Houston Methodist Sleep Center at Texas Medical Center
Our Sleep Services
Houston Methodist Sleep Center at Texas Medical Center provides diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and underlying diseases. We take a multidisciplinary approach to diagnose and uncover other diseases that may impact sleep such as: chronic insomnia, narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and more.
Each study includes continuous video and audio recordings. We measure your sleep cycles and stages by recording brain waves (EEG or electroencephalogram), electrical activity of muscles (EMG or electromyogram and leg movements), eye movement, breathing rate, airflow and respiratory movements, blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation and heart rhythm.
Sleep services we provide include:
- Diagnostic sleep studies
- Home sleep studies
- "Inspire" titration
- Multiple sleep latency testing (MSLT)
- Maintenance of wakefulness testing (MWT)
- Positive airway pressure (PAP) titration (both continuous and bi-level titrations)
- Split-night sleep studies (only for certain patients with severe sleep apnea) -- during the first portion of the night, the diagnosis is made; PAP titration occurs during the second portion of the night
Common Symptoms of Sleep Disorders
If you are experiencing any of the symptoms listed below, you may have a sleep disorder. If you have multiple symptoms, this increases the likelihood of an underlying issue.
- Loud snoring
- Gasping or choking for air upon awakening
- Feeling fatigued upon awakening
- Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep (insomnia)
- Restlessness or leg movement (kicking) while sleeping
- Disruption of sleep by unusual behaviors (nightmares, sleepwalking, dream enactments, tongue biting, bedwetting, etc.)