Lonestar Sleep Diagnostics

It is time for another sleep study, ick. The last one I did a several years ago was at Lone star. Bad experience. The first words of the young man who greeted me at the door was «You’re early. You aren’t supposed to be here for another half hour». I apologized but he kept bringing it up. During my intake he asked to see my med list and said «Wow, that is a lot of medication!» There were a lot of herbal supplements on it but still it was not a professional response. I commented on how nice the comforter looked and he responded «Yeah, that doesn’t stay» and put it in a cupboard as if I might be a bed wetter. While hooking me up he made no attempt to make me at ease. So instead of dropping off to sleep like I usually do, I stared at the large ugly gray stain on the ceiling above the bed. Please people those tile things aren’t that expensive. After staring at it and the intrusive red light I found my self wide awake until about 3:30 AM. I unhooked myself at one point so I could find the restrooms and was reprimanded for it. BTW the restrooms are strangely located and in desperate need of night lights. The restrooms give you a choice of complete darkness or bright and blinding light. At 7 AM, Mr. Nice Guy walked in and turned on the very bright lights and started talking to me as if I was awake. Hello? Can you at least have a little compassion? I was in sleep zombie mode and not in any shape to drive, but he just pushed me out of the door «Ok Bye». The results of the
sleep apnea but… wait for it…“poor sleep hygiene”.

REVISED RATING… I’ve added the rest of the stars…
If you read my earlier review, I had issue with financial data they were storing. Good news! They have modified their policy regarding credit cards and are no longer photocopying. Thanks for listening to your customers.
As I said before, GREAT place to have an evaluation. Evening staff was phenomenal. They did everything possible to make me comfortable. I didn’t enjoy the study (the concept of the study is that you are very hooked up with lots of monitors… which made it hard for me to sleep) but am loving the results. Now sleep well at home.
Excellent location in quiet neighborhood. As close to an ideal sleep environment as you could hope for during a sleep study.

After work, the only thing most people do most is sleep. So when your sleep sucks, your life sucks. It’s a fact.
My sleep has sucked for SIX YEARS. That’s a lot of suck. I wake up with a headache and a sore throat. I am tired all day and caffeine is the only thing keeping me awake during the day. I’m up for a nap — any time, any place. For SIX YEARS.
I finally talked to my doctor about it and she sent me over to Lonestar Sleep Diagnostics for a Sleep Test. Which is weird. It’s like, «Sleep, ur doin it wrong!»
First of all, they do all the legwork with the insurance. They send you the pre-​test paperwork. It’s all very efficient.
You show up in your pj’s and a very nice person settles you into your «bedroom» and explains how it all works. Then she or he sits you down and starts like sticking things all over you. It took 30 – 40 minutes and by the time I was done, I had twenty-​two wires coming off me. I had to pee, which is hilarious with wires all coming out of your pants and straps across your chest and I couldn’t help but walk towards the mirror in the restroom making moaning zombie noises… what? don’t look at me like that.
Anyways, then you lay down with an additional three wires (one up your nose, one glowing on your finger) and you are instructed to sleep. This actually wasn’t too hard for me. I do toss and turn a lot and ended up ripping off the chest monitor a couple times.
They woke me up around one in the morning and placed some sort of scuba-​looking deal on my face. It took me about an hour to get to sleep but once I did… I am seriously getting a little verklempt…
I slept like I can’t remember ever sleeping. I woke up without a pounding headache for the first time in SIX YEARS.
I had so much energy that the following night, I was awake until 2:00 A.M. Sleep is the new crack!
Anyways…
I can’t remember my attendant/doctor/technician’s name, but she was awesome. She was kind and calming through the whole thing. She made it, if not a pleasure, at least not torture, to have fifty-​two electrodes and a scuba mask strapped to me.
I’d definitely recommend this place for the sleep challenged like myself.