How to Use The WatchPAT ONE At-Home Sleep Apnea Test
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A home sleep apnea test is a test that can help diagnose obstructive sleep apnea at home. The device itself is a portable breathing monitor you wear overnight. As you sleep, the device monitors your breathing and oxygen levels to detect and measure pauses in breathing, which are known as apneas. Join Sebastian as he walks through his experience using one of these at-home sleep apnea tests and what his results are!
00:00 At-Home Test vs. Sleep Lab
01:05 WatchPat One
01:16 How To Buy / How Does it Work?
01:52 Unboxing my Experience
03:10 What I didn't like
03:52 My Results
05:08 Conclusion
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This looks very interesting. I did a sleep study in a lab many years ago. It was pretty awful. I don't know how anyone can actually sleep connected to all of those wires. I felt like I didn't sleep at all that night. The report said I slept something like 2 hours and then they put a CPAP on me for another couple of hours. These less invasive devices seem like they would be much more accurate if you can actually sleep with them on.
Great info. I may do this as i think I may have sleep apena
Thank you for sharing
At home tests through the hospital can cost up to twelve thousand dollars. Insurance gives you maybe $200 back, or not. More electrodes, but very similar results.
thank you, Sir! please tell me the difference between the WatchPat One and the WatchPat 300 i was given?
Where are your other videos and other products you review?
How can I use the data from this test to talk to my doctor about it? Will my doctor consider the results of it legitimate? Cuz they are the one to prescribe an apnoe breathing machine and to set it up properly.
If sleep apnea is observed are you provided a prescription for a c pap machine? Furthermore, how are the required c pap machine settings (pressure) determined?
Im doing one through sleep doctor using this same device. They will issue a prescription if you have sleep apnea
I’m confused, you can only use this device one night? Another video on this says you can use it for up to 3 nights.
The one piece of this that doesn’t make sense to me is how your RDI was 8.9 and yet the conclusion was that you don’t have sleep apnea. Although AHI is the more standard number, you still had more than 5 events per hour which should technically qualify you as having mild sleep apnea.
I think you should do a follow-up video where you get an in-lab sleep study (PSG) that measures RERAs/microarousals and let us know what happened.
P.S. To be clear, it’s possible that your sleep apnea is mild enough that it’s not even worth messing with CPAP and other potential solutions, especially if you feel good during the day. But I’m very curious about the truth of the matter here. Cheers!
What if you get out of bed to go to the bathroom in the night? Does the tracker record this as an awake period? Does it negate or invalidate the results?
It records it as an awake period, yes. It won’t mess up the test.
I felt disappointed for you when you were shown not to have sleep apnea, as this means you continue the journey of not knowing what is wrong with you. I honestly want mine to be positive, so I finally fix whatever it is that is wrecking my sleep.
Then it's time to go to your Dr and get a physical done. And talk about your symptoms. If it's not sleep apnea it could be something as easy as just maybe losing some weight. At worst something heart related if that's the case definitely get checked out. Maybe go get an Angiogram.
You might need an in lab study. In home tests won’t detect all types of sleep apneas or upper airway resistance, and other sleep disorders
How well do you typically breathe through your nose? It might be worth trying mouth tape that is made to wear while sleeping to keep your mouth shut and force breathing through your nose.
I have used this on multiple occasions and my snoring is not as bad when my mouth is not open, I recommend it to soften the loudness for sure, but I still snore!
I wish I snored, having dreams where your nose slowly clogs and you lose the ability to breath is the worst. Having your morning start by you suffocating to death in your dream is not a good way to start the day.
Everything about the item is awesome, except for the finger thing it's was very uncomfortable it wake me up around 2 hours of usage my finger was hurting, hopefully they start working on an adjustable version other than that the test and setup was very easy
That's great feedback! We've heard similar things from other people and will look into it.
@@SleepIsTheFoundation OK... Did you look into it?
They say to use a smaller finger if the index is too big/uncomfortable
@@gregm8076 I don't think other than the index finger will work
@@AZ50428 it says in the app that you can use any other finger except for the thumb
What about BRB? Nature's calls. . . .
Can we sleep on our stomachs with this on? Do we need a shirt on as well?
You could sleep on your stomach, yes. There is a little chest sensor but it’s not very thick (about 1 cm, maybe?) so I imagine it wouldn’t be too uncomfortable.* You can wear a shirt if you want, but you don’t have to.
*The reason I have to imagine this part is because, although I have done many WatchPAT tests, I never sleep on my stomach! 🙂
@@RyanWilliams222 Thank you!
Damn it takes me a while to sleep and if I’m trying something new, it will be likely that I am too nervous to get any results bc I won’t sleep
Great point. But we've had several people in our office try these out and they report sleeping quite well with the device. So for what it's worth, it's better than 27 wires all over your body! th-cam.com/video/plf0mWIf7S0/w-d-xo.html
What do you mean one night only? How is that?
The test gathers all the information it needs in one night to determine whether you suffer from sleep apnea. You can learn more here: shop.sleepdoctor.com/
Yes but if I want to test if my apnea resolves with a mouth piece I'd need to use it a second time@@SleepIsTheFoundation
Possibly check into whether your adenoids are adversely affecting your sleep.
Interesting video. Too expensice for my budget
Cheaper than a lab study.
@@CreachterZ not if you have insurance for it
@@419chris419 you've got awesome insurance if a multi thousand dollar test comes with no co-pay or deductible.
hmm I'm so glad I live in Canada and didn't have to pay for the testing kit. Simply pick up at the hospital then drop it off another day, i dont sleep enough one night,i can just redo the screening another night. Seems crazy to pay 200$ USD simply for the testing kit when its not even accompanied by a doctor's visit - I was told by the nurse if I do not have sleep apnea, then I will go through the sleep clinic on follow up to look for alternative treatments and solutions, so its all kept under one roof so to say
This test is not reliable in the least. It is classified as "technically adequate", that is it could possibly work. It doesn't.
Single use makes this useless, IMO.
Did that say your lowest heart rate was 37? That's too low.
So will the provider write a prescription for a cpap or similar device?
Good question
yes, they do