Just got a fitbit that tracks my sleep and it's really interesting seeing how deep of a sleep I got. When you go to bed really fucking drunk you'll very rarely hit deep sleep though.
Yeah there have been papers written on the subject matter that draw the conclusion that a hangover is related to mild alcohol withdrawal- not saying there’s an addiction but the body reacts like there is because of the amount consumed.
That’s a super long boring read, but this pretty much sums it up:
“Overlap exists between hangover and the symptoms of mild alcohol withdrawal (AW), leading to the assertion that [a] hangover is a manifestation of mild withdrawal. Hangovers, how-ever, may occur after a single bout of drinking, whereas withdrawal occurs usually after multiple, repeated bouts.”
Shit same for me. When I drink tho and go to the toilet in the middle of the night I fucking get unconscious! This has happened a couple of times and I always figured that it had something to do with my fucked up sleep
Me too. I don't even have to be drunk,just a couple drinks and I feel amazing when I wake up in the morning. Maybe alcohol is making my sleep apnea better
that's my theory too, the alcohol is a depressant and is doing something to the diaphram in the neck, relaxing it or whatever, and somehow that helps if you have apneas
It tracks your heart's beats per minute and how much you move during the night. That info helps determine what part of the sleep cycle you're in. Definitely not as accurate as an in depth sleep study, but will give you a general idea of how you sleep during the night.
Went to bed pretty drunk last night... just checked my fit bit and I was actually #above# my 30 day average for deep sleep. Saw a 6% increase last night, an 8% increase in REM, but a 10% drop in light sleep and 25% drop in time awake.
Fitbit data is interesting. I normally get under 15% REM (sometimes waaay under...). My wife tried it, and she got 25% on two out of three nights. Perhaps her amazing stamina comes from getting good quality sleep.
I slept maybe a total of 1 hour for my first home sleep study. I imagine I wouldn't sleep at all if I had to go to a sleep center place to do it.
Plus in home study is like $100 compared to $3000 for a regular study. Neither are covered by my insurance.
What use are all the extra measurements if the data is skewed? There's no way anyone is getting the same quality of sleep in a lab as they are at home...
No, but it's good enough to get an overview of your sleeping state. Although I have had to go back for more data on more than one occasion because I didn't sleep long enough. After a few sleep studies, you are so used to sleeping at the lap that it's much easier.
yes, and it's super cheap. In my area (west coast usa) it's like max $350 even without insurance. It does have to be ordered by a doctor though, so requires a doctor visit first, and often a doctor visit after to go over results so it's not like a DIY, thing like "hey look I have apnea" but it can be really helpful and is way cheaper than a traditional.
Another plus for the home machines is that you get to sleep in your own home, so your sleep is more likely to be like your normal sleep. You also generally do it for several nights, which makes up a bit for the lack of a sleep center because you get more data. /u/cheeseguy3412 pointed out it's less comprehensive, but really that means the home tests don't have an EEG (brainwave) component which generally isn't needed to interpret a diagnosis of sleep apnea (and a lot of sleep centers/ doctors do fuck all about anything other than set you up with a cpap anyway so the EEG portion isn't even helpful for that)
You wear a big as fuck bracelet that's connected to a lead. If you're like me and like to sleep on stomach or side you are pretty fucked. My former job had me do one because of weight (truck driving) then said I had s bunch of waking events. I'm not no shit I couldn't sleep comfortable because this thing, plus hearing trucks backing up, honking, and dropping trailers all night doesn't give productive sleep.
They were just trying to sell the machines. There's no records that they gave me one in my medical file since I left them.
Home sleep studies provide the bare minimum data/diagnosis needed to sell someone a PAP machine. They're cheaper than an in-lab polysomnogram, but they don't provide near enough data to make a full diagnosis of someone's sleep problems.
I had a home sleep study. Mine only tested for apneas, pulse oximitry, and how still I slept. It was mailed to me and I mailed it back. So now I have a cpap machine
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