Need help for a 6yr old
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Gosh Jo, that must be really scary! I agree, I’d be seeking help from a neurologist. Good luck! Raleighgirl "jo-i" <joese…@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1104728111.795830.281880@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com… | I was directed here by a friend. If this is not the right place any | help would do. My son who is six, in the last 3 months has been un | wakable on 3 occasions during this time frame. | | The 1st time this happened, I called the ambulance, my son didn’t wake | up until we reached the hospital. I tried to wake him with a cold wet | cloth, we tried everything. | | It is like he is in a comma, he has absolutly no reactions. This really | scares me, so I took him to emergency room again, they performed a CT | Scan the doctor said everything looked about normal. | | I will take him to a neurologist as my next step. Someone mentioned | "Central Apnea" I will do my research. | All help is greatly appreciated. | | Thank you | Jo |
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"jo-i" <joese…@gmail.com> wrote: >I was directed here by a friend. If this is not the right place any >help would do. My son who is six, in the last 3 months has been un >wakable on 3 occasions during this time frame.
Nothing comes to mind, please let us know what you discover. >I will take him to a neurologist as my next step. Someone mentioned >"Central Apnea" I will do my research.
It’s not Central Apnea, that’s a condition where sleepers quit breathing with no physical obstructions. (Most of us have Obstructive Sleep Apnea, where our airways collapse during deep sleep.) >All help is greatly appreciated.
Try to get an appointment with a sleep specialist, he/she will be the most likely to send you in the right direction. Tom
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Raleighgirl wrote: > Gosh Jo, that must be really scary! I agree, I’d be seeking help > from a neurologist. Good luck! > Raleighgirl > "jo-i" <joese…@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1104728111.795830.281880@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com… > | I was directed here by a friend. If this is not the right place > any > | help would do. My son who is six, in the last 3 months has > been un > | wakable on 3 occasions during this time frame. > | > | The 1st time this happened, I called the ambulance, my son > didn’t wake > | up until we reached the hospital. I tried to wake him with a > cold wet > | cloth, we tried everything. > | > | It is like he is in a comma, he has absolutly no reactions. > This really > | scares me, so I took him to emergency room again, they > performed a CT > | Scan the doctor said everything looked about normal. > | > | I will take him to a neurologist as my next step. Someone > mentioned > | "Central Apnea" I will do my research. > | All help is greatly appreciated. > | > | Thank you > | Jo > |
Jo, Does your child fall asleep fairly quick and go into that deep of sleep? I’m not sure, due to your child being so young, but it sounds as if maybe he has some sort of REM (dream sleep) disorder. That will certainly give the neurologist something to look at, hopefully. Good luck with this Thanks, Gian
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On 2 Jan 2005 20:55:11 -0800, "jo-i" <joese…@gmail.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I was directed here by a friend. If this is not the right place any >help would do. My son who is six, in the last 3 months has been un >wakable on 3 occasions during this time frame. >The 1st time this happened, I called the ambulance, my son didn’t wake >up until we reached the hospital. I tried to wake him with a cold wet >cloth, we tried everything. >It is like he is in a comma, he has absolutly no reactions. This really >scares me, so I took him to emergency room again, they performed a CT >Scan the doctor said everything looked about normal. >I will take him to a neurologist as my next step. Someone mentioned >"Central Apnea" I will do my research. >All help is greatly appreciated. >Thank you >Jo
Once had a 9 to 11 year old stepson. He was taking Ritalin on school days. He needed it, not a disruptive kid, just his mind and mouth would go 100 miles per hour without it, if you gave him an idea to ponder. He was a great problem solver as he could quickly think out alternative solutions to a problem..he couldn’t move on to the next problem,, still hung on the first one.. On the weekends he didn’t take his Ritalin at doctors request. When he would fall asleep, during road trips etc. he would be almost impossible to wake up. Breathing fine and all but would scare the heck out of me. His mother didn’t tell me about this! You could shake him, call his name etc.. no response. About the only outside stimuli that would wake him was tickling him and calling his name at the same time. Still could take 3 or 4 minutes till he opened his eyes for the first time. Doc said nothing to worry about. It was in response to being on Ritalin through the week then not having it. He was getting GOOD sleep when he was that deep. No nightmares etc. This was back before sleep studies were popular. Chuck
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I was directed here by a friend. If this is not the right place any help would do. My son who is six, in the last 3 months has been un wakable on 3 occasions during this time frame. The 1st time this happened, I called the ambulance, my son didn’t wake up until we reached the hospital. I tried to wake him with a cold wet cloth, we tried everything. It is like he is in a comma, he has absolutly no reactions. This really scares me, so I took him to emergency room again, they performed a CT Scan the doctor said everything looked about normal. I will take him to a neurologist as my next step. Someone mentioned "Central Apnea" I will do my research. All help is greatly appreciated. Thank you Jo
