SLEEP STUDY RESULTS...

Okay, so I went for my consult for the sleep study that I had done a couple weeks ago. And most of the stuff they told me, I already knew. However, they did tell me something interesting that I was unaware of. Apparently I have what they call periodic limb movement. Which pretty much means I run a marathon when I am sleeping or lying awake in bed. During the study, they monitored my leg movements and it turns out I kick or move my legs 30 to 45 times in an hour. This often wakes me up and when it doesnt it affects the type of sleep I do get. There are four levels of sleep and I rarely get to level 3 and never to level 4, which is the deep sleep that repairs tissue damage and helps one to feel rested when they wake up. So no wonder I have been so tired and unable to sleep through the night. It also explains some of the pain in my legs that I have been experiencing. The doctor ended up giving me a low dose of a drug they use to treat parkenson's. I guess it is suppose to reduce the number of leg movements that I have. Hopefully it helps, and I can start sleeping more then 2 to 3 hours a night. That would be wonderful. Also, I no longer have to feel gulity about not exercising enough, because apparently I do enough of that at night.