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What Causes Sleepy Always?

Hi my boyfriend sleeps a lot. He also sleeps any where. He ll falls asleep on a chair, in movie theaters, watchin tv while sittin up and he also fell asleep at a live concert show. I was embrassed and also felt some type of way with the realationship. He falls asleep as if he was a pregnant person. When he sleeps he tends to stop breathing for a sec and then breathe again. It s scary. Can u help me. What should I do
Sat, 1 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
The symptoms that you have stated suggest following causes:
1) Obstructive sleep apnoea: Cause of these regular apnoea spells at night your boyfriend may be having inadequate sleep at night causing him to feel sleepy though out the day. its very common and requires treatment with BiPap at night along with methylphenidate during the day time. Polysomnography may help in makinga diagnosis.
2) Hypothyroisim: Low thyroid levels can also lead to such sleepiness and the same can be diagnosed by doing a TSH levels. Thyroid supplimentation may solve the problem.
3) Hypersomnia can itself be a problem and taking methylphenidate may help in reducing the problem.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
                                        
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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What Causes Sleepy Always?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. The symptoms that you have stated suggest following causes: 1) Obstructive sleep apnoea: Cause of these regular apnoea spells at night your boyfriend may be having inadequate sleep at night causing him to feel sleepy though out the day. its very common and requires treatment with BiPap at night along with methylphenidate during the day time. Polysomnography may help in makinga diagnosis. 2) Hypothyroisim: Low thyroid levels can also lead to such sleepiness and the same can be diagnosed by doing a TSH levels. Thyroid supplimentation may solve the problem. 3) Hypersomnia can itself be a problem and taking methylphenidate may help in reducing the problem. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.