Question
I have just had a sleep study and mslt to test for narcolepsy and hypersomnia after years of sleeping to much and e d s..i was very restless in the nighttime psg with all wires etc and on the mslt i slept two out of the four naps in the first two i fell asleep within five mins the technition said, and i felt like i was asleep in last two but the tech said i hadnt slept also had no rem in any of naps...do you think this will be enough for a diagnosis of hypersomnia?
Answer
In my 30 years of narcolepsy all i ever was able to get was a polysonigram showing i fell asleep under 5 minutes which is a definite indication of narcolepsy so I would say yes to your diagnosis. Go to the following websites, narcolepsy network.org, talk about sleep which runs weekly expert online radio shows you can ask questions. sleepnet.com click on disorders narcolepsy and go to the forums they have, and lastly this link where you can sign up and check each week for the latest medical abstracts on sleep
http://www.websciences.org/bibliosleep/naps/ feel free to email again karel
