If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms and are relatively healthy, you may benefit from a home sleep test:
Loud snoring
Obese or overweight
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Daytime fatigue
Interrupted sleep
Waking up choking during the night
Bed partner has witnessed pauses in your breathing
Sleep is not refreshing
Morning headaches
Trouble falling or staying asleep
Dry mouth or sore throat in the mornings
If you have multiple medical problems, or depending on your specific symptoms, an In-Lab Sleep Test might be better for you.
You will find many home sleep test sites on the Internet, offering a home sleep test after filling out a simple on-line questionnaire. Please beware that going through a sleep test without a prior thorough evaluation by a sleep specialist or physician can result in the wrong diagnosis and/or treatment or even worse, the false reassurance that everything is ok when it is not.
What to Expect
You will be mailed a recording device and several sensors to attach to it after applying them to your body. These sensors will measure your respiration pattern and blood oxygen saturation while you sleep. The test is non-invasive. It can give us more information about why you may be having sleep problems and in many cases will help diagnose sleep apnea.
