Titration with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), often done during the same night of PSG, involves a technician that gradually increases CPAP pressure (pressurized room air not oxygen) delivered through a soft mask.Polysomnography (PSG), which is the gold standard for diagnosing sleep disorders, involves an overnight stay at a sleep center monitored by a trained technician.Overnight oximetry, which involves wearing a probe (similar to a clothespin) on your finger or earlobe to continuously measure oxygen levels and heart rate during sleep.Frustration or worry about being unable to fall asleep due to insomnia. Using too much caffeine close to bedtime.School schedules (e.g., teenagers need to sleep later and stay up later according to their physiology, but school schedules often conflict with this).Fatal familial insomnia (a neurodegenerative disease that results in eventual death due to the inability to experience sleep beyond stage 1 of NREM this condition leads to panic, paranoia, phobias, hallucinations, dementia, weight loss, and death within three years).Mental health conditions (e.g., bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, restless legs syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder).Sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea, insomnia).Medical conditions (e.g., chronic pain, pregnancy, gastrointestinal issues, upper respiratory infection).Working conditions (e.g., overwork, work stress, shift work).
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