Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Narcolepsy Terms

Abbreviations you will see me use and what they mean: 

AB- Automatic Behavior
C- Cataplexy 
CAT ATTACK(S)- Cataplex
Dr- Doctor 
DSPD- Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder, (DSPD) delayed sleep-phase disorder orPCP- Primary Care Physician (DSPT) delayed sleep-phase type
Dx'd- Diagnosed 
GP- General Practitioner 
HH- Hypnogogic Hallucinations or Hypnopompic Hallucinations 
LO- Lights out 
MSLT- Multiple Sleep Latency Test 
N- Narcolepsy 
NN- Narcolepsy Network, a 501 c-3 non profit organization 
NREM- Non Rapid Eye Movement 
PWN- Person (or People) With Narcolepsy 
PWON- Person (or People) WithOut Narcolepsy 
REM- Rapid Eye Movement 
RLS- Restless Leg Syndrome 
Rx'd- Prescribed 
SP- Sleep Paralysis


That's all I've got for right now. Still planning on doing post with stuff I mentioned previously, but right now I'm studying for my mid-term which is tomorrow at 1pm.


















 

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