answer:I never had one but I used to work with a guy who had one, and he had to show up at the hospital in late evening to get the wires attached and they put this mask thing on him. He said he couldn’t sleep, and around 3:00 am he ripped the thing off his face and left, and went home to get a few hours of sleep. Are you sure you don’t have GERD? I know before I lost a lot of weight (due to weight loss surgery) I had GERD, where I would sometimes wake up with acid in my throat, which made me feel like I was choking. I would have to sit up, couldn’t breathe because of the acid, and would have to swallow a bunch of times and maybe have some water to feel better. Weight loss made that problem go away totally. Just a thought. Your insurance may cover this, so if you do go for the study, it might be covered. I had weight loss surgery, and if I needed a sleep study, it would have been covered. I think if you pay for it on your own it would be a ton of money, because it involves a lot of labor (people to hook up the monitors and supervise you on video, plus the hospital stay).