Tuesday, July 15, 2008
In general, Sleep Disorders are divided into
conditions associated with Hypersomnia or Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS),
Disorders involving Difficulty in Initiating or Maintaining Sleep, Sleep
Scheduling Disorders and Parasomnias or odd problems that co-exist with the
sleep state.
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I have recently been diagnosed with Narcolepsy but also a MRI showed I have MS. Can the two be the same thing or do I have both? This realy concerns me .
I am sending research that has been found on the topic
M.S. and narcolepsy have similar tests
Abstract Human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*15 is associated with predisposition to multiple sclerosis (MS), although conjecture surrounds the possible involvement of an alternate risk locus in the class I region of the HLA complex. We have shown previously that an alternate MS risk allele(s) may be encompassed by the telomerically extended DRB1*15 haplotype, and here, we have attempted to map the putative variant. Thirteen microsatellite markers encompassing a 6.79-megabase (D6S2236-G51152) region, and the DRB1 and DQB1 genes, were genotyped in 166 MS simplex families
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/41/3/447
Possible similar genetic susceptibility /American Academy of Neurology
Department of Neurology (Drs. Younger and Pedley), Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York; and the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center (Dr. Thorpy), Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
We have studied 2 patients with multiple sclerosis and narcolepsy. In both patients, the DR 2 histocompatibility antigen was positive. In each of the patients, the diagnosis of narcolepsy was confirmed by polygraphic testing.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. David S. Younger, Neurological Institute of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Box 53, New York, NY 10032-3784.
Supported by the Clinical Center Grant from the GCRC (RR-0645).
Received August 23, 1988. Accepted for publication in final form September 4, 1990.
i dont know if you will read this but i have ms and just moved to oklahoma im from oregon . i would like to frist start by telling you i have cronic pain in my feet and legs i drag my right leg due to this. i'm currintly in a flare that has been going on since decber 22. My nero wanted me to do a sleep study and inn the nine years i have been told i have this i have never been asked so i took it. and it came out that i had csa and so he took me off my pain meds . and when not in a flare i look act like a normal person. it hurts alot i dont know where to turn. im on tsybrie iv once a month. and soma for a mucle relaxcent he had me on onxicodone 1 in morning and a night and percucet for brakethrough. and since i did one test and it showed csa he wont do anything for my pain i went to the hospital with a hart rate of 165 beats a min. i have sever anxiy already and i feel thats whats going to kill me before ms does. but thank you again i wish more doctors knew this info.
angela tackett
20 nw mission blvd apt e-3
lawton ok 73507
Angela,
Your comment struck me as funny in a coincidental way. You posted your comment on my birthday and I just moved away from Lawton about 1.5 years ago. Oh Yeah, I have MS, get a tysabri infusion every 28 days and am reading your comment between naps at a sleep study.
I sympothise with you and your struggle. Let go of your anxieties and learn to relax. I am leaning towards the narcolepsy as are my dr's.
I hope you are well and can get some sleep.
Brian Johnson
Guthrie, Okla
buzzwater@sbcglobal.net