# Do medications interfere with sleep study?

**URL:** <https://community.sleepdoctor.com/t/do-medications-interfere-with-sleep-study/98>\
**Category:** Sleep Testing\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.sleepdoctor.com/t/do-medications-interfere-with-sleep-study/98 "2025-02-06T22:50:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JScott85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JScott85](https://community.sleepdoctor.com/u/JScott85)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.sleepdoctor.com/t/do-medications-interfere-with-sleep-study/98/1 "2025-02-06T22:50:15Z")

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My wife takes several prescriptions (some have wild side effects) that seem like they could mess up the results of a sleep test. Seems like a bad idea to stop taking them, but she doesn’t want them to make the home sleep test a waste. Has anyone dealt with this?

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**Author:** ![Mr.hagler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/community.sleepdoctor.com/mr.hagler/32/61_2.png) [@Mr.hagler](https://community.sleepdoctor.com/u/Mr.hagler)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://community.sleepdoctor.com/t/do-medications-interfere-with-sleep-study/98/2 "2025-02-07T01:03:05Z")

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Yes they do they have take ADHD medicine and I have trouble sleeping at night it’s like I don’t even need it