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Re:Ask HN: Best sleep trackers? by mattjaynes on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:30PM (#22689417)
I have pretty big doubts about the usefulness of clinical sleep tests after having had one a few years ago. Perhaps they work well for very deep and immediate sleepers. But with the electrodes, a strange location, multiple interruptions, a sleep position I never sleep in, etc, it was probably one of the worst nights of sleep in my life. The doctor seemed to disregard all of that and treat it as my typical night sleep and based the treatment recommendations on it, which is when I realized I needed to seek help elsewhere. I've found other methods like Fitbit come closer to reality since they record the data under normal sleep conditions.
Re:Ask HN: Best sleep trackers? by prostheticvamp on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @08:46PM (#22689883)
Much of the test interpretation has to do with the correlation of sleep structure to changes in your vitals, I.e., I don’t care if it was the worst night of your sleeping life, if you had X number of apnic events per unit time sleeping, that data is unchanged by the fact that you had trouble sleeping.
Re:Ask HN: Best sleep trackers? by balfirevic on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @08:19PM (#22689763)
> The doctor seemed to disregard all of that and treat it as my typical night sleep and based the treatment recommendations on it

What did the doctor recommend?

Re:Ask HN: Best sleep trackers? by mattjaynes on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:58PM (#22690683)
She recommended the standard CPAP route. Instead, I chose to lose weight, improve my fitness, and switch to side sleeping. Fortunately that resolved my issues.
Re:Ask HN: Best sleep trackers? by icosa on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @08:40PM (#22689859)
Now there are devices for clinical at-home sleep monitoring, say for screening for apnea. Still uncomfortable but at least you are at home.