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Originally Posted by veguroev  Have you gotten a second opinion?...the reason I ask is because I was diagnosed with it last December, but what made me suspicious is that the doctor didn't give me options he went straight to the machine, not only that, but I'm pretty skinny, and that is more common in people not as skinny as me( I'm 100 pounds), anyways, I read on several forums that you have options, when asked the doctor about those options he gave me the run around, so I went for a second opinion and what the otherndoctor told me I had was restless leg syndrome...not that is a good thing to have, but I don't have to sleep with one of those machines that I tried out a couple of nights while I was in the sleep lab.
Good luck on what you decide to do.  |
No, I hadn't even thought about that actually. My primary physician (an internist) has been recommending a sleep study for a while because I have a high red blood cell count as well as several other ongoing health issues that could be caused by sleep apnea. I insisted I did not have it, but once I started researching sleep apnea, I realized that many of the symptoms fit me to a tee.
I've been diagnosed with very sleep apnea. It's considered severe when you stop breathing more than 30 times per hour. I stop breathing more than 75 times per hour. The sleep study also determined I have moderate restless leg syndrome. So, lucky me - I get to have both problems.
I had no idea I had RLS but those symptoms fit me also.
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