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MSLT results
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For the two MSLT's I've had.
The first: Incomplete study due to me having an episode and freaking out the tech.
The second: I fell asleep withing 13 minutes of each of the 5 naps, but didn't achieve REM sleep for any of the 5. I was only off my meds (15mg over 10 hours Daytrana patch) for 2 1/2 days before the study. The hospital I had it done at recommends 2 weeks minimum in the description of the study. Things were rushed to provide results, which may have skewed the results.
So the two sleep studies/MSLTs I've had don't support the Dx of Narcolepsy w/Cataplexy, but neither have been done correctly, and both at pediatric hospitals.
Also, EDS has never been my strongest symptom. It's gotten progressively worse, but never been major.