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Re: Diagnosis pending--help me out here...

Posted by Joey on December 13, 2000 at 15:00:57:

In Reply to: Diagnosis pending--help me out here... posted by Alex_C on December 01, 2000 at 20:52:18:

Your new doctor did the right thing checking for UARS because it does not show up on a normal sleep recording at all and can cause as many arousals during the night as sleep apnea. So if the ruled that out and can't find any other cause for the arousals then they will probably continue some medication to help maintain alertness. That is my guess. I have never heard of ambien causing a problem the next day. It has a half life of less than 4 hours so should be out of your system before morning. You may want to talk to your doctor about Sonata. It has a half-life of about 2 hours and can usually be taken in the middle of the night if you have an awakening and still be out of your system by the morning. Stopping the awakenings during the night will help but if you do have narcolepsy you will still have daytime sleepiness and cataplexy unless it is treated also. Cataplexy can occur anytime there are strong emotions or feelings like laughter.

Let us know what the doctors final diagnosis is.

Joey

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