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Suggest Treatment For Sleep Disorder Developed Over The Past Few Months
Question: Dear Sir, my wife is suffering from sleep disorder for past few months. Any suggestions to overcome from it or the specialist doctor to whom we should consult?
Brief history: We have a 3 year old kid and she stop breast feeding more than a year back.
Brief history: We have a 3 year old kid and she stop breast feeding more than a year back.
Brief Answer:
Get done sleep study.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
There are many kind of sleep related disorders like sleep apnea, sleep walking, sleep talking, restless leg syndrome etc. So please let me know which kind of sleep disorder, she is having.
Sleep study is needed for the diagnosis.
Please reply me her symptoms, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
Get done sleep study.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
There are many kind of sleep related disorders like sleep apnea, sleep walking, sleep talking, restless leg syndrome etc. So please let me know which kind of sleep disorder, she is having.
Sleep study is needed for the diagnosis.
Please reply me her symptoms, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dear Sir, thanks for the reply.
Its may be of type sleep apnea.
Lack of sleep may be around 3-4 hrs ( even no sleep during day time), lay down in bed around 2.5 to 3 hrs to get sleep.
No deepness in sleep, always gets lengthy dreams during sleep.
Many time felt that during my sleep I am holding my feast so tightly
Its may be of type sleep apnea.
Lack of sleep may be around 3-4 hrs ( even no sleep during day time), lay down in bed around 2.5 to 3 hrs to get sleep.
No deepness in sleep, always gets lengthy dreams during sleep.
Many time felt that during my sleep I am holding my feast so tightly
Brief Answer:
Sleep apnea is less likely in her case.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
By your history and description, I don't think she is having sleep apnea.
In sleep apnea, patient has excessive day time sleepiness, frequent night time awakening due to choking or air hunger, day time headache etc.
So sleep apnea is less likely in her case.
She is mostly having sleep deprivation due to some psychiatric cause.
Please let me know
1. Her height
2. Her weight
3. Does she snore in night?
4. Does she move her legs frequently in night?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
Sleep apnea is less likely in her case.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
By your history and description, I don't think she is having sleep apnea.
In sleep apnea, patient has excessive day time sleepiness, frequent night time awakening due to choking or air hunger, day time headache etc.
So sleep apnea is less likely in her case.
She is mostly having sleep deprivation due to some psychiatric cause.
Please let me know
1. Her height
2. Her weight
3. Does she snore in night?
4. Does she move her legs frequently in night?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dear Sir, thanks a lot for the follow up reply.
Here are something you have asked for
1. Her height: 5 ft 1 inch
2. Her weight: 40 Kg
3. Does she snore in night? No
4. Does she move her legs frequently in night? yes its about 40 times and she folds (at knee) her leg while sleeping also.
Generally she takes tea in the afternoon and sometime in morning. When there is lack of sleep in the night next morning she would have constipation problem.
Here are something you have asked for
1. Her height: 5 ft 1 inch
2. Her weight: 40 Kg
3. Does she snore in night? No
4. Does she move her legs frequently in night? yes its about 40 times and she folds (at knee) her leg while sleeping also.
Generally she takes tea in the afternoon and sometime in morning. When there is lack of sleep in the night next morning she would have constipation problem.
Brief Answer:
She is having sleep disorder with restless leg syndrome.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
By your history and description, she is not having sleep apnea for sure.
She is mostly having sleep disorder with restless leg syndrome.
She is mostly having stressful life.
Please let me know
1. Is she having stressful life?
2. Is she worrying a lot on small issues?
3. Is she agitated and irritable easily?
4. Does she always has fear?
5. Does she have burning epigastric pain with nausea?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
She is having sleep disorder with restless leg syndrome.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
By your history and description, she is not having sleep apnea for sure.
She is mostly having sleep disorder with restless leg syndrome.
She is mostly having stressful life.
Please let me know
1. Is she having stressful life?
2. Is she worrying a lot on small issues?
3. Is she agitated and irritable easily?
4. Does she always has fear?
5. Does she have burning epigastric pain with nausea?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dear sir, thanks a lot for the reply.
Here are the thing you want to know
1. Is she having stressful life? Yes
2. Is she worrying a lot on small issues? Yes
3. Is she agitated and irritable easily? Yes
4. Does she always has fear? Yes
5. Does she have burning epigastric pain with nausea? Yes
Here are the thing you want to know
1. Is she having stressful life? Yes
2. Is she worrying a lot on small issues? Yes
3. Is she agitated and irritable easily? Yes
4. Does she always has fear? Yes
5. Does she have burning epigastric pain with nausea? Yes
Brief Answer:
She is mostly having stress, anxiety and depression.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
Since all my suspicions were correct, in my opinion, she is having stress, anxiety and depression.
Combination of all these diseases can cause sleep disturbance.
And her migraine problem is mostly because of all these issues.
So please let me know
1. Is she taking any treatment for migraine other than DOLO?
2. Is she fasting a lot?
3. Has she ever consulted psychiatrist?
4. Does she have menstrual abnormalities?
5. Does she cry or do tantrums when upset?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
She is mostly having stress, anxiety and depression.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
Since all my suspicions were correct, in my opinion, she is having stress, anxiety and depression.
Combination of all these diseases can cause sleep disturbance.
And her migraine problem is mostly because of all these issues.
So please let me know
1. Is she taking any treatment for migraine other than DOLO?
2. Is she fasting a lot?
3. Has she ever consulted psychiatrist?
4. Does she have menstrual abnormalities?
5. Does she cry or do tantrums when upset?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
So please let me know
1. Is she taking any treatment for migraine other than DOLO? no, no other medicine other than DOLO
2. Is she fasting a lot? Moderate fasting.
3. Has she ever consulted psychiatrist? No not in near past
4. Does she have menstrual abnormalities? yes because of lack of sleep the cycle delayed
5. Does she cry or do tantrums when upset? yes she cries.
1. Is she taking any treatment for migraine other than DOLO? no, no other medicine other than DOLO
2. Is she fasting a lot? Moderate fasting.
3. Has she ever consulted psychiatrist? No not in near past
4. Does she have menstrual abnormalities? yes because of lack of sleep the cycle delayed
5. Does she cry or do tantrums when upset? yes she cries.
Brief Answer:
She needs psychiatric treatment.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
From all your replies, in my opinion, she is having psychiatric illness, mostly stress, anxiety and depression.
And all these are responsible for her sleep disorder, menstrual abnormality and restless leg syndrome.
So my suggestion is to consult psychiatrist.
Get done counselling sessions.
Try to identify stressor in her life.
She may need anxiolytic, antidepressant drugs.
Once her psychological issues solved, her sleep will be normal.
Hope I have solved your query.
If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
She needs psychiatric treatment.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on HCM.
From all your replies, in my opinion, she is having psychiatric illness, mostly stress, anxiety and depression.
And all these are responsible for her sleep disorder, menstrual abnormality and restless leg syndrome.
So my suggestion is to consult psychiatrist.
Get done counselling sessions.
Try to identify stressor in her life.
She may need anxiolytic, antidepressant drugs.
Once her psychological issues solved, her sleep will be normal.
Hope I have solved your query.
If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar.
Wishing good health to your wife.
Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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