home sleep study....

[franceslee]

I had performed an at home sleep study, I'm now wondering if they are very accurate.....  also I noticed on my sleep study summary it stated that my maximum heart rate was 199!  I don't see how it's possible for my heart rate to get that high an me have no knowledge of this!!!!  Does anyone know what would cause that??????  I'm very nervous now am don't know what to do!

[FrancineA]

Sounds like you should be seeing a sleep neurologist who can interpret  the sleep study and suggest follow up therapy. He or  she can answer all of your questions related to the sleep study and the reason the home study was ordered as opposed to a full study in a sleep center. I would suggest you meet directly  with a sleep neurologist rather than just hearing about the results from a report or from your primary care physician. Your evaluation will not be complete until you meet with the neurologist and have a complete evaluation including physical exam and completion of health surveys related to your symptom.  After the complete evaluation he or she will suggest a treatment plan and necessary follow up.

[franceslee]

My ent suggested the sleep study.  But he had me to a home sleep study where they mailed me all the equipment an i wore it over night.  It did say that I had mild obstructive sleep apnea.   The thing that worried me was when it said I had a maximum heart rate of the 199.  The average was 90.  Kinda worried me!

[Jerry_NJ]

Sounds like your "sleep study" is more a measure some parameters.   I high heart rate can be caused emotionally (dreams, I suppose can cause some increase in HR) and need for more oxygen, such as can be caused by sleep apnea (obstructive is the one I am familiar with).  

What symptoms cause you to want a "sleep study"?

A good additional test to determine the need for a full medical sleep study is an over night recording oximeter test...records the oxygen saturation level of the blood every few seconds. It should read in the high 90s %  95% is considered a very good minimum.. all reading that or higher.

I did a spot check myself with a $30 finger clip on oximeter, but I had symptoms, I would wake up feeling like I was suffocating.  I would then quickly clip on the oximeter and found some readings in the mid 80s %.  This kicked of the path to a full medical sleep study which included the recording of oxygen levels along with many other parameters, including sleep phases.  REM and the like. and % of time in each sleep REM.