Just finished my MSLT and it was... surreal
I think I spent the whole time from 10pm last night until my last nap in a fugue state. In preparation, I read a lot of tips on this forum for handling the test so I knew going in that feeling like you didn't sleep was pretty common. Boy was I not prepared for how that actually feels.
Every time I laid down for my naps my thoughts were racing with anxiety about the test with an underlying current of my normal ADHD "one sheep, two sheep, three fish, blue fish, AYY macarena". And every time it felt like I was remotely drifting off, I got excited that I may actually be going to sleep and woke myself back up.
I brought a book and some less stimulating crafts to keep myself occupied between naps but I ended up just staring at a wall for a good portion of it to the point that my sleep tech kept barging in to make sure I wasn't sleeping.
When they asked me if I slept, I swore up and down that I got drowsy but that was it. They let me go after the fourth nap and told me I slept in all of them and hit REM (don't know how many times, will have to wait for the write up).
Shout-out to my sleep tech who is also a huge nerd. We spent the entire time he was wiring me up talking about MTG decks that we're building. Kenny, you're awesome and your decks are mean.