Understand it, get checked, afford it.
Everything a driver needs to make sense of sleep apnea, find an accredited place to get tested, and afford the diagnosis and treatment — laid out in the order you'd actually walk it. All free to use, none of it selling you anything.
What sleep apnea actually is
Plain-language explainers from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine — the body that sets the standard for sleep care. Each link opens on AASM's own site.
Find an accredited sleep center
A screening flag isn't a diagnosis — only a clinician can make one. This finds accredited sleep centers near you, plus broader clinic and home-test searches.
Enter your ZIP or use your location, and we'll point you to the official AASM directory of accredited centers and nearby testing options. Nothing is stored.
Centers accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) meet a recognized quality standard, and an accredited study is what holds up cleanly for DOT medical certification. Home sleep tests may be an option — ask the clinic, and if you hold a CDL, confirm what your DOT medical examiner accepts.
How to afford the diagnosis and CPAP
Programs that help drivers pay for getting tested and treated. DrowsyRoads has no financial relationship with any of these — we point, we don't sell, and we earn nothing from your visit.
Two things that matter for drivers
Keep your CPAP compliance data. You'll see advice to pay cash to dodge usage monitoring. For a regular patient, fine — but your DOT medical examiner often needs to see that you're actually using the machine to keep your card. So track your usage; don't try to avoid it.
Skip the Craigslist and eBay machines. A secondhand CPAP can carry the wrong pressure settings for your diagnosis and contamination from poor cleaning. The donation programs above sanitize each machine and set it to your prescription — use those instead.
Two honest notes: every path here needs a valid prescription, so a diagnosis comes first — there's no skipping straight to a free machine. And the donation programs have waiting lists and qualification steps, so they're a real option, not an instant one.