It's easy to underestimate the importance of sleep. It affects every single area of your life: physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. Therefore, if you're not getting enough sleep, then you are negatively affecting several aspects of your life.
If you're aware of why you're not getting enough sleep (stress, late night activities, poor sleeping) then it may be easier to make changes to improve your sleep. However, if you're at a loss as to why you're unable to sleep well, one way to determine the issue is a sleep study. Keep reading to find out more about what sleep studies are, and how you can find one.
The point of a sleep study is to evaluate why you aren't sleeping very well. In this case, you or your doctor may suspect that there are medical reasons causing your lack of sleep, such as:
Sleep studies allow for the formal diagnosis of some of these sleep disorders. Fortunately, sleep studies are fairly non-invasive. Some people tend to worry that they won't be able to sleep while they are being watched and monitored by a sleep technician, however, this is rarely the case.
After results are provided to your doctor, they will go over results with you and then work with you for appropriate sleep treatment.
A sleep study is fairly straightforward. There are several primary areas in which you are monitored while undergoing a sleep evaluation:
At the conclusion of your sleep study, sleep specialists will compile the results from the monitoring equipment, biometric readings, and observations, and send them to your doctor. Based on these results, your doctor may or may not give you a formal diagnosis.
To get a sleep study, you should first contact your doctor. They can easily give you a referral to our sleep center.
After contacting us, you will simply determine the following:
After determining those two things, you will set up your appointments and arrive for each of them. You will be provided the necessary information prior to each appointment.
A good rule of thumb is to pretend like you are having an overnight stay at a spa. Bring things like:
Sleep studies typically last from late evening to the morning time.
Usually, health insurance covers sleep studies.
This is rarely a problem, as there are sleep aids that we can use to assist you in sleeping in some cases.
If you think you may be in need of a sleep study, please click below to take the free online sleep test.