Posted by Zatar on June 17, 2013, at 17:41:01
In reply to Hypersomnia Vs. Excessive daytime sleepiness, posted by damnthislife on June 11, 2013, at 9:59:57
To me, daytime sleepiness was the symptom and "idiopathic hypersomnia" was the diagnosis I received after a sleep study, including a Multiple Sleep Latency Test where I had the opportunity to fall asleep every two hours during the day. I usually don't go to sleep during the day, but when I was asked to recline in a dimly lit room, don't you know I fell asleep every two hours. Idiopathic just means they don't know what causes it. I believe it's elevated cytokines and an out of whack HPA axis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12055986
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