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sugargremlin, good luck in speaking with your doctor. Save the info on sleep research for a sleep specialist, my mom’s doctor told me 20 years ago that they spent all of 10 minutes in medical school on sleep disorders, so don’t expect your general physician to know a lot about it or even how to diagnose it. I was mis-diagnosed 20 years ago and every non-knowledgeable doc has missed the boat on it since then. It was a sleep specialist who realized it when we talked at length during my consultation and he asked the RIGHT questions.
You can definitely drive yourself crazy trying to figure out what you have – there are apparently 80 different sleep disorders. But a sleep specialist will be able to filter down to your specific conditions, get the data to back it up, and provide a proper treatment plan for your doctor. That’s why I paid $$$ to see an ADD specialist and went to a top sleep clinic. My family doc will not be able to mess around experimenting since the treatment plan will be very specific.
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