When you’re dealing with sleep issues, it can affect your everyday life. You might find that you’re unable to focus during the day and that it’s affecting your overall success on a daily basis. In order to determine what might be going on, your doctor might recommend different sleep tests. If you’re having trouble staying awake during the day, Dr. Richard Bogan and Dr. Laura Herpel at Bogan Sleep Consultants in Columbia, SC, may recommend a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) to understand how rapidly you fall asleep during the day and what you might be dealing with.

What is a Multiple Sleep Latency Test?

A multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) from your sleep doctor in Columbia, SC, is a full-day test that requires you to take five naps. This test is used to analyze how quickly you fall asleep during the day and how it affects your daytime sleepiness. You will take five twenty-minute naps in two-hour intervals.

During each nap, you’ll lie quietly in bed and try to fall asleep. The test is used to measure how quickly you fall asleep and what your quality of sleep is. Each nap is taken in a comfortable and dark environment that is intended to be comfortable and eliminate any factors that might affect your ability to sleep.

If you’re dealing with excessive daytime sleepiness, it might be a sign that you have narcolepsy or hypersomnia. These issues should both be dealt with so that you can start sleeping better at night and start focusing during the day.

Contact Our Sleep Specialist Today

Find out why you might be so tired during the day. Contact Dr. Bogan and Dr. Herpel at Bogan Sleep Consultants in Columbia, SC, to learn more about multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT) and if one is needed for you. Call for more information today at (803) 251-3093.