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Help me find a good sleep disorder clinic around SF (East Bay, hopefully).
I think I have sleep apnea, and I'd like to know for sure, and get treatment. I'm assuming that I can really only confirm this at a sleep disorder clinic. Does anybody have recommendations for such clinics in the San Francisco area? If possible, I'd like East Bay (I'm in Pleasanton).
Yeah, I googled. Lot of noise in the results, and I'd especially like to hear recommendations from people who've used the various clinics.
I think I have sleep apnea, and I'd like to know for sure, and get treatment. I'm assuming that I can really only confirm this at a sleep disorder clinic. Does anybody have recommendations for such clinics in the San Francisco area? If possible, I'd like East Bay (I'm in Pleasanton).
Yeah, I googled. Lot of noise in the results, and I'd especially like to hear recommendations from people who've used the various clinics.
To echo bitdamaged, William Dement is generally considered one of the experts on sleep disorders and is the founder of the Stanford Sleep Disorders clinic. If you follow bitdamaged's link, you'll notice that there's also a Fremont location for your convenience.
posted by JMOZ at 4:55 PM on July 17, 2006
posted by JMOZ at 4:55 PM on July 17, 2006
Thirded, hit up the Sleep Clinic at Stanford. One of the highlights of the sleep class is when they bring in the narcoleptic puppies, sad and adorable all rolled into one.
posted by shinynewnick at 8:36 PM on July 17, 2006
posted by shinynewnick at 8:36 PM on July 17, 2006
Response by poster: Thanks, folks. Looks like that's where I'll start. As a pile on, I recently saw a brief blurb in a newspaper about a sleep disorder support group called AWAKE that held meetings in Fremont. Again, googling has turned up so much noise that I'm having trouble finding contact/scheduling data. Anybody have info on AWAKE in the East Bay?
posted by Dunwitty at 10:41 PM on July 17, 2006
posted by Dunwitty at 10:41 PM on July 17, 2006
Best answer: Fremont AWAKE
Contact name: Stephanie Gersten
Phone number: 510-402-4515
Found here after googling for a bit (AWAKE + support-group) and discovering AWAKE is sponsored by The American Sleep Apnea Association. Good luck! I know how hard it is to function without sleep....
posted by JMOZ at 7:01 AM on July 18, 2006
Contact name: Stephanie Gersten
Phone number: 510-402-4515
Found here after googling for a bit (AWAKE + support-group) and discovering AWAKE is sponsored by The American Sleep Apnea Association. Good luck! I know how hard it is to function without sleep....
posted by JMOZ at 7:01 AM on July 18, 2006
Response by poster: Okay, WCityMike, you're freakin' me out here.
posted by Dunwitty at 4:08 AM on July 19, 2006
posted by Dunwitty at 4:08 AM on July 19, 2006
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posted by bitdamaged at 3:30 PM on July 17, 2006 [1 favorite]