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Is Alcohol Consumption Help With Sporadic Fatal Insomnia?
Question: I was wondering if drinking alcohol helps someone with sporadic fatal insomnia? I have been having trouble sleeping but have slept great when drinking a little wine.
Brief Answer:
Alcohol disturbs usual sleep cycle
Detailed Answer:
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YOu have been experiencing insomnia and to combat this you have been drink a glass a wine each night. THis may help initially but with repeat use of alcohol your regular sleep cycle becomes fragmented. Alcohol gets you to sleep but does not allow for regular deep sleep or restorative sleep. You are unconscious but not really sleeping. For better sleep there are medications including simple benadryl OTC to help sleep. You doctor can also prescribe medications that are non addicting that allows for better and restorative sleep.
I recommend stopping alcohol and try benadryl. If this does not help see your medical provider for remeron since you have already tried the other medications
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Alcohol disturbs usual sleep cycle
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your healthcare questions
YOu have been experiencing insomnia and to combat this you have been drink a glass a wine each night. THis may help initially but with repeat use of alcohol your regular sleep cycle becomes fragmented. Alcohol gets you to sleep but does not allow for regular deep sleep or restorative sleep. You are unconscious but not really sleeping. For better sleep there are medications including simple benadryl OTC to help sleep. You doctor can also prescribe medications that are non addicting that allows for better and restorative sleep.
I recommend stopping alcohol and try benadryl. If this does not help see your medical provider for remeron since you have already tried the other medications
I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again for your health care concerns and questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I was asking if I had sporadic fatal insomnia would I be able to fall asleep after drinking wine?
Brief Answer:
Sporadic fatal insomnia is very rare
Detailed Answer:
Sporadic fatal insomnia is extremely rare and there is no known cure.There are only 40 families in the world with it and only about 100 people with the gene mutation. If you truly have sporadic fatal insomnia then I recommend you see a sleep specialist immediately. Drinking alcohol will not change the course of the disease.
Sporadic fatal insomnia is very rare
Detailed Answer:
Sporadic fatal insomnia is extremely rare and there is no known cure.There are only 40 families in the world with it and only about 100 people with the gene mutation. If you truly have sporadic fatal insomnia then I recommend you see a sleep specialist immediately. Drinking alcohol will not change the course of the disease.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
But would I be able to sleep if I had this disease when drinking or would i still be wide awake.
Brief Answer:
unsure
Detailed Answer:
You maybe able to sleep with alcohol. You can't die from using the alcohol so go ahead and try. Sporadic fatal insomnia is so rare that it is anybodies guess on how to treat it.
unsure
Detailed Answer:
You maybe able to sleep with alcohol. You can't die from using the alcohol so go ahead and try. Sporadic fatal insomnia is so rare that it is anybodies guess on how to treat it.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
So basically you have never studied this disease because ffi is gene r mutatation but sporadic fatal insomnia is not. It has affected very few people but I was just asking if you had the disease would benzos or alcohol help aid you to sleep or would you have comlete intolerance to these aids. I do think I sneed a doctor who is a little more informed. Bc I am consumed by this. Can't leave the house nor exercise. Please give a thorough response, I paid for it and feel ion loosing my mind!
Ok so pretty much sums up you have no clue about this disease. Sfi is not hereditery. Ffi is. As a doctor I asked you to answer if I have sporadic fayatal insomnia and your response : not sure. I need to know if this disease settles at all. Do sedatives work if you have this disease
Ok so pretty much sums up you have no clue about this disease. Sfi is not hereditery. Ffi is. As a doctor I asked you to answer if I have sporadic fayatal insomnia and your response : not sure. I need to know if this disease settles at all. Do sedatives work if you have this disease
Brief Answer:
Sporadic fatal insomnia is so rare nobody knows
Detailed Answer:
I would like to know who told you, you had sporadic fatal insomnia?
I would recommend that you see a sleep specialist for your condition. Since this is an extremely rare and fatal condition you need to be 100 percent sure about the diagnosis.
Sporadic fatal insomnia is fatal and there is absolutely no treatment.
You can try anything you want to help you sleep. The products themselves will not cause you to die. It is the overall lack of sleep that causes death.
I am sorry that I can't satisfy your question but this disease is so rare and exotic you would be hard pressed to find any experts in the WORLD about this disease.
Sporadic fatal insomnia is so rare nobody knows
Detailed Answer:
I would like to know who told you, you had sporadic fatal insomnia?
I would recommend that you see a sleep specialist for your condition. Since this is an extremely rare and fatal condition you need to be 100 percent sure about the diagnosis.
Sporadic fatal insomnia is fatal and there is absolutely no treatment.
You can try anything you want to help you sleep. The products themselves will not cause you to die. It is the overall lack of sleep that causes death.
I am sorry that I can't satisfy your question but this disease is so rare and exotic you would be hard pressed to find any experts in the WORLD about this disease.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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