Narcolepsy Support Group

A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a disorder in the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders can interfere with mental and emotional function. If you are having trouble falling asleep or having some other kind of sleep disturbance, this group is for you.

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Coflicting result on Multiple Sleep Latency Test

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I had a MSLT in 2004 which showed sleep on set in less tha 4 min & 2 rems; diagnosis Narcolepsy. I reasently had another MSLT and it showed sleep onset at 8 min. & 0 rem. Has anyone else had conflicting results? I only took 4 naps instead of 5 in each case.
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Yes, I found out that your results will be different depending on external factors as well as what might be going on with you. That is why symptoms have to be closely monitered as well as the tests.
deleted_user
deleted_user
my first MSLT was not indicative of narcolepsy at all. i had it in Jan of 2007. but i changed doctors and my new one decided to do a new one and on this one i had 3 REMs and fell asleep in about 4 minutes. so i have been diagnosed with narcolepsy. so i guess you can have conflicting tests. on my first one, i didn't get much sleep (i kept choking myself on the wires) so i was running on adrenilian the next day just to function so i couldn't fall asleep, but normally that isnt the case.
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I had conflicting results also. The first time at the sleep clinic I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I took the 5 naps the next day and fell asleep every time. Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea.

The second time I went to the sleep clinic, did the same thing with all the naps the next day. ow they so I don't have sleep apnea but I have narcolepsy. It doesn't figure to me but that was the final diagnosis from the clinic.
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oops!
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Sorry about that, I forgot to look at what I wrote bfore sending it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I had confirmed Narc. from the tests but the tests weren't conculsive enough for the health ins. so of course they wont help pay for my medication. Everything to do with our illnesses are such mysteries half the time then we find out something, someone else throws up another roadblock up in front of us.
I know tired is normal for us but is anyone else just so weak all the time?? please answer this one.
Also I've had a sinus and bladder inf for around 6 weeks that I can say "yea thats seems about right" but I feel so crappy all the time that I didn't go to the DR. because who can tell which kind of crappy on which day? anyone having trouble feeling other illnesses.
vonnyzzz
vonnyzzz
i was diagnosed last wed i slept 5 times out of five for an hour each time i dont know why they left me that long. I fell to sleep on average 8 mins only went into REM sleep once. then diagnosed. i usually sleep anything from seconds to 3 mins at home.
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