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RE: Random Spiel, Sleeplessness as the First Symptom

When it comes to sleep, do you also sometimes recommend patients to a sleep doctor and have them tested there?

No, a sleep doctor isn't a common specialty and adds costs to the patient. Most have relatively simple sleeping problems.

Or you only do that when you think the medicines and other lifestyle changes are not working?

Most of the problems with compliance stems from patient having a lack of insight, poor judgment, no reliable support system and financial constraints. The financial part can be alleviated with government programs but a patient that doesn't recognize they have a problem or have poor social support system are the hardest to manage.

The EEG tests are done with the Psychology/ Neuro department outside my current scope but it's nice to get some exposure there. I think I'll get that probably 2-3 years from now.