whoops!Re: Re: Sleep study results was: NIH Update/

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Whoops! I found the paragraph! Thanks! There was some question about REM

periods for me. At night I think I had very little REM sleep but I think it was

because there were so many ALpha waves which isn't normal either. During the

daytime naps, which happened extremely ,abnormally quickly, I'm not sure.

In a message dated 3/19/2004 11:54:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,

jmnycricket22@... writes:

Apparently idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy are indeed

different, and the difference has to do with the number of sleep

onset REM periods... See the paragraph below from the Idiopathic

Hypersomnia website...

http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/sleepdisorders/idiopathic_hypersomnia.ht

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Idiopathic hypersomnia - The term " idiopathic " means without known

cause. This type of hypersomnia is similar to narcolepsy in that the

individual is excessively sleepy, falls asleep at inappropriate

times, frequently takes naps, and sleeps at night for greater than 10

hours. In some cases of idiopathic hypersomnia, cataplexy and

hypnagogic hallucinations may be present and resemble the symptoms of

narcolepsy. However, in idiopathic hypersomnia there are insufficient

sleep onset REM periods to justify the diagnosis of narcolepsy.

Hope this helps,