Wednesday, March 10, 2010

SLEEPING/DIZZY

Question
HI, I AM HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING MY EYES OPEN, ON MY WAY TO WORK I KEPT WANTING TO CLOSED MY EYES AND TAKE A NAP! I WAS DRIVING, AND NOW AT WORK I AM STILL WANTING TO GO TO SLEEP AND HAVING ABIT OF DIZZINESS WITH THIS AS WELL. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THIS COULD BE AND HOW I CAN TREAT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE


Answer
First of all you need to go to your md and complete blood workup for possible anemia, mono, or thyroid trouble, if all checks out and you have this for a long time, it could be narcolepsy, which is the uncontrollable urge to fall asleep at inappropriate times, go to sleepnet.com click on disorders narcolepsy.  However the first easiest thing to do is to get the blood workup also you could have inner ear which makes for the dizziness which you should see your md.  feel free to email again karel