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Subject: Sleep Disorder
Forum: The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum
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Posted by Nancy S. on April 08, 1997 at 09:28:24:


This Message was posted by: Nancy - 4/6/97 1:33:27 PM

Message:
I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome and also have Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue syndrome.
My biggest problem has been sleep deprivation. I had a sleep study done which showed sleep efficiency of 21% due to
Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep. I am currently on 1.5 mg Klonopin at night, and although it has changed my sleep pattern,
I am still not getting sufficient stage 4 delta sleep and wake in the morning feeling like I've never slept. I have tried Doxepin,
Trazodone, Elavil, Restoril, Depakote, Sinemet and Neurontin in an attempt to achieve stage 4 sleep. Nothing has been
successful. Is there an alpha/delta sleep anomaly with these syndromes that is untreatable, and can alpha wave intrusion into
delta sleep be observed on an EEG.

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