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Hi, Dave, Sleeping "all the time" is often the sign of a sleep disorder. Some sleep disorders disrupt your sleep, so you don’t feel rested and feel drowsy during the day. Other sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy, cause a different type of daytime sleepiness. Sleep disorders are treatable. I’m sure feeling sleepy really makes your life difficult, can cause depression, and can make driving very dangerous. Treatment can help you to have more normal sleep and feel more awake and alert during the day. Your doctor probably isn’t lying, he probably just doesn’t know anything about sleep disorders medicine. Most doctors don’t, unless they are sleep specialists. Your best bet is to talk with a board certified sleep disorders specialist. You can find the closest accredited sleep disorders center by looking at the web site <www.asda.org> — they have a state-by-state list, and you just look up your state. Some sleep centers require that your doctor refer you there, others will make an appointment for you if you call them up yourself. If your doctor won’t refer you to one, call the closest sleep centers and ask them if you can make an appointment yourself, and if not, ask them to tell you the name of a doctor who refers patients there, and go to that doctor. If you or your family have medical insurance, a visit to a sleep specialist would be covered by insurance. Good luck and best wishes, Sally in Seattle (JSo…@aol.com) Coauthor, with Dr. Ralph Pascualy, of Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Personal and Family Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, published in 1996 by Demos Vermande, NY. Available through bookstores, ISBN # 0-939957-82-5.
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I’m 21 years of age and I sleep all the time. I can sleep standing up if you let me. My doc. tells me it low blood, low iron, I’m depressed last but not lest I’m over weight by 38 pds. I’m not depressed, my blood and iron is fine (had it tested).It does not take me long to fall a sleep. I don’t want to sleep my life away. please help me at au9…@Burridge.NSCC.Ns.Ca thanks alot ~~~~~Smile~~~~~
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -JSoest wrote: > Hi, Dave, > Sleeping "all the time" is often the sign of a sleep disorder. Some sleep > disorders disrupt your sleep, so you don’t feel rested and feel drowsy > during the day. Other sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy, cause a > different type of daytime sleepiness. > Sleep disorders are treatable. I’m sure feeling sleepy really makes your > life difficult, can cause depression, and can make driving very dangerous. > Treatment can help you to have more normal sleep and feel more awake and > alert during the day. > Your doctor probably isn’t lying, he probably just doesn’t know anything > about sleep disorders medicine. Most doctors don’t, unless they are sleep > specialists. > Your best bet is to talk with a board certified sleep disorders > specialist. You can find the closest accredited sleep disorders center by > looking at the web site <www.asda.org> — they have a state-by-state list, > and you just look up your state. > Some sleep centers require that your doctor refer you there, others will > make an appointment for you if you call them up yourself. If your doctor > won’t refer you to one, call the closest sleep centers and ask them if you > can make an appointment yourself, and if not, ask them to tell you the name > of a doctor who refers patients there, and go to that doctor. > If you or your family have medical insurance, a visit to a sleep > specialist would be covered by insurance. > Good luck and best wishes, > Sally in Seattle (JSo…@aol.com) > Coauthor, with Dr. Ralph Pascualy, of Snoring and Sleep Apnea: Personal > and Family Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, published in 1996 by > Demos Vermande, NY. Available through bookstores, ISBN # 0-939957-82-5.
Sally, I just wanted to say that your response was great. Dave, I can’t add anything to Sally’s answer for you, but want to encourage you to take her advice and see a sleep disorder specialist. You can feel better! Lauren Ero
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Dave – You are experiencing the medical profession’s aversion for saying "I don’t know what’s going on." I went through three years of the same garbage from a variety of medicine men. Not one of them was able to give me this simple piece of advice: You need to see a good sleep specialist and get a sleep study done. It came close to costing me my life, but I got lucky and had one done before anything really permanent happened. Many major medical schools have good sleep centers. Try one of these links to help you track down a good one: The American Sleep Disorders Association : http://www.asda.org/ The Sleep Apnea Society of Alberta http://www.sleep-apnea.ab.ca/index.html The American Sleep Apnea Association http://www.nicom.com/~asaa/ Most of all, remember that you know what’s going on in your body better than a doctor. If your doctor won’t listen to you, find one who will. Good luck and keep us posted on your situation. — Jan Eiras Quadrus Corporation To e-mail remove *nospam* jan.ei…@lmco.com*nospam*
