pokey

Thanks. I’ll check it out.

I’ve had, since 2011 4 sleep studies. 2011 was normal but they had to give me Valium so I could sleep. 2016 a total failure as I could not sleep and got up at 430 and went home. 2017 they gave me Ambien and I had less than 5 apneas/hour and did not qualify for cpap. In May 2023 I had a home sleep study that indicated a few mild apneas. It was recommended I flush my nasal passages nightly and use a MAD. July 2024 I had another in lab study & only slept 4 fitful hours and again did not qualify for cpap therapy. I can’t sleep nato in a sleep lab. Forget it. But I know something is happening in my sleep at home and has gotten worse since May 2023.. But my current sleep doc won’t even consider another home sleep study. I’m pretty sure I’m having hypopneas. I awaken in pain every morning, my finger tip oximeter upon awakening often shows an O2 saturation of 91-92-93% and then as I awaken it goes up to 98-99%. I don’t know how to address this. Another sleep lab study will be another waste of time & money and I won’t take Ambien again as I had a very bad experience with it this fall. I absolutely can never take another benzo like Valium for reasons I won’t go into. So drugging me to get an in lab study is out. Are there any home sleep study kits that are better, more reliable and more informative. I don’t think I should ignore what’s going on in my sleep but I don’t know how to resolve the matter and neither do the docs. They won’t think out of their box on how to resolve it this. Pokey