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Too much sleep, 10-12 hrs 2-4 days in a row. no thyroid/depression/anemia issues. what could be other reasons besides apnea? 15+ yrs off & on.

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Idiopathic CNS Hyper: Somia, you need a sleep study, even if you had one before, and a multiple sleep latency test to rule out narcolepsy and rule in idiopathic CNS hypersomnia which you can read about at www.Wikipedia.Com.

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Answered 8/10/2014

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