After three attempts, I finally got my sleep study results and they show that I have Narcolepsy with Cataplexy (partial or generalized muscle weakness and loss of muscle tone; typically triggered by high emotions). It also confirmed RLS (restless leg syndrome), sleep walking and talking, bruxism (teeth grinding), hypnogogic hallucinations, snoring (something I have rarely done until recently according to my husband) and sleep paralysis. It said that I had no stage 3 NREM sleep and only one episode of REM sleep. Further stating that I had great difficulty with anxiety preventing sleep. Although I havent had my follow up appointment yet, some initial treatment plans stated on my study include: an ENT evaluation to rule out reversible causes of airway obstruction. Aggressive treatment of nasal congestion and allergies, a mouth guard, positional therapy to avoid sleeping in the supine position (lying on back), sleep proofing my house for the sleep walking, and starting various medications to deal with most of the above. Starting a sleep schedule with daytime naps. Follow up is in May, so I guess I will find out then what she is going to do with me. She did call in two new medications and she is still waiting on my urine test to see if there is any medications that I am on that might cause me to have problems with sleeping.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:57:56 +0000
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