Molly z.'s PLMD story Page 2

Index

Section one

PLMD personal experiences including family history, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

FAQ
will give you a good start in learning more about sleep disorders, including some types, causes and treatment.

Odds and Ends includes my opinions about PLMD and miscellaneous.

Section two

Answer my Sleep Poll and also see the results so far.

Section three

Links to sleep disorder websites plus a short list of books I found at the local library when learning more about sleep disorders. [Not for sale - these are listed for your reference purposes only!]

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At first I believed the jerking movements might be related to the stress of returning to work on Mondays, when it happened mostly on Sunday nights.
Later, as the episodes occured more often, but not every night, we thought they might be caused by general anxiety, seizures, foods or by caffeine.

After many months, my husband finally took some time off work to see a doctor about the symptoms. In fact, over the next 15 years he went to several family doctors about the problem.

What the doctors suggested -

1. take sleeping pills [prescribed by 2 different doctors, even though I was the one who had trouble sleeping!]
2. get lots of exercise [my husband has a physically demanding job, and gets plenty of exercise]
3. avoid caffeine and 'heavy' foods before bedtime [we'd tried this before going to the first doctor for help]
4. sleep in separate beds [no diagnosis/treatment of the problem with this suggestion]
5. if you're sleeping okay at night, maybe your wife is just making it up [this is what a doctor actually said]

Time passed. I grew more tired, alternating between insomnia and coping with waking up 1 to 3 times per night because of the movements.
The PLMD eventually began to occur every night, without a break, but my husband continued to sleep through and was still completely unaware of the symptoms.

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