Re: Anyone ever have an EEG?
i've had one. my father has had many.
like said above, no big deal. they just "glue" (not really glue...just sticky gooey stuff) some sensors to your head and you just chill out.
they may ask you to open and close your eyes, talk, whatever...depending on what they are looking for.
my guess for the only 4 hours of sleep instruction is that they are going to want you to fall asleep while hooked up to the machine.
my father has sleep apnea combined with a form of epilepsy and he had several eegs done to try to help figure out what is going on. in at least one case, he was not allowed to sleep after midnight the night before so that he would fall asleep during the eeg so they could monitor what was going on in his brain as he was sleeping.
since your issues are related to sleep, i bet that's what they want for you as well.
good luck! the test itself is certainly nothing to fear. the results may be something to fear, but in your case it sounds like prolly not.
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