I HAVE ISSUES WITH SLEEPLESSNESS. I HAVE ALL THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED PLUS CPTSD. EVEN WITH AMBIEN I ONLY SLEEP 3-4 HOURS. MY POOR WIFE HAS TO KEEP A PILLOW BETWEEN US CAUSE MY LEG KICKS OUT AND NAILS HER.
I HAVE NO CURE TO LET YOU IN ON . SORRY AND GOOD LUCK ON THAT.

I have the same problem. I only sleep a couple hours a night for about a week at a time then I crash. I have restless leg also, had a sleep study done and the doctor said it was any wonder I felt better with less sleep because it looked like I was running a marathon in my sleep. I hope they can find something that helps, even when taking something to help me fall asleep I don't sleep more than 3 hours at a time. I swear sometimes when I wake up I feel like I have a hangover and I stopped drinking when I was diagnoed with HH. Ever have that feeling? Hang in there .

FDA approved new med for restless leg syndrome... http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm250188.htm

re: sleep/rls... here's one that might be worth discussing with your HH doc.... "These findings reveal that local brain iron deficiency may occur in patients with haemochromatosis, as if the bloodbrain barrier is able to restrict the transport of the excess plasma iron to the brain." http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/7/1009.full.pdf

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I have apnea but not RLS. The doctor said the apnea is based on the geometry of my pallet, most likely no related to HH.

@tpowers, if the doc suggests a UPP or UPP3, research it well. My husband has severe sleep apnea but is treated with CPAP. He had humongous tonsils, very long uvula, & has a short thick neck. The ENT said his tonsils HAD to come out & wanted to do the pallet. Since it was going to be a "conservative" uvulapalletoplasty procedure, I agreed. I have 20 yrs in the sleep medicine field. The main problem my husband has is that now he has sinus drainage that he never knew he had and complains of a feeling of something being "stuck in a pocket" at the back of his throat when eating, drinking. It did improve the apnea a little and was able to have the CPAP pressure lowered which is easier to tolerate. At least he has reduced his chances of additional heart problems from the apnea and his sleep is MUCH less fragmented, now.

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I was diagnosed with apnea in March 2011. Mild when laying on one side but moderate apnea when sleeping on the other side. Gi figure! Anyway, I use an autoPap at night. It only delivers the air pressure I need when sleeping in any position.

As a sleep technologist/analyst I'd had sleep studies throughout the past umpteen yrs (testing equipment & then just a baseline study). I only had very mild apnea on those studies. No reason to treat it.... just lose some weight. Hmmmmmmm... that didn't happen!

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I take one xxan every single night,it was prescribed years ago for my anixity/panic attacks but they slowed big time but the real main reason I continue to take it at night is because it guarentees me a straight 6 hrs sleep and the nights that I didnt take it because I was so drained I would have severe nightmares so to me that one pill has a dual funtion .I am not familair with sleep apnea but I guess all my medical records over the years was familiar with it because it was one of many diagnoses on my medical for ssd .