I’m not allowed to take a nap today...

[debgeisler]

...and so, of course, I slept very badly last night. (Got to sleep ~1 a.m., slept until 5:30 a.m. We can all do that math.)

There is a scheduled sleep study tonight at a hospital in Salem. Pack my bag, jammies, toiletries, a pillow...probably a book, so I’m not tempted to muck around with electronics.

But I could ace this test if they let me sleep right now...

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[gerisullivan]

How'd it go?

[debgeisler]

Through no fault of theirs, I slept badly (and had slept badly the night before, too). Once I finally conked, it was a solid 4...but that was that. No getting back to sleep afterward. This has, unfortunately, become too common for me. So yesterday was an uncomfortable day.

Last night, I was down for the count by 11:30 and slept like a rock until 6:30. We're taking that. Yippee! :-)

As for the study results, it was, indeed, likely the cat at 2:30 in the morning which they saw on their earlier monitor. Nothing like sleep apnea for me...just what I think is a stress-based inability to get to (or get back to) sleep.

Happy that I don't need to muck with the gear. Even happier to have amassed a bit of credibility with my new pulmonologist. The little victories!

[gerisullivan]

Yay for little victories! And I'm glad they were able to take sleep apnea off the table. (Though easy helps or fixes would have been well worth mucking with the equipment if, indeed, you had it.)

As you know, I can fall asleep (and back asleep) within moments pretty much anytime. Yet I've now had 3 sleep studies and slept horribly for all of them. But they were still able to get enough information to know what's going on. Or, at least, as much as there are easy answers for dealing with. What's behind my other sleep issues is likely a combination of genetics and psychology.

Here's hoping your new pulmonologist turns our to be your best pulmonologist, and even more that answers and effective treatments quickly follow. Long term, *lasting* effective treatments.

[debgeisler]

This was actually never designed to fix problems, alas. It was just that they thought this might *also* be an issue. So, this is one fewer things to worry about. :-)

I think the issue with the hospital's sleep clinic was that it was different (but very quiet) sounds, and sound will keep me awake (or, if I'd thought to bring my earbuds, might have put me to sleep).

The test was very much a positive experience - great technician, and he was really wonderful about everything. The most comfortable bed I've ever been in at a hospital. All in all, a good thing.