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Insomnia - Adult (Expert Forum)
Narcolepsy and Sleep Apnea
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Questions in the Sleep & Insomnia Forum are being answered by Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs.
Narcolepsy and Sleep Apnea
by strdsbrg, May 25, 2009 08:00PM
I was diagnosed with sleep aprea about 2 years ago and have been on cpap since. I've been reading about narcolepsy, and although my sleep study did not indicate anything about it, I find one of its symptoms prevalent in my experience. Often, I seem to dream right when I fall asleep - not after the 90 minutes it's supposed to take to reach REM. I know this is true because I'll wake up only a half hour after falling asleep having already dreamt. Does anything other than narcolepsy cause this? I have a slight anxiety disorder - could this cause such abnormal sleep architecture?
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