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Sleep study tech said I did not qualify for the c-pap mask during my split study-what does that mean? Help!!
I am pondering a out of pocket sleep study that will have the results in 3-5 days.I was informed that due to back-log w/HMO I will not have results for 1-month!!!! WOW!!
IF I would have known before hand I would have chose to go outside of my insurance.........
I know for sure that I stop breathing as does my husbund. Also,other weird sleep disturbances happening. Suspect I may also be seizing as well.
What disturbs me the most is "Not Qualifying for the c-pap" in the so called split study . Frustrated that a tech will share zilch,and you have to wait 4 weeks for results............
Wondering ( I amOk with how serious this could be (: ) Does anyone have an idea with what I maybe dealing with?????? Thank-You in Advance
Namaste,
DD
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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If you think you need CPAP and didn't qualify for cpap in the split study (I'm a bit confused as you said you didn't get results, yet. The sleep techs cannot tell us anything.) then an OOP test with results promised within the week sounds good if you can afford it. You may want to wait for the complete study results, maybe after an entire night and sufficient apnea related symptoms you will qualify. If you're not seeling a sleep neurologist and think you may be having seizures you may want to change sleep doctors if you don't quailfy this time around. Just be sure to mention all your sleep and daytime related symptoms. Good luck, keep us posted, DD.
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Permalink Reply by RChatty on
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I know what you mean. In my first sleep study they said "If you have so many episodes per hour in the first few hours of the sleep study we can do the titration tonight, but if you don't we will have to schedule another sleep study for the titration" So, when I woke in the morning I asked, "did I not have enough episodes or something?" She said "No, but that doesn't mean you don't have sleep apnea" She couldn't tell me that I did have sleep apnea, but it was just not severe enough to do the titration that night. Well, 4 weeks later when I got the results I did have sleep apnea and went back, got the titration, and am using a CPAP now. From the time the doctor first suspected I had sleep apnea until I got my CPAP was a little more than 6 months.
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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The tech isn't supposed to provide any information, you will have to get the information from the sleep specialist. All the tech is saying is that you didn't meet the sleep lab's qualifications for a split study, the sleep specialist (doctor) makes the determination as to whether you need treatment or not. With mild sleep apnea, the PSG numbers are only one part of the determination as to whether you need treatment. You should have filled out a questionnaire regarding headaches, sleep patterns, health problems, etc; if you have mild sleep apnea, this form can make the difference as to whether your sleep specialist will prescribe treatment or not.
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Permalink Reply by sleepycarol on
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For some of us, it is a question of how long you slept. Medicare has specific guidelines (if I remember Judy correctly) that outlines how many minutes one has to sleep prior to doing a split study. Often times it appears that patients don't always sleep enough to confirm sleep apnea AND do a titration study on them.
During my initial sleep study I slept a little over two hours. I, too, wondered since I was scheduled for a split study why they hadn't came in and put me on a machine. When I asked I was told that by the tech that they couldn't tell me anything, but she did wink and say she would be seeing me again. It was approximately two weeks before I heard from the doctor and was told to call and schedule my titration. It is frustrating since then you have to wait (and for some clinics the wait list is long) again for that part of the test.
Although I was up and down the night of the original sleep study, I felt that I had slept enough upon awakening to have done the split study, it was only after being told how long I actually slept did it make sense that there simply wasn't enough time to get both parts of the studies done that night.
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Permalink Reply by Sheri Fellat on
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Hi there... if you did not qualify it may also be the result of not sleeping the min required time before they can mask you and or you may not have had sufficient apnea/hypopnea events.... def ck with your doctor.
Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by SleepMBA on
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I think everybody is saying this to some degree here, but from my experience (I'm a sleep tech), it sounds as if you didn't qualify for a split night. Don't worry, all is not lost because you may still qualify for CPAP/BiPAP/xPAP. They have to score your first study. The sleep doctor will look at those results and determine if you need xPAP.
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Your sleep apnea has to be fairly severe during the first part of the night for you to qualify for a split night and then there has to be enough hours left in the night for them to try you w/CPAP. Frankly, I would NOT want a split-night study ever. I want them to get a full picture of my sleep and what we are dealing with.
Our sleep occurs in stages and we cycle thru these stages all night long (assuming we sleep at all - *weak smile*), as the night progresses we cycle faster and the REM stage becomes longer. We usually experience most of our events in REM sleep and when sleeping on our back. So they get the most information and truest picture of our sleep in the last couple of REM stages and last couple of sleep cycles of the night.
That is a rough explanation. I'm just a patient, not a medical or sleep professional.
I agree that it is a crock of horsepuckies than one should have to wait a month for results and the scheduling of a titration study if warranted. It sounds like a half-arse run sleep lab and an HMO to freaking cheap to keep enough sleep specialists available which also seems to indicate that they probably don't hire the best sleep specialists either. On the other hand, before you jump into paying out of pocket you want to check the integrity and the quality of this other sleep lab and its staff. I'd check to see if your HMO sleep lab is properly accredited - and if this other sleep lab is properly accredited.
When insurance is paying to the sleep studies we rely on the insurance to contract only w/accredited sleep labs but when we are paying out of pocket it is up to us to ensure that we are using an accredited sleep lab.
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Wow. That stinks. Hopefully you don't have to wait to long for the results. I used to snore really badly and would always wake up tire too. Glad I never had to do one of those studies though. Hope you get your results soon though.
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