You may bring a lunch with you or you can go to the cafeteria on level 0 between your scheduled naps. Above all, bring a book, knitting, or work to keep you busy during the day so that the only sleep you have will be recorded. There are a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 naps scheduled throughout the day. Testing will therefore take at least 6 hours to complete. During this test you will be asked to sit quietly in a darkened room for about 40 minutes while trying to stay awake.
Patients often complain of excessive daytime sleepiness or daytime fatigue.
Along with the frequent episodes of obstructed breathing that occur during sleep, there may be loud snoring, morning headaches and a dry mouth upon awakening. A patient wearing a nasal CPAP mask. If you are found to have breathing problems, such as OSA, the technologist may connect you to a machine that helps you breathe. In the sleep lab, for a therapeutic study, you will be fitted with a mask that fits comfortably over your nose and is attached to the CPAP machine, which is on a bedside cabinet. This machine is connected to a remote control unit and the computers collecting your sleep data.