What if I can't fall asleep during my sleep study?

What if I can't fall asleep during my sleep study?

Home sleep apnea testing is a safe alternative to the traditional in-lab sleep study performed at a sleep center or hospital sleep lab. “What if I can’t fall asleep during my sleep study?” is the most common concern patients have about sleep testing at-home or in-lab. Here’s how to avoid the two sleep study mistakes that can prevent you from falling asleep during your sleep study, potentially saving you money in repeat sleep test fees that are often not covered by your health insurance.

The 4 Common American Habits that Prevent Quality Sleep

The 4 Common American Habits that Prevent Quality Sleep

There is significant research on the relationship between poor sleep and compromised immunity. Sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea can fragment the sleep architecture, leaving a person feeling tired and fatigued during the day as well as leaving the person vulnerable to infections, viruses, and bacteria. There are also environmental and behavioral factors that can worsen your sleep, increasing your risk for illness.

Does sleep apnea reduce your immune system function?

Does sleep apnea reduce your immune system function?

Do sleep disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia reduce your immune system response to viruses and keep you sick longer? Science says yes. Current peer-reviewed research has demonstrated that uninterrupted, full-night sleep is necessary for strong immunity.

How Your Immune System is Destroyed by Poor Sleep

How Your Immune System is Destroyed by Poor Sleep

Doctors have known for a long time that sleep deprivation suppresses the body's immuno-response, increasing your susceptibility to infection and reducing your body's ability to fight off diseases. A focus on uninterrupted restorative sleep can improve your body's immune system and strengthen your response to colds and flu viruses, improving recovery and overall wellness.

Austin's Traffic is Why You Can't Fall Sleep (and How to Protect Yourself)

Austin's Traffic is Why You Can't Fall Sleep (and How to Protect Yourself)

The various impacts of traffic congestion are well-known, but what are often ignored are the side-effects to your wellness and overall quality of life. Austin’s severe traffic congestion taxes your health by increasing insomnia and reducing total restorative sleep time. Learn how traffic congestion destroys your health and sleep and the “Four Essential Steps” to immediately do when you arrive home!

The Simplest (and Hardest) Treatment for Insomnia

The Simplest (and Hardest) Treatment for Insomnia

Smart phones are the new Boogeyman in the bedroom and for good reason: Americans love staring at their smart phones. Adults spend a staggering 11+ hours daily staring at screens, with nearly 5 of those hours spent watching television. 88% of Americans use a smart phone while also watching television despite “strong, consistent evidence of an association between bedtime access to or use of devices and reduced sleep quantity and quality, as well as increased daytime sleepiness.”

Top 5 Questions to Ask when Shopping for a CPAP Machine for your Sleep Apnea and Snoring Treatment

Top 5 Questions to Ask when Shopping for a CPAP Machine for your Sleep Apnea and Snoring Treatment

The top 5 questions to ask before buying a new CPAP machine to treat your sleep apnea or snoring. From Austin's top-rated sleep lab since 1999, SleepSomatics Diagnostic Center.

Vitamin D: Your #1 Ally for Better Sleep

Vitamin D: Your #1 Ally for Better Sleep

Learn how Vitamin D deficiency is responsible for insomnia, fatigue, and depression and what you can do to increase your Vitamin D to naturally improve your restorative sleep with Austin's top-rated sleep disorders testing and treatment center, SleepSomatics.

The #1 Sign of a Sleep Disorder … and it’s not Insomnia

The #1 Sign of a Sleep Disorder … and it’s not Insomnia

Patients and doctors both mistakenly believe that Insomnia is the main symptom of a sleep disorder. And that misperception is one reason why 9 out of 10 patients remain undiagnosed and untreated for a sleep disorder.

This New Sleep Apnea Breakthrough Will Change CPAP Forever

This New Sleep Apnea Breakthrough Will Change CPAP Forever

Throw away your old Darth Vader CPAP mask and get ready for a new breakthrough in sleep apnea and snoring treatment that has SleepSomatics own clinical staff raving about comfort and ease of use. Introducing the Brevida, the next leap forward in CPAP technology.

Does iOS 10 “Night Shift” and Sleep Analysis Sleep Mode Improve Sleep and Cure Insomnia?

Does iOS 10 “Night Shift” and Sleep Analysis Sleep Mode Improve Sleep and Cure Insomnia?

Sleep clinical research on whether Apple iPhone iOS 10's new “Night Shift” and Sleep Analysis Sleep Mode can actually improve sleep and cure insomnia. From American Board of Sleep Medicine registered sleep technologist and clinician at SleepSomatics, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited sleep disorders center in Austin, TX.

Sleep More to Reduce Diabetes Risk

Sleep More to Reduce Diabetes Risk

A U.S. research study indicates that increasing quality, restorative sleep can reduce diabetes risk, confirming that improving sleep improves one's health.

Mandating Commercial Motor Vehicle CDL Obstructive Sleep Apnea Testing

Mandating Commercial Motor Vehicle CDL Obstructive Sleep Apnea Testing

The most effective way to reduce automobile fatalities caused by sleep deprivation are to mandate screening of all CMV operators for obstructive sleep apnea, enact verifiable sleep testing protocols for these screenings, and enforce nationwide compliance for all commercial drivers’ license medical examiners. 

This article is an opinion essay by a SleepSomatics clinician. The views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of SleepSomatics.

The Relationship between Sleep Apnea, Depression, and Erectile Dysfunction

The Relationship between Sleep Apnea, Depression, and Erectile Dysfunction

"A new research study finds link between depression, erectile dysfunction, and the common and untreated sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea."

Go Back to Sleep Before Back-to-School

Go Back to Sleep Before Back-to-School

As Texas kids head back to school, many parents don't know that their children's summer sleep habits and poor school year sleep is responsible for poor grades, poor academic performance, behavioral problems, and if left-untreated, long-term health complications.

Restorative Sleep and Weight Loss

Restorative Sleep and Weight Loss

"With all the money Americans spend on weight loss, why are we the fattest nation on Earth? There are many reasons. The most common reason for weight gain: poor sleep. If you aren't happy with how you look naked, then you must fix your sleep."

1 in 5 Deaths from Drowsy Driving

1 in 5 Deaths from Drowsy Driving

Drunk driving kills nearly 30 Americans daily. Texting and distracted driving kills more than 9 Americans daily. What about drowsy (or fatigued) driving? The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates a staggering 1 in 5 fatalities are caused by drowsy drivers.

Battle of the Bulge is a Battle of the Sleep Deprived

Battle of the Bulge is a Battle of the Sleep Deprived

Monday morning: we head back to work, get a fresh start on the new week, and often yawn repeatedly as we wish we could have gotten just a few more hours of sleep over the weekend. Sound familiar? For millions of sleep-deprived Americans, Blue Monday is a fatigued, somnolent reality.

Caution on Ambien and sedative sleep aide usage

Caution on Ambien and sedative sleep aide usage

60 million prescription sleep aides are prescribed in the United States. Ambien is the #1 prescribed hypnotic. And new physician research recommends greater caution for doctors and patients when considering these sleep aides as a first response to sleepiness and insomnia complaints.

Fragmented or Interrupted Sleep As Bad As No Sleep At All!

Fragmented or Interrupted Sleep As Bad As No Sleep At All!

Do you wake up often at night with insomnia or snore heavily and ignore your sleep apnea? New research shows that fragmented or interrupted sleep is just as potentially fatal as getting no sleep at all!