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Re: Sleep in 30 Sec?


Posted by Deb on January 31, 2000 at 20:18:08:

In Reply to: Sleep in 30 Sec? posted by reatha on January 31, 2000 at 13:55:35:

Reatha,
That's alot of questions. I'll answer what I know from my experiences. First for me I can fight sleep more if I'm up moving. But once I'm really tired from fighting the sleep I get very irritable and can't even stand to be around myself much less around others. Once I sleep, if even for an hour I feel better. I've heard that some with narcolepsy can be in a conversation and fall asleep for a couple of seconds and wake up speaking from when they fell asleep and not even know it happened. Now for what else I experience. I was first diagnosised with sleep apnea. Once they saw that the sleepiness didn't subside with the use of a CPAP I was retested but this time with the MLST and found that I also had symtoms of narcolepsy. So I'm now being treated for both disorders. I guess when it rains it pours for some of us. If I can answer any of your other question please feel free to contact me. Also the test with the keys in my opinion is not an accurate test. And for the sleep test, the lab is kept in a non active mood (ie boring) except for the TV which is turned off during testing. They try to keep the room in an atmosphere for sleep.

Deb

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