OK we last left off with an appointment with the Doc, well she asked me questions about am I living a sedimentary life style and I said so I go to the gym four days a week and on that note Ive not lost a pound, then she asked if maybe I had sleep apnea and I said no. so she set me up with a sleep study...or so I thought. so I'm out of nuvigil and the insurance wont cover any more until I have a diagnosis so they gave me some samples.hallelujah ...a week goes by no word from the sleep study place then another week then another week IM DYING HERE and now I'm out of Nuvigil again so I call the docs office. they never called in for the sleep study OMG!!!! They will try to get me more samples. Then finally a month later I get the sleep study but still no samples. The sleep study was on a Saturday I have a night study and a day study. they hook me up like frankensleepystein and I go right to sleep. the next morning the tec says well you don't have Apnea ... I was like your kidding me ?? I already knew that so what do I have? and he says restless leg syndrome ..well Ive seen the commercial and the women complains of tingles and a need to move and stuff I dont have that this guy is stupid....so I look at him and said I don't have any symptoms of that and he just kinda grinned at me.. he said the average person moves their legs about 25 times a night and it does not wake them you move yours over 600 and of those 600 you wake up 300 times a night not a conscious wake but enough to make you wake up unrested. Im thinking If I have these mad midnight ninja skills how come my husband has not noticed ? But okay lets roll with it soooo TADAAA light at the end of the tunnel..... or do we? so moving on to Wednesday I have the sleep study in my hand and a copy has been sent to My Drs office. I called my Dr and leave a message to come in. This goes on for about 3 weeks no one calls me back. I'm leaving nasty messages as this point! Ive gone back to drinking monsters and sleeping at work because they never did get me any Nuvigil, stopped going to the gym because I just cant get out of bed and diagnosed myself and decided what drugs I need. Also on the diagnosis it says I have Hypersonmia which is a form of narcolepsy which I thought I had all along. I even faxed over the sleep study to my old Dr who I still see when my new Dr cannot get me in for a same day appointment. And her secretary calls me and says I'm due for my PAP..are you kidding me I'm dying here and you want to look at my Vagina???? UGGG so out of desperation I go see my husbands Dr and he says Um I don't even know what hypersomnia is lets get you an appointment with the guy who reviewed the sleep study results and came up with this diagnosis...and go see this Dr I like that specializes in wierd stuff he knows medications ! okay ..so I go see that guy and he spends like 25 minutes going over a do you have this check list and gives me a gamut of meds to try... the one I was super excited about was Provigil kinda like Nuvigil ! So I get that filled the next day and I'm still tired what is going on?? UG so I go see the sleep Dr guy and his nurse chick right after I get in gets a measuring tape and measures my neck ???? I'm like WTF but I was nice and said I don't mean to be rude but why are you measuring my neck ( hoping I get like a complimentary bow tie if Im good ) and she says the size of your neck can effect your sleep apnea. I said I don't have sleep apnea! so glad she is not the Dr. GEEEZEEE..... so the Dr comes in and does not say much and does not ask much. just send me on my way with a prescription. I get it filled thinking its going to make every thing alright again and I take it and I vomit I try to take it again and I vomit the next night yea you guessed in I vomit. Oh and did I mention I'm puking up the provigil that costs me $100 a month yea no joke $100 a month. ....well this is not working. I look up the pukey pill on line and the side effects are so scary I'm glad I puked the things up. So I don't see him any more. but I'm still seeing the medication guy Ive seen him three times and we are still trying to find the magic pills that make me not tired. I have a RX for Nuvigil so I'm going back to that if my insurance will cover it. He also have me something for the RLS that my husband says is working. Apparently Im not kicking him with said mad midnight ninja skills anymore. My hope was that I would take care of the RLS and wake up refreshed because I had a good night sleep well that is just not happening. Oh and I'm a fat cow because Ive stopped going to the gym like 5 months ago...I'm going Monday for the first time even if I have to use the stationary bike instead of the tread mill. I might fall asleep and skid my face on the treadmill, I don't have to far to fall if I'm on the bike. and My friend is driving us there and then to work. So feel free to be on the roads.
Well that's it for now. Ill follow up with any new info.
TTFN
About Me
- Rock Star Mom
- Well, lets start with the important stuff...Im the wife to a really hot guy! Im Blessed with three great kids, Hope is almost 18, Morgan just turned 6 and the true love of my life my son Tommy who is 5. We recently moved from the Flint area, yea I know what your thinking so let me finish, we Moved to the country away from the crime and grime. We bought a more beautiful home then we deserve on five acres. life is good. I work full time as a commercial Banker, my husband Tom owns his own business doing Home theaters and security. His business is BOOMING! I was born and raised in Flint and moved to Arizona in 1996. I stayed about ten years and had the desire to move back. So I packed up a Hundai Elantra a 9 year old girl, a yorkie, two turtles and a car load of gear and moved back to Flint. We stayed with my girl Michelle for a bit until I got settled with a job and new place. Then I started stalking my husband to be and it has been blissful ever since.