Morning Lark Sleep Medicine
Our Sleep Services
Morning Lark Sleep Medicine brings board-certified sleep care to Austin and patients across Texas — combining evidence-based medicine with a genuine, ongoing partnership so you can finally reclaim your nights.
Start Feeling Like Yourself Again
Persistent fatigue, brain fog, low libido, and poor sleep can be signs that something deeper is affecting your health. Instead of simply managing the symptoms, the goal is to understand what is causing them and build a treatment plan around your needs.
- Understand What Is Happening While You Sleep
A diagnostic sleep study can reveal whether breathing problems, including sleep apnea, are disrupting your sleep cycles and potentially affecting your energy, metabolism, and hormonal health. - Treat Sleep Apnea With the Right Approach
If obstructive sleep apnea is identified, treatment may include CPAP therapy, an oral appliance, or another solution based on your specific needs. Keeping your airway open during sleep can help your body get the restorative rest it needs. - Address Weight and Sleep Together
Sleep and weight can influence each other. Our medical weight management program gives you clinical support and a sustainable plan designed to improve your overall health, reduce factors that can contribute to airway obstruction, and support healthier sleep and hormone function.
Sleep Apnea
Breathe freely. Sleep deeply.
Sleep apnea is one of the most common — and most underdiagnosed — sleep disorders in the United States. Untreated, it contributes to cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, diabetes, and significantly impaired quality of life. At Morning Lark, we provide complete care from initial evaluation through long-term management.
Common Symptoms
- Loud or disruptive snoring
- Witnessed pauses in breathing during sleep
- Waking with a dry mouth or headache
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Difficulty concentrating or memory problems
- Frequent nighttime urination
Our Treatment Approach
- CPAP and APAP therapy with full titration support
- Oral appliance therapy (mandibular advancement devices)
- Positional therapy for position-dependent apnea
- Coordination with ENT and oral surgeons when appropriate
- Weight management and lifestyle counseling
Common Symptoms
- Taking longer than 30 minutes to fall asleep most nights
- Waking frequently during the night
- Early morning awakening with inability to return to sleep
- Daytime fatigue, irritability, or mood disturbances
- Difficulty functioning at work or in relationships
- Relying on alcohol or OTC aids to sleep
Our Treatment Approach
- CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia) — the gold-standard first-line treatment
- Sleep restriction and stimulus control therapy
- Relaxation techniques and sleep hygiene optimization
- Targeted short-term pharmacotherapy when appropriate
- Evaluation and treatment of comorbid anxiety or depression
Chronic Insomnia
Quiet the mind. Restore your sleep.
Chronic insomnia — difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early despite adequate opportunity — affects roughly 10–15% of adults. It is rarely a standalone condition; anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and medications all play roles. Our approach addresses the full picture rather than simply prescribing a sleep aid.
Narcolepsy & Hypersomnia
Reclaim your waking hours.
Disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness — including narcolepsy type 1 and 2, idiopathic hypersomnia — are significantly underdiagnosed. Many patients live with debilitating sleepiness for years before receiving an accurate diagnosis. Our specialists have deep expertise in the full differential diagnosis of hypersomnia.
Common Symptoms
- Overwhelming, irresistible urge to sleep during the day
- Sudden muscle weakness triggered by emotions (cataplexy)
- Sleep paralysis or vivid hallucinations at sleep onset
- Difficulty waking in the morning despite long sleep
- Cognitive fog or "automatic behaviors" during sleepy episodes
- Significant impairment in school, work, or driving
Our Treatment Approach
- Comprehensive multiple sleep latency testing (MSLT) interpretation
- Medication initiation (modafinil, armodafinil, solriamfetol)
- Strategic napping protocols and lifestyle coaching
- Driving safety evaluation and counseling
- Long-term monitoring and medication adjustment
Common Symptoms
- Referral or suspicion of obstructive sleep apnea
- Suspected periodic limb movement disorder
- Commercial drivers licensing requiring sleep evaluation
- Evaluation for REM sleep behavior disorder
- Suspected narcolepsy (requires in-lab MSLT)
- CPAP titration or re-titration
- Pre-surgical clearance requiring sleep evaluation
Our Treatment Approach
- Level 1 in-lab polysomnography (PSG)
- Home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) for appropriate candidates
- Split-night studies (diagnostic + titration in one night)
- Multiple sleep latency testing (MSLT) for hypersomnia
- CPAP/APAP/BiPAP prescription and equipment coordination
- Ongoing CPAP data review and pressure optimization
Sleep Studies & CPAP
Answers you can sleep on.
A sleep study is often the most important step toward diagnosis — and the quality of its interpretation matters enormously. Every study ordered at Morning Lark is read and interpreted by a board-certified sleep medicine physician, not outsourced. We offer both in-lab polysomnography and home sleep apnea testing depending on your clinical profile.
What To Expect
Your Path to Better Sleep
From your first call to lasting results. Here's exactly how care at Morning Lark unfolds.
Call or Request Online
Reach out by phone or our online form. Our care coordinators will verify your insurance, gather your history, and get you scheduled — usually within a week.
Initial Consultation
Meet with your sleep specialist. We review your full sleep and medical history, discuss your symptoms in depth, and build an initial diagnostic picture together.
Sleep Testing (If Needed)
Depending on your presentation, we may order an in-lab polysomnography or a home sleep apnea test. Every study is read and interpreted by our board-certified sleep physician — never outsourced.
Personalized Treatment Plan
With results in hand, we design a treatment plan specific to your diagnosis, lifestyle, and goals — whether that's CPAP therapy, CBT-I, medication, or a combination.
Ongoing Follow-Up
Sleep disorders are chronic conditions. We schedule regular follow-ups to review progress, adjust treatment, and ensure you're experiencing lasting improvement — not just short-term relief.
Frequently Asked Questions
A sleep study is a diagnostic test that helps us understand what is happening while you sleep. Depending on the type of study, it may measure breathing, oxygen levels, heart rate, movement, and other factors that can help identify sleep disorders. At Morning Lark Sleep Medicine, we use sleep studies as part of a larger evaluation so we can better understand your symptoms and determine what type of treatment may help.
You may benefit from a sleep study if you regularly snore, wake up gasping or choking, feel exhausted even after a full night of sleep, struggle with excessive daytime sleepiness, or have been told that you stop breathing while sleeping. A sleep medicine consultation can help determine whether testing is appropriate for your symptoms.
Yes. Morning Lark Sleep Medicine works with sleep labs throughout Austin to provide home sleep studies as well as in lab sleep studies. A home sleep study allows certain sleep conditions, particularly suspected obstructive sleep apnea, to be evaluated while you sleep in your own bed.
Yes, Morning Lark sleep medicine offers telehealth visits for convenience and efficiency. This setup lets you see your doctor from home using a phone or computer, saves you time on travel, and keeps care fast and easy.
While Morning Lark Sleep medicine partners with sleep labs for in lab sleep studies if needed, all of our visits and consultations are done through our telehealth platform.
No, since our consultations are telehealth based, we are able to see patients virtually throughout Texas. Home sleep tests can be mailed to your home if needed as well.
If you are using your health insurance and your plan requires referrals to see specialists, you will need a referral from your PCP or referring provider.
Yes, cash pay options are available upon request.