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Karel SleisU.S.
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You need to go back to the md that dianosed you, the sleep center and be placed on medication if he feels you need it. Go to Y.A.W.N. young americans with narcolepsy, sleepnet.com click on disorders
You can try 3 hours before sleep stay away from chocolate, caramel colored soda like coke and pepsi, ginger ale, root beer, caffeine, alcohol, tea, coffee as all this can give you a headache, if that does
First of all you need to go to your md to rule out the easiest with simple blood tests, anemia, thyroid trouble,or mono. If they check out then you will need to go to a sleep center to have your sleep
My guess is you also may be having cataplexy a sysmptom of narcolepsy. I suggest you go back to the sleep center for another sleep study . Cataplexy is a partial or complete loss of muscle tone during
What you are experiencing is normal natural phenomenon. Its called sleep paralysis and hypnangogic hallucinations. The mind and body are supposed to wake up and go to sleep the same time, however once

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