Sleep test advice

What are sleep test for??

 

Supposedly some drivers have issues with there health / sleep , which professional have decided can be treated by various test
( restful sleep so you can drive safely , blood pressure so you dont stroke out or have a heart attack , can see a stop sign / traffic signal , etc etc ) .
One of these test is a sleep test which seek s to see what interrupts your sleep , and if you snore , you need a cpap machine to help you breath .
Cause we all know that CDL drivers have set schedules , plenty of healthy options , and have no stress.
..... and if you snore , and don't have a cpap machine , that your the most dangerous driver out there according to DOT .
Hope that helps

 

One more step to being a full patch member..got to do all the above while smoking a cig

 

Always walk out if they are trying to send you to concentra, your license is more important then the pos companies preferred doctor

 

To see if someone stops breathing when they are sleeping. If they stop breathing .and blood oxygen levels drop. Your brain knows you not breathing it trying to wake you up. So you never get any REM sleep so you don’t sleep good and wake up tired. You might fall asleep when driving or drink more caffeine and sugar drinks.

They can see if someone stops breathing breathing. If they stop for 10 seconds that’s 1 Event. They say 5 Events mores per hour, someone need a CPAP to help them breathe. If you get one you are required to use it and only get 1 year medical card. Some people have 15 or 30 or 50+ Evets per hour and probably benefit for from CPAP then someone at 5 or 6.

 

Don’t remember my numbers off top my head but I had the equivalent of not breathing for approximately 20 mins out of every 60

 

That sounds really high. They say 1-4 events of not breathing for 10 second per hour is normal and not a problem. I’m not sure if people with 5-6 Events per hour will notice a big difference but you get up to 25 and 50 or 80. I think a person will notice a big difference having a CPAP.

 

Oh 100% told me I could either get a CPAP Machine or be dead in 3 yrs
That was 5 yrs ago and I sleep amazing with it, I can sleep 4-5 hours a day and feel like I got 9-10 hrs, funny thing is I went and took the sleep study myself, got tired of people at fire dept and family at home saying I snored and it kept them awake