Posted by ncrainbow on April 21, 2008, at 21:49:58
In reply to Can you pass the acid test? (MSLT), posted by Molybdenum on April 21, 2008, at 19:33:36
Being someone who scored in the severe range on the sleep latency test without the use of all that stuff, I am not sure I have much to offer. But, if I were writing a book, I might have the character explore some self hypnosis techniques to help him enter sleep as quickly as possible. I am not actually narcoleptic as much as I have trouble regulating my arousal level and suffer from ADD inattentive type.
For research purposes you might want to go through the procedure yourself since the whole wire sticking process is different for the night before test than for th daytime one and you need both. Also, for authenticity sake..IMHO almost all sleep labs lead to an apnea or airway obstruction diagnosis as a "rule-out- before narcolepsy is diagnosed...so be prepared for a cpap machine recommendation.
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