Michelle, I was in hospital last year for sleep tests & was too exhausted to sleep!

I nod & doze a lot (which is why I stopped driving 30 years ago not long after I got my licence!) & my Dr thought I might have epilepsy so sent me to a specialist who tested & scanned & decided I didn't quite fit the symptoms so sent me to the Epilepsy Neurology (sp?) Dept at a nearby hospital for overnight tests so they could see what my brain waves were doing when I nodded or dozed.

Due to lack of staff I wasn't covered with electrodes when I arrived, so eventually I slept (& I use that word loosely) untethered in the worse & narrowest bed in the world, with the worse pillows in the world.

The staff who were going to tether me as soon as they arrived at 7.30am finally arrived mid morning & stuck electrodes all over my head, in hair almost long enough to sit on! & I spent the rest of the day desperately tired but unable to nod off or even sleep.

They wanted to keep me in another night when I was only booked in for 2 days & 1 night, & would remove the electrodes immediately at 7.30 when staff arrived.

I had plans for the following day & did not expect the staff to arrive at 7.30am as they were short staffed, & besides I needed to sleep in a proper bed with proper comfy pillows ...

So I went home.

and slept.

sleep tight, Michelle

sandra