that it hurts.

I have a permanently broken nose, so I tend to baby it against the bridge of my nose too. Probably need a different mask but the other two didn't fit at all. I have problems with masks fitting. What's weird, is that I'll throw the mask on while I'm reading in bed and it doesn't bother me at all. Just when I try to get to sleep. LOL

i can't sleep @ my own home so how do they think i would sleep in a strange place & bed!
never got any sleep in the hospital either & WERE THERE FOR REST!... WHEN MY LST DAUGHTER WAS BORN HAD MACOMEUM SO HAD TO HAVE EXTRA OF LUNGS EVERY 3DAYS FOR 2MO @ 3 MO I ACYUALLY WATCH HER STOP BREATHING AS SHE WAS SLEEPING=was in a bassinet next to my side of bed, within my hand on her! so i gentelly tapped her & she started breathing! they set up a monitor in my home & i had to put it on her when i layed her down=first time she feel asleep & the alarm went off=that was it!little brat would not go to sleep for 3days unless she was in my arms=the machine had a clicking noise & blinking lights & alarm when she stopped breathing!=about every 20 breath! we even played a low soothing tape & cover machine w/blanket to hide lights! So for 6mo i sleep w/ hand on her all night to keep her breathing the lungs cleared up & she is now 25yrs old!
i really don't think i could sleep w/stuff hooked up to me either! & w/out my sleepin pill!? or do they let you take your reg meds!

I had two sleep studies and they found very mild apnea and RLS. They put me on a C-Pap, but that had not helped much. The sleep study itself was horrible. You really do not sleep. You are hooked up to so many wires that you cant really move and there is the fact that you know there is a camera watching you (a little creepy!). They put all of this glue stuff in your hair and it is really hard to get out. Every time you move a little voice comes over the intercom asking if you are OK. The first one I had things kept coming unhooked and they had to keep coming in a adjusting. If they find something, it could be worth it. I had a whole list of instructions....dont have any caffeine after noon (that includes chocolate), no sleeping aids, blah, blah, blah......You are totally right to take your pillows and maybe an extra blanket. The facility I went to was cold and I was told it had something to do with the electrode thingies they put on you and the equipment that can not get over heated. Good luck and sweet dreams!

I've had a few sleep studies. The last one, at my Dr.'s office, the nurse came in during the night and kept changing masks on me to find one that would work the best. I have a vpap machine. very similar to the cpap, and I'm doing great with it. I have both kinds of sleep apnea, the obstructive and the central (where my brain forgets to breath), so this machine automatically adjusts the pressure of the air. I have a heater attachment, as the cold air bothered me. Been using these machines for 4 years and taking Xyrem for deep and restorative sleep. It has really lowered my pain and other symptoms of fibro. now i can exercise, pilates, aerobics, yoga and feldenkrais. all of these physcial classes started with physical therapy and good sleep.

oh man.... all these stories sound like nightmares.
i would HATE for a person to keep talking to me every time i move. i hate any kind of noise!
ok so bring pillows AND and extra blanket. check. and maybe my ear plugs?

so basically i might end up needing a cpap, huh? that would be nice. more O2 sounds good. breathing is such a task at night. but i think it's my allergies. it doesn't help that my pain is so bad at night, too.

hey you all are so awesome and i really appreciate the in put!
why is sleeping such a nightmare for us fibromyalgics? sheez....

i had one and it was hard to fall asleep at first cause of all the wires all over my head and a few other areas. Other than that everthing went well and I actually slept great once I fell asleep. Which was weird since I always have had problems falling asleep and staying that way. I don't know what that was all about. Any ways, it took a long time for the nurse to get me hooked up to all the wires. Not a painful/bad experience. Hope all turns out well.

I had a sleep study. It was a breeze. I found out that I don't have sleep apnea where you completely stop breathing but I have hypopnea. That is where when you sleep you slow down your breathing to the point that you become oxygen deprived and then you wake up and gasp for breath. I have a CPAP and makes a world of difference. I sleep SO MUCH better with it. We all know how much sleep effects our FM. It's worth the study to finally get a good nights sleep.

Hi bluesun! How did it go? I hope all is well!

ok I'm back form the study.....
they put me in a room that was right next to a highway! all night it was "vroom.... vrooom... vrooom..." and head lights beaming through the blinds! i knew i forgot something as i was laying there and it occured to me that it was my EAR PLUGS!

the technician asked me in the early morning when she was assisting me to the bathroom why I didn't go to sleep right away (1st thing when she put me to bed)...... I was like hellooo!!! all those cars and trucks going by kept me up!
then after she put me back to bed i couldn't go back to sleep again thanks to the damn cars again!! i just laid there till it was "lights on". and had a head ache from hell (plus the nausea).

the good news is even though my own snoring woke me up, they said I didn't require a cpap machine. so I'm guessing i don't have sleep apnea?
i won't know the results of the rest of the study for another 7-10 days when they forward it to my doctor.
i kinda feel like i should get a repeat study but NOT in a room next to the highway!

oh and did you know they actually let me take my sleeping pills before bed? BOTH of them!

i got home this morning feeling like i was up all night drinking with a hang over from hell. still had to wash all that glue out of my hair. good thing i cut my hair on Friday and y'all now I buzz my hair off military style (GI Jane style) so lucky for me (and the tecki was happy about that, too).......

I want to thank all of you for being there for me. this sleep study sucked big time. i'll post the rest of the results when my doc gets back to me.

hugs to everyone!

That's awful that they performed that test on your in a room that was so uncondusive for sleep! Wow, it's a wonder you got any sleep at all with that noise and the lights. I guess it's good that you were able to take the sleeping pills, but I have to wonder if anything in your results will be different as a result of the sleep environment. I know that even when I go away on vacation, it's always a little difficult the first night getting comfortable enough for a good night's sleep, let alone having to deal with noise and headlights.

I hope you have a wonderful night's sleep tonight!

sorry your sleep study was so bad. I can't believe they put you in a room near the highway I wonder if this messed with the real result if you had been in a room you could actually fall asleep in the two times I went I was in a room that was set up to look like a bedroom not a hospital room. I stilled had all the wires and everything.