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Texas State Sleep Lab
Texas State Sleep Lab Patient Brochure
: This brochure answers questions about your sleep study visit and includes a map to the Texas State Sleep Lab
(PDF, 329.6 KB)Welcome to the Texas State Sleep Lab
The Sleep Lab at Texas State University-San Marcos is located in the Health Professions Building on the first floor in Room 105. With a mission to serve educational, research, and diagnostic needs, the Texas State Sleep Lab serves community residents in the surrounding San Marcos area, students, staff, administration, and faculty.
All sleep studies must be ordered by your primary care physician or a sleep specialist. The sleep study prescription form can be found above. Feel free to download the form and take to your primary physician. Once your physician faxes the completed request to our office, your insurance will be verified and we will contact you to schedule a sleep study at your convenience. After the sleep study is performed, the study will be scored and interpreted by a sleep specialist. The results of your study will be returned to your primary physician and he/she will contact you for further instructions or treatment, as needed.
Do you think you might be suffering from a sleep disorder? If you have the following symptoms, you may wish to download two quick tests that my help you identify a potential sleeping disorder.
Common Symptoms of Sleeping Disorders are
• Habitual, loud snoring
• Breathing pauses while asleep
• Fall asleep while driving
• Struggle to stay awake when inactive, such as when watching television or reading
• Difficulty paying attention or concentrating at work, school, or home.
• Performance problems at work or school
• Often told you look sleepy
• Difficulty remembering information
• Slowed responses
• Difficulty controlling emotions
• Need to take naps almost every day
• Morning tiredness and feeling a lack of rest even after sleeping
• Morning headaches
If you have three or more of these symptoms, please click on the Epworth and Berlin assessment surveys below. Fill them out and take them to your physician with your concerns about a possible sleep disorder.
Sleep Disorder Information Center
Are you having trouble sleeping through the night? Does you bed partner tell you that you have a snoring problem? Has someone ever told you that you have "pauses" in your breathing while you sleep? You could be suffering from an undiagnosed sleeping disorder. Click on any of the following resources for additional information for you to consider before seeing your physician. REMEMBER! You MUST have a physician's order to have a sleep study test.
Dr. Doug Hudson, Texas State Sleep Lab Medical Director
Dr. Hudson, MD, is a board certified specialist in both neurology and sleep medicine. As medical director, he oversees the quality of patient care for all diagnostic procedures and monitors lab policy. Dr. Hudson provides AASM-standard interpretation for sleep studies performed in the lab and he also serves as a consultant to many primary care physicians. His personal office, Sleep Medicine Consultants in Austin can be reached at 512/420-9900 or on the web at www.sleepdoc.net/.