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How to lose weight with hypersomnia? already on adderral 30mg xr and nuvigil
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Lifestyle changes: You'll probably need to exercise and make dietary changes. Hopefully hypothyroidism has been rules out.
Answered 5/26/2013
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Diet; exercise: Losing weight involves first reviewing your eating and exercise patterns to see where you want to make changes. With hypersomnia, this is still possible! your daytime sleepiness may even improve significantly through healthier eating and a regular exercise program. A nutritionist and/or trainer may help you -- and group support like tops, overeaters anonymous, or weight watchers is invaluable.
Answered 9/8/2013
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Depends: Depends on what the causes of the hypersomnia are.
Answered 4/12/2017
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OSA: Hopefully you have ruled out medical causes such as hypothyroid etc and sleep apnea type conditions.
Answered 4/20/2016
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