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I'm in the same boat looking for a neurologist who doesn’t just go with their pet illness. I’m also considering going back to the Mayo. I went years ago when I barely had symptoms compared to now. They were helpful, but couldn’t pinpoint my problem. The best part of my visit was a full-day psych eval. I had had docs telling me for years that it was psychological.
He also had quadruple bypass surgery and a reaction to statin drugs. Mayo clinic in Rochester was where he went for a second opinion. I highly suggest going to the top (Mayo) if you can travel. Our hospital here was tellling him it was his heart and he needed a defribulator. Mayo found out his heart was perfectly fine and it was his lungs. Get a second opinon.
I have seen some posts of things done, such as a nerve replacement surgery that is done at Mayo Clinic (I think it is in Florida). The pace maker sounds like it is usually reserved for those that have bilateral Diaphramatic paralysis, such as Reeves had, and I think it is only for use during short periods when your not on the vent. I will see the Pulmonologist next week, hope to find out more there. I hope that helps.
Truthfully, I've heard one of the best MS Clinics in the US is the Mellen Center at Cleveland Clinic. You might try checking out http://www.mscare.org
They list all the clinics available, etc. My neuro said the clinic at Cincinatti isn't that great but thinks Cleveland Clinic is really good. I've never heard of the Mayo Clinic being highly rated for MS, but more for heart desease.
I decided that I should travel to the United States and hopefully get a diagnosis. I know that Mayo clinic and Cleveland clinic have a good dysautonomia clinics but I don't know which one should I choose so I would appreciate any suggestions !!! Also I know healthcare in the US is so expensive and since I don't have insurance I wonder how much such a visit to one of those hospitals will roughly cost ?I know it's hard to tell but I'm asking for a roughly cost.
Thanks.
Unfortunately, there is no practical way to decipher between normal REM sleep and sleep paralysis. This is because in normal REM sleep you experience the same paralysis as in sleep paralysis; the only difference is your level of consciousness at the time. So there's no way to develop a sensor that an app could use to address this issue.
This also may be of interest to you: I have a service dog whose primary task is medical alert.
He then tried to lay on the couch and could not breathe. We brought him to the emergency room at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and he has been here every since. They diagnosed him with a paralyzed diaphragm but have no idea why. He is 59 years old and he has A-Fib. They have tested his heart and that is fine. His lungs are working perfect and his oxygen level does not go down unless he is trying to lay flat.They have done an MRI, CT, and EMG.
Had leg pain with a feeling of weakness and multiple lesions on MRI. Started betaseron and went to the Mayo clinic for a second opinion from the neurologist that was the director of the neurology dept.who's specialty was MS and had written numerous books on MS. He said I did not have MS and should not take any diease modifying medications. I was 42 and he said that the "spots" were normal aging.
Maybe I was too harsh about Mayo. To be fair to Mayo Clinic, I do think they do have some very good doctors there, maybe it's just hard to get a neuro diagnosis - as it seems to be most other places in this country - so what's new?
I did really think the Mayo radiologist who looked at my films was excellent - he found a couple of things the original outside radiologist did not notice such as brain mass loss.
Hello and Good morning. I've pulled some information, for yopu, from the Mayo Clinic web site. You are probably aware that the Mayo Clinic is among the best in the world. You can go to their website for more info. I hope that this is helpful to you and your family.
I wish you all the best!
The symptoms you are experiencing could be due to an entity called sleep paralysis. When this happens in sleep the person has difficulty moving his hands or feet. This is the symptom of a sleep disorder called Narcolepsy. This sleep disorder is characterized by excessive day time sleepiness, sleep paralysis, cataplexy where the person has episodes of loss of muscle function while awake, hypnogogic hallucinations and automatic behavior.
I am a 20F, I am currently taking adderol 20mg when I need to study, and Xanax to help me with panic attack, as well as Suboxone. I have been suffering with hypnopompic Sleep Paralysis- I wake up, usually from a day-time nap, unable to move or talk. I always brushed it off as a dream until it lasted for about an hour, I fell on the floor and was found there. During this time of Paralysis i got overheated, excessive sweating, and couldnt stop biting my tongue.
I experienced sleep paralysis for the first time last night. It was absolutely terrifying. I couldn't wake up no matter how hard i tried and when I was about to wake up I would be dragged right back into the horrible dream I was having Is anyone else experiencing sleep paralysis for the first time while pregnant.
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