My Mom suddenly goes into prolonged sleep with weakness. Can anyone help?

Question

A

adnan5 Asked September 2014

My Mom suddenly goes into prolonged sleep with weakness. Can anyone help?

my mother is 60.she has no apparant medical conditions.her ct scan and mri are clear. from last 3 months or so she have had 4 episodes where she uncontrollably went into sleep while talking. she complained that somethings not right,dificulty in moving her tongue during talking,then got asleep with bp and pulse normal. she remains asleep for 48 to 72 hours but do keep drinking milk and eating soft things oraly but with close eyes and with assistance. neuro doc gave her cipralex but its still kinda undiagnosed as she had an episode again. she feels weakness after waking up for around 12 hours then she is fully active again. can anyone help please?

Senior Health

10 Answers

Most
Helpful Newest
First Oldest
First

Recent Questions

Related Questions

score 0 · Answer 1

Narcolepsy was my first thought. Surely, they've checked for stroke, so I'd ask about narcolepsy testing. I hope that they find out what this is. Not knowing is worse than knowing almost anything.
Take care,
Carol

Helpful Answer (0)

score 3 · Answer 2

Has your mother been checked for narcolepsy? People with narcolepsy fall asleep without warning, anywhere, anytime.

Helpful Answer (3)

score 3 · Answer 3

Have a sleep study done. She will have to stay overnight. At 60 yrs. this might be more of a mini stroke. In any event, her symptoms are not "normal" and keep trying to find out why she has these symptoms.

Helpful Answer (3)

score 2 · Answer 4

I suggest a doctors visit.

When I encounter sudden general behavior changes my first thought is another UTI and I grab a sample in test with a test strip. Cheap and quick. If test is positive I call our PCP tell her TA (test analysis) strip was positive and she knows from past UTI's to send RX and after a few pills behavior returns to pre-UTI
Bought a jar of test strips, if ADW drops one no big deal. Been a major help since she gets UTI's often.

I bought from Amazon:
Phinex 10 Parameter (10SG) Urinalysis Reagent Test Strips, 100 Strips/Bottle
by Estwarkim
Checks for urinary tract infection, kidney function, carbohydrate metabolism, liver function and more
Easy to use, just dip and read
Fast results with easy to read color chart

Helpful Answer (2)