https://www.hypersomniafoundation.org/a ... h-or-adhd/
Life rolls along.
My adult daughter has complained about “not sleeping” since she was a teen.
In her teen years, i chuckled about it, ‘cause, i checked on the children once or twice every night, she was consistently sound asleep! i admit, i was puzzled. teens need lots of sleep, i shrugged it off.
She was told they believe symptoms often begin in teen years, but, as we did, symptoms are overlooked. This is not something that is well researched.
Time has passed.
She’s lived with lots of symptoms of “something,” but, nothing ever seemed to add up to anything that could be identified. Sleep complaints continued. Even tho she sleeps!
At last, she went for a 24 hour sleep study a few weeks ago.
Not to belabor, they came up with “Idiopathic CNS Hypersomnia.”
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So, she begins this path.
It seems, some “mysteries” in her life may have a chance to be understood+resolved as not before!
It’s proven, inadequate sleep can mimic symptoms of lots of other problems/disorders.
i was glad she decided to begin with the sleep study. Why go through all sorts of tests/treatment, possibly including drugs, only to learn inadequate sleep is the culprit?!
If this is the case, i expect it will take months, or maybe a year, to work through it.
After all, at this point, some of this, going on for 20+ years, would be her “normal,” there may be some awkward adjustments to truly get to a new place.
It’s worth a try.
This could be a great improvement in her quality of life.
She has struggled with headaches, exhaustion, inability to focus, chronic “pushing herself,” beyond what seemed necessary, etc. All while appearing to be the picture of health.
i’ve known just a few people who have had sleep studies.
they ended up with C-PAP machines, and say they feel much better. we anticipated this.
this is not that.
Wondering if anyone here knows anything about it?
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