Posted by Ritch on April 29, 2003, at 23:20:42
In reply to Anyone have a sleep-deprived EEG?, posted by utopizen on April 28, 2003, at 21:45:53
> I just had one this morning. Even thought I didn't sleep all night like a good patient, I only got "drowsy" they said during the scan. Of course, I wanted to sleep right after it was all over! If the doc says he wants another one, next time I'm scheduling it for 11am (I think they do that) because I tend to get a rush of energy in the AM after being sleep deprived until closer to noon time.
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> Anyway, so the nurse said the purpose of it is to collect so much info, it wasn't such a big deal I didn't enter deep sleep, and it was up to the doctor to decide if I need a re-test.
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> I took it because my neuro, who I saw for the first time, gave me an exam after I complained of getting a shoulder shrug-like tic every so often (1-3x/day) for a second. She diagnosed me with myoclonic jerk (or tic?)
> and said it's due to REM patterns being off, so hence ordered the EEG and referred me to the sleep disorder neuro next door.
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> I told her I take Desoxyn (methamphetamine) but I'm still tired during the day, even with 9 1/2 hrs of sleep. I feel refereshed for an hour to an an hour and 1/2 after waking, but after that I'm tired unless I nap for 2 hours, which results in just another hour of feeling refreshed.
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> She said Provigil or Xyrem could help, but I guess I need a sleep study first, who knows. Seems like I may also have to do another EEG possibly, and either one takes months to get booked for. So basically, I won't get helped for this fatigue issue for quite some time, because they don't want to give you the Xyrem until they feel they know how you are normally I guess.I think there are two different tests. One is a *polysomnogram* where you try to sleep normally, taking all your usual meds, going to sleep at the same time, etc, mainly looking for sleep apnea, etc., and there is the sleep-deprived EEG. The neuro I saw wanted me to do one of those. I was supposed to stay up all night without sleeping and without taking any meds PRIOR to the test. Then I would come in to the office the following day (after no sleep the night before), and get all of the electrodes attached with a portable EEG recorder. Then I would go home and record everything I did in a diary (what and when), and that evening go to sleep as usual and let the recorder run through my sleep (having being deprived of sleep one night beforehand). The following morning, I was supposed to come back in after sleeping and get the electrodes and recorder removed. Does your neuro want you to do that one too?
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