sleep study

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Your sleep study sounds exactly what my first sleep study. I had no stage 3

or 4 and less than 90 seconds of REM. My mito doc referred me to another doc

for a sleep study about a year after the first study was done (which was done

at another hospital), The second study showed (according the doctor) a

severely deprived sleep disorder. He recommended that I start on on a regular

routine (they call it sleep hygiene) like going to bed at a specific time

every

night, waking up at the same time every day and no naps. I try to do this but

most of the time I either sleep late or go to bed later than I should.

The second sleep doc suggested that my sleep problems are most likely

connected to my early menopause. So I have pursued bio-identical hormone

replacement. The hormone replacement therapy takes about 6 months to tweak the

recipe

and I am in my second month. I am feeling better and the hot flashes are

deminishing...thank God.

I do have neurological spikes when I sleep so I take Tegretol 2X a day and I

take Klonopin at night...this has helped me sleep better as well.

With your oxygen levels, I would probably see a pulmonolgist if you haven't

already.

Good Luck!

Carol