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Who is the right kind of doctor for anxiety related muscle weakness and excessive sleepiness..
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Sleep doc or GP: "excessive sleepiness" can be from multiple medical causes, and your family physician or internist could set about trying to find the cause. However, when you mentioned "anxiety related muscle weakness" - that sounds remarkably like cataplexy. Cataplexy, plus excessive sleepiness, or two of the cardinal features of narcolepsy. Your family doc could refer you to a sleep specialist.
Answered 8/21/2013
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