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Isafjordur
May 16, 2010, 04:30 PM
I'm only 16, but I read National Geographic last night and I saw an article about sleep and it mentioned this rare disease that is found only among 40 families world wide. I'm worried right now, because I looked up the symptoms and I have a few of them. Here are the symptoms I have
*sweating a lot (it's not even hot out, but I'm sweating a lot)
*constipation
*the inability to take naps in the day (I've had this ever since I can remember)
*Slight trouble sleeping at night.
I know that this disease is usually only common in older people, around 30s-50s but I'm really worried! Am I too young to get this disease?
I was however going through withdrawl yesterday and part of today, but I ran out of my Vyvanse (ADHD medication) and I couldn't get it refiled until earlier today. Please help, am I too young for this disease?

thisisit
May 16, 2010, 04:52 PM
Yes, I think you are too young. You can stop worrying about this. Your list of symptoms are common occurrences for many teenagers and don't indicate any specific illness.

Isafjordur
May 17, 2010, 01:57 PM
Thanks for answer! I suppose your probably right, but I have a real stressful life, and I can't help but worrying about this. Last night I couldn't really sleep at all, and I even took Melatonin and I woke up every hour, only to wake up at about 1:00 am, and than I had trouble falling back asleep.

thisisit
May 17, 2010, 02:05 PM
Stress and worry are far more common causes for insomnia than FFI.

jenniepepsi
May 20, 2010, 06:47 PM
Hon, I have seen a great deal of posts from you worrying about a great deal of things. I think you should talk to your parents about your medication. I have ADHD, and my imagination ran away with me a great deal if I ever ran out of meds when I was a teen. Take a deep breath, hop off the computer take a hot shower, and talk to your folks and see if they can help out. You sound very anxious and I am not sure its helping you at all.

amellia
Dec 21, 2011, 06:28 PM
Well my little girl is a 11 and has insomnia very very bad she is taking trazodone but I am worried that she ffi I know she may be to young but it think she does she has all the sighs