Pictures from the sleep study…

But you won’t see any of me with the wires on my head or mask on my face. Sorry.

Click on them to see them with notes on my flickr pages.

Sleep. Stoopid f’ing sleep.

Second sleep study Saturday night, this time wearing a CPAP.

As I can almost never breathe well through my nose, I had to wear a mask that covered both my nose and mouth. I think it may have been this one, though I wouldn’t swear it. I know it was from that company, though, and it wasn’t the one with the gel.

Anyway, sleeping on my side wearing that damn thing wasn’t the easiest thing in the world. Worse, though, was the fact that I felt like I couldn’t exhale completely, which made me feel like I was having an asthma attack. The tech turned on something called “C-flex,” which is supposed to make it easier for me to exhale, and she had the air pressure turned about as far down as it could go, but it still wasn’t easy.

She told me that I had only 2 apnea episodes while I slept, but, of course, I still didn’t sleep as much as I would have liked to. I was up a couple of times during the night, and one of those times it took me about an hour to get back to sleep.

I’ll probably be getting a CPAP, and will honestly try to get used to wearing it in the hopes that I will feel much better. But, I’m not going to swear that I will be able to comply 100%. Partly because my mask options are limited, due to the kind of mask I need and what insurance is likely to cover (those masks are expensive…), and partly because it may not be all that effective as far as helping me to sleep better.

But, we’ll see.

Emailed Dr. L about the study and about my mood, which is still sliding downhill. I need a med adjustment, and now that my sleep studies are behind me, I guess maybe we can make a move on that now. I need something that will jolt my brain out of this funk, because I’m not getting as much done as I need to, either at work or at home. I’m just so tired, and unmotivated, and stressed.

Guess I should head back to bed now, seeing as it’s about 12:35 a.m. and I have to go to work in the morning.

(I keep thinking I’m hearing things and seeing things in the living room. Could’ve sworn I saw something run across the far end of the living, after hearing something, and, worse yet, I found a humane small animal TRAP under my sink. Not set or anything, but now I’m wondering if I have a rat in here. I think, unfortunately, my cat would be useless in such situations. My Penny girl, on the other hand…

Maybe I’ll set the trap tonight and see if I get anything. Ugh……. *shudder*).