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Posted 5/7/2015 5:10 PM (GMT -5)
Has anyone here ever done a sleep study? I had one done a couple weeks ago and got the results in the mail today. I have an appointment with my LLMD in 11 days, but I was curious about what the results mean. The good news is I have no indication of apnea or restless leg. On the other hand, I was only in REM sleep for 8% of the night (normal should be 20-25%) and my REM sleep latency was pretty high (normal is 60-90 minutes and mine was 220 minutes). I guess this largely means that my sleep issues are not due to the standard problems (apnea) and are more likely due to me being sick, which is what my LLMD wanted to determine.

Anyway, if anyone else has had abnormal results, I'd love to hear about it!
Posted 5/7/2015 5:16 PM (GMT -5)
We scheduled a ss when my son was very ill. All sleep apnea symptoms went away and we never did the ss. He is sleeping well now, and I don't need a sleep study to tell me that. I can see it crystal clear. It will likely go away with treatment for Lyme and co.
Posted 5/7/2015 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
I have had severe apnea since childhood and I have been fatigued for as long as I can remember. I have never felt rested or that I had a good nights sleep using CPAP except for the brief time I was on triple therapy for H. Pylori. I have noticed that epsom salt baths at night give me a deeper more restful sleep. As it turns out this is a known benefit of magnesium.
Posted 5/7/2015 5:25 PM (GMT -5)
How was your SS done? Did you go somewhere and they hooked you up to monitors and watched you sleep?

Before diagnoses, I wore a monitor at home one night...and result was that I had sleep apnea. This was ordered because I was waking up 3 to 4 times a night, gasping for air, in a panic, and my husband couldn't sleep because of my choking sounds...

I questioned why all of a sudden I have this...and their answer was that I've always had sleep apnea...but didn't know before... which i know isn't true.

So, I tried the c-Pap - and it didn't help...so took it back.

The sleep issues have pretty much resolved now...except a week ago, my hubby heard my 'phlegmy' sounds again. That was after I did the hout/sida acuta challenge - to provoke bartonella.
Posted 5/7/2015 6:44 PM (GMT -5)
Without digging out my results from a few years ago, I can't say the percentage of time in REM, etc, but like you, I was glad I didn't have apnea or restless legs.

I do remember I had alpha wave intrusion which I remember was attributed to pain.

Wondering if that was a factor for you?
Posted 5/7/2015 8:08 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie, yes, I did the whole nine yards. I went to my local hospital's sleep unit and spent the night there hooked up. I should have done it years ago but thought it would be useless. My LLMD was upset that I'd never had it done when I've had sleep issues since high school. The goal of the sleep study was to remove other explanations for my extreme fatigue/sleep troubles, which is exactly what it did.
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