It Might Not be Narcolepsy?

[cathugger]

My new sleep doctor looked at the sleep study I got years ago and said that we have to redo it. There’s no proof that it was done properly. Under her expectations, everyone who does a sleep study for things like narcolepsy have to wear a wrist band for two weeks in advance and have heavy restrictions placed on them and the room during the study. The study also has to be done when the patient normally goes to bed, which wasn’t done in my sleep study. She said that starting and ending the sleep study at the slightly wrong time could cause the patient to enter REM quickly during the naps. (I was actually wondering about this.)

It makes me wonder if my relatives were misdiagnosed as well. Maybe we all have a different type of hypersomnia??

The problem is, in order to retake the sleep study, I have to be off many of my meds for two weeks, which might not be an option right now. I’m apparently on a stimulant + REM suppressor anyway, and they both help a little, so that might be the best treatment I get anyway.