to make a long story short the diagnosis after my sleep study was mild obstructive sleep apnea. the sleep doctor is trying to push a cpap machine on me but the night i spent with a mask on my face was just about the worst medical related experience of my life…including waking up during surgery in february and a cystoscopy when i was 18. i go back to him on thursday and i am going to refuse the machine.
surprisingly, he didn't really try to push the machine on me, which was nice.
he did however spring on my that both sleep studies showed periodic limb movement disorder, and he wrote me a script for it.
one of the listed side effects:
Falling asleep during normal activities. You may fall asleep while doing normal activities such as driving a car, doing physical tasks, or using hazardous machinery while taking Neupro. You may suddenly fall asleep without being drowsy or without warning. This may result in having accidents. Your chances of falling asleep while doing normal activities while using Neupro are greater if you take other medicines that cause drowsiness. Tell your doctor right away if this happens. Before starting Neupro, be sure to tell your doctor if you take any medicines that make you drowsy.
if you remember, the reason i am seeing this dude in the first place is because i sleep for shit and have what they call excessive daytime sleepiness. there's other less pleasant side effects. one of them is nausea, which i seem to have in spades. there's also
General side effects for rotigotine may include constipation, dyskinesia, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, somnolence, confusion, and hallucinations.[7][8] More serious complications can include psychosis and impulse control disorders like hypersexuality, punding, and pathological gambling.[9] Mild adverse skin reactions at the patch application site may also occur.[1][8]
i don't think this is going to work out for me. if the nausea doesn't resolve itself i am going to have to discontinue it regardless of any other side effects that manifest, whether or not it helps my sleep (kicking my legs causes sleep arousals, leading to fragmented sleep, which is no bueno).
of all the things on earth i could have been bad at, why the heck did it have to be sleeping?
also, he said he mentioned the PLMD during my last followup. he didn't. this wouldn't bother me except he insisted he did. he absolutely did not, except his name has MD after it and so he is right and i am wrong.