I had my sleep test Wednesday night. I got the results back today. I do not have sleep apnea. Which means, for example, that I still don't know why the hell I slept almost 11 hours last night.
I would say I have "limited" control over how long I sleep. If I have to get up for something like a meeting or to catch a plane, I can always get up. When I don't have to get up (which is pretty much all other times, since I am not expected to show up at work at any particular time--more about that later) I have two modes of waking up:
Occasionally I wake up "early" (7-8 hours after going to sleep) and feel alert and refreshed, but it only lasts an hour or so. In that case, I either a) get up, have breakfast, check e-mail, then go back to bed after the intense drowsiness hits again, or b) I stay in bed knowing that I'll get drowsy again soon, and fall back asleep when I do. Whether a or b, after an hour or two of extra sleep, I wake up feeling only mildly groggy, and get up and go to work.
Occasionally I wake up and feel very groggy / confused / disoriented, and am barely even aware of concepts such as "sleep" or "awake" or "work". In these cases, I stay in bed and fall back asleep until I wake up later feeling only mildly
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I'm a bit puzzled at the test, does it only test for apnea and no other condition? If it comes back negative, it says nothing more? I expected that it would at least suggest alternative sleep problems if apnea is ruled out.
Anyway...I just read what olycam said, and I agree, depression is a possibility. (I deal with that myself I think)
It indeed is designed to test specifically for apnea. It's a very common disorder, so to save money many sleep clinics now use specialized small take-home sleep apnea test devices instead of having people go into the clinic for a full expensive sleep test.
Incidentally, I have to give my new doctor credit for being skeptical about my having sleep apnea. She said she didn't think I had it, but ordered the test to rule it out.
That is actually my current hypothesis. I don't think I have major depression--I've had it before (1995-2000), it was an emotional hell, and I'm not going back there without a fight. But it could very well be a sort of mild depression, like dysthymia. It would explain other symptoms as well, in particular the main symptom that's been bothering me (sleepiness is secondary): difficulty concentrating at work. I'm seriously under-performing at my job, which is frustrating as hell and itself depressing.
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Anyway...I just read what olycam said, and I agree, depression is a possibility. (I deal with that myself I think)
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Incidentally, I have to give my new doctor credit for being skeptical about my having sleep apnea. She said she didn't think I had it, but ordered the test to rule it out.
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