Does anyone here have personal experience undergoing a sleep study? Any clinics/hospitals (specifically in Tokyo) with a good reputation pertaining to this? Also, did you need a referral or did they just let you walk in? Thanks.
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Talk to your doctor. You will need a letter of recommendation anyway.
If you just mean for snoring/sleep apnea, I’ll tell you my situation. I found a clinic nearby with decent reviews and just made an appointment. When we arrived, we answered a short couple of questionnaires and then told told the doc about my snoring, difficulty getting up, daytime drowsiness, etc. He asked a bunch of questions, then shoved a camera down my nose and said “Yep, very narrow airway.” He sent me home with a sleep monitor thingy to use for two consecutive nights, and a follow-up appointment for two weeks later. I used the monitor and dropped it off after a few days. At the follow-up appointment, the doc showed me my stats and they were really bad: low O2, multiple episodes of not breathing (my longest was 153 seconds), etc., and I left that very day with a CPAP machine. That was about a month ago, and man do I sleep SOOOOOO much better now. I wake up refreshed, have more daytime energy, and my wife doesn’t have to wear earplugs anymore. I wish I had done it sooner.
I don’t live near Tokyo, but I’d advise you to find somewhere that’s open on Saturdays. As others have mentioned, you need to go in every 1-3 months to pay the rental fee for the CPAP. The hospital I had my sleep study at wanted me to me go on a Thursday, which would have meant taking a half day holiday every month.
I go to Kichijoji (Kichijoji Suimin Medical Clinic). Good doctor. For sleep apnea, they’ll give you a take home pulse oximeter test, then based on those results, you’ll have a sleepover at the clinic where they hook you up to a machine. Based on those results, you’ll have yet another sleepover test, this time with a CPAP to see if it’s effective at treating your apnea. No need for a referral, I just called and asked for an appointment, but I had to wait a month or so for the first appointment because they were all booked up
Also be careful if you’re in the Inaka. (Obviously OP is not but if anyone else comes across this post) sometimes the doctor, after diagnosing you with sleep apnea will take away your driver’s license until they are certain you won’t fall asleep at the wheel. (Can be after 6-8 months treatment)
I’ve tried to push my husband to do a sleep study but we both HAVE to drive and the google reviews on the clinics around us had several reviews from pissed off (former) truck and taxi drivers.
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Talk to your doctor. You will need a letter of recommendation anyway.
If you just mean for snoring/sleep apnea, I’ll tell you my situation. I found a clinic nearby with decent reviews and just made an appointment. When we arrived, we answered a short couple of questionnaires and then told told the doc about my snoring, difficulty getting up, daytime drowsiness, etc. He asked a bunch of questions, then shoved a camera down my nose and said “Yep, very narrow airway.” He sent me home with a sleep monitor thingy to use for two consecutive nights, and a follow-up appointment for two weeks later. I used the monitor and dropped it off after a few days. At the follow-up appointment, the doc showed me my stats and they were really bad: low O2, multiple episodes of not breathing (my longest was 153 seconds), etc., and I left that very day with a CPAP machine. That was about a month ago, and man do I sleep SOOOOOO much better now. I wake up refreshed, have more daytime energy, and my wife doesn’t have to wear earplugs anymore. I wish I had done it sooner.
I don’t live near Tokyo, but I’d advise you to find somewhere that’s open on Saturdays. As others have mentioned, you need to go in every 1-3 months to pay the rental fee for the CPAP. The hospital I had my sleep study at wanted me to me go on a Thursday, which would have meant taking a half day holiday every month.
I go to Kichijoji (Kichijoji Suimin Medical Clinic). Good doctor. For sleep apnea, they’ll give you a take home pulse oximeter test, then based on those results, you’ll have a sleepover at the clinic where they hook you up to a machine. Based on those results, you’ll have yet another sleepover test, this time with a CPAP to see if it’s effective at treating your apnea. No need for a referral, I just called and asked for an appointment, but I had to wait a month or so for the first appointment because they were all booked up
Also be careful if you’re in the Inaka. (Obviously OP is not but if anyone else comes across this post) sometimes the doctor, after diagnosing you with sleep apnea will take away your driver’s license until they are certain you won’t fall asleep at the wheel. (Can be after 6-8 months treatment)
I’ve tried to push my husband to do a sleep study but we both HAVE to drive and the google reviews on the clinics around us had several reviews from pissed off (former) truck and taxi drivers.