u/Elver86

Does anyone have any advice for seeing a neurologist more quickly? The person were referred to has a waiting list extended to next year.

Serious situation, my husband recently went 5 nights with no sleep. His meds no longer help.

We need to ideally see a sleep specialist. My current plan os to call pretty much everyone in the state and see who has the shortest wait. Im hoping some of these places can get you on a list to ne called if someone cancels. O know other doctors do that sometimes.

Were getting the refferal changed to say urgent or something similar. The gp is going to try and call the head of the department to see what he can do, but bad timing the guys on vaccation out of country.

Any advice would be welcome. If you've got no advice, I wouldn't mind a little comisseration. Its been a hellish week on top of a hellish few months.

Im writing this hoping to get some advice that I can use to help my husband. He has diagnosed ptsd due to childhood trauma. As the title of the post implies, the insomnia is killer.

He had never been able to sleep properly. About five years ago, he began taking medications which were, among other things, to help him sleep. At first it worked. Now nothing seems to work, and its gotten incredibly bad over the last few months. On the rare chance he gets a bit of sleep, he has more nightmares than ever and never makes feeling rested. He used to drink and smoke heavily, by way of self medicating, and both caused long term issues or damage.

I'm hoping to get some advice for where to start getting proper help. He has a psychiatrist he really likes, but that's the extent of his mental health team, as it were. Im trying to figure out what sort of people we should see, specifically if there are any mental health professionals who would be specially suited to help. We have an appointment with his gp tomorrow and a refferal for a sleep study. I'm also trying to find a therapist (or phsychologist?) who specializes in this sort of thing. Any advice would be welcome.

Im also hoping someone can help me understand what's happening here, from the perspective of someone who's been through it themself. From my perspective, when he gets tired enough- or when he takes his meds- a part of his brain DOES seem to fall asleep. But hes still up and walking around. When this happens, his behavior is very different, his short term memory is basically gone, hes unsteady on his feet, and his logic/reasoning kind of goes out the window. Hes basically sleepwalking while awake. He can later remember bits of what happened, but not usually details.

I have no idea what terms to use to research this. My husband usually likes to do all his own research and is very good at this sort of thing. But given the circumstances, hes not currently capable. Any advice would be great. Im going to ask the Dr tomorrow what he recommends, but the more info the better.