I have a sleep test tonight for my drivers licence. The instructions says no sugary drinks after breakfast. I forgot that and ate desert plus drank 500ml iced tea at 10 am, is it going to affect the results? I will go to sleep between 8 and 11pm

Because next appointment is like 4 months.

  • Codpiece@feddit.uk
    381·
    12 hours ago

    Sorry I can’t offer any advice, but I’m really curious to know why getting a drivers license requires a sleep test. Wouldn’t a staying wide awake test be better?

    Edit: for those who also don’t know, turns out sleep apnea and other medical conditions can cause excessive daytime tiredness, exempting you from being medically fit to drive. You learn something new every day :)

    • triptrapper@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 hours ago

      Narcolepsy is also under-diagnosed. The main symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness but lots of people (myself included) go years thinking they just like caffeine more than most people. It’s also an autoimmune disease that’s often triggered by a viral infection, so I’m expecting statistics to show an increase in narcolepsy symptoms post-COVID.

    • Starya67@lemmy.world
      151·
      12 hours ago

      That’s so random considering there are so many conditions (having young kids, going through menopause, ME, having radiation therapy, etc) that can make you excessively tired.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1117·
        12 hours ago

        Truckers.

        If you have sleep apnea, you can still drive trucks, but you have to use a CPAP when you sleep so you don’t kill people.

        Same reason someone who needs glasses, have to wear glasses to drive.

        It’s not “random” you just didn’t think of it yourself or ask a question.

        You just assumed that it was fucking “random” because you didn’t know the answer. That’s not how fucking life works, if you ask questions you’ll find out almost nothing is “random” it’s just shit you’re too lazy to learn about

        • Starya67@lemmy.world
          51·
          10 hours ago

          Truckers can’t have ME etc.? It’s totally random, my dude.

          Also, consider therapy.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            16·
            10 hours ago

            Truckers can’t have ME etc.?

            What?

            Sleep apnea is like bad vision…

            It doesn’t mean you can’t drive trucks, it means you need to take basic steps for everyone’s safety…

            How are you not understanding this?

            Do you just call anything you don’t understand “random” and then get upset when people tell you there’s a reason?

            That’s how trump lives his life, don’t be like trump

            • shishka_b0b@lemmy.zip
              71·
              9 hours ago

              The irony of accusing someone for behaving like trump as you go off on them on the internet due to your own misinterpretation is really something else.