Comments on: Undercover Investigation

By: Paige Jennifer

Paige Jennifer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:34:26 +0000

Oh Kris, I heart you and your fucked up sleep issues. Just don’t fix yourself to the point I need to share the bed, k?

By: Nathan Pralle

Nathan Pralle — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:11:45 +0000

My wife did a sleep study, unfortunately, nothing came of it so she’s still a zombie. But maybe we’ll try another one, I have a feeling the doctor at this one was probably a junkie or something.

By: auntie

auntie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:03:55 +0000

i did a sleep study awhile back to find out if i had sleep apnea (i do), but i think i got the ghetto version because a) they wouldn’t let me watch tv, and b) no naps the next day! they just kicked me out at about 8 am with no instructions as to how to get the 40 lbs of glue out of my hairdo. also, no clinic danish. i am outraged! will call insurance company and doctor ASAP for prompt refund…

By: Not Afraid To Use It

Not Afraid To Use It — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:26:29 +0000

Do they let you know if you fart in your sleep?

By: zipcode

zipcode — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:19:18 +0000

I was supposed to do a sleep study but I chickened out lol — however I just had an MRI on my back — that was not a fun experiance — good luck

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:49:19 +0000

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DCBlogs » DC Blogs Noted — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:02:13 +0000

[...] a Girl, Not yet a Wino shares her sleep clinic experience. She writes: 10:15 pm: No one told me there’d be nostril sensors. Metal [...]

By: Trapped

Trapped — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:45:25 +0000

I have the same problem. Let me know what you find out and if it solves your problem I will do the same. Seriously. I am depending on you to change my life! :)

Peace

By: kris

kris — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:00:45 +0000

Oh sweet people. I just want to wrap each of you in a warm blanket of my matted sleep study hair.

What? Was that creepy?

By: elle dubya

elle dubya — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:47:43 +0000

i will make you a sleep study queen tiara from the remnants of my june-removed christmas wreath. bedazzled…just for the heck of it.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:07:41 +0000

so glad that you finally did this since you’ve been talking about it since grad school. can wait to hear about the results! xoxo.

By: mia

mia — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:10:45 +0000

i had a boyfriend once who had narcolepsy. He’d be talkin and holdin’ a drink and mid sentence, drop the drink, eyes closed and he was out.

Didn’t really realize it was so bad until one time we were at a concert with friends, I was on the back of my bf motorcycle and my other friend was going crazy w/hand signals that I had no idea what she was talking about – later she told me he fell asleep sitting straight up on the bike!!!

Trouble is…. he was an iron worker workin’ on some really tall buildings… I haven’t heard from him in a hundred years.. wonder how he made out with that.’

The other option is you could have sleep apnea in which case you’ll be delighted to be hooked up to a noisy plastic breathing machine every night hehehe…

ohhh the possibilities hahahaha.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:53:41 +0000

You don’t know how relieved I am to hear that you were not made into a skin suit. Because that kind of discomfort may have made it really hard for you to win at sleep clinic.

By: Tracy Lynn

Tracy Lynn — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:07:48 +0000

Well done, you. I have had sleep issues most of my life, until I was diagnosed with manic depression. Now I am the valedictorian of sleep,thanks to the application of a fistful of meds nightly. Better living through modern pharmaceuticals, indeed.

By: sac

sac — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:34:57 +0000

This was really interesting (and funny). I have the opposite problem. Can’t fall asleep. I would have been up the whole nite. Forget about those naps – I would just be awake for the whole time I was there.

By: jessica

jessica — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:14:32 +0000

came over from twitter. Hilarious. I am the same in that I must must have 9 hours of sleep. I get about 8 every night maybe a bit less and I’m barely functional the next day. It sucks. I’m dying to hear the results.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:47:00 +0000

I have sleep problems too so I can relate. I remember being a kid and regularly being awake for long periods before finally falling asleep. Now I sleep at all different times (a no-no) and wake up several times throughout the night. One of my cats is only partially to blame.

So, alas, I don’t have any unsolicited advice to give you, but I’m hoping the sleep study yields something helpful.

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:40:43 +0000

As much as I’d like to do that, I would also be nervous about what I do in my sleep.

But all this talk makes me tired and now I want a nap!

By: Nerdette

Nerdette — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:23:06 +0000

I’m sure others have suggested this to you – but have you considered Bikram yoga? Yes, it’s the hot yoga for 90 mins. No, it’s not torture but it’s not for the weak of heart.

I mention it because I wasn’t ever diagnosed with narcolepsy but had similar sleep problems like what you described. After practicing Bikram’s for a year, the sleep issues started to abate.

Also I know, I’ll take a number for another random stranger giving you unsolicited advice.

PS Jersey Shore. I watched an episode this weekend, just to see what the hub-bub is all about. I still love Rock of Love Season 1 and 2 better.

By: sam {temptingmama}

sam {temptingmama} — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:20:39 +0000

I currently have a referral for a sleep study sitting in my wallet. It’s been there since October. Am skeered.

This what a great post though! You totally made me spit pop with We bond immediately over Brad Pitt’s disgusting beard. He always claims he does it for a movie, yet neither of us has ever seen his atrocious hair star in a film.

By: King Monkeypants

King Monkeypants — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:57:38 +0000

You’d think now that we live in the future they’d've perfected the aluminum-foil-wrapped colander avec blinking LED lights rather than still mucking about with tape and glue.

Also? I’m sure the cats approved of the extra nipples. They already thought you were their mom; now they’re SURE.

Wishing you sweet dreams under electrodes, at your desk, and elsewhere.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:28:36 +0000

I am far too self-conscious to participate in such a thing, so I commend your ability to do that.

I wake up about 80 times a night, always wide-eyed and completely coherent as if I was never really sleeping. Then I lay there and look at the clock every 20 minutes cursing whatever it is that keeps me from sleeping. So annoying.

I hope you get some answers.