Tips for Safe Driving with Idiopathic Hypersomnia
You're Unique
Work With Your Doctor
A New Medication Makes a Difference
Other Meds May Boost Alertness
Maintain Your Med Plan
Find Your Best Drive Time
Know the Laws About Car Napping
Keep Your Medical Information in Your Car
Nap Safely
Put Alertness Tests in Perspective
Take a Road Test
Lifestyle Habits May Help
Keep Up Your Emotional Well-being
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Traffic Injury Prevention: “On-the-road driving performance of patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence.”
Hypersomnia Foundation: “Treatment for Idiopathic Hypersomnia & Narcolepsy,” “Sleeping/Napping in Your Car Safely,” “Selegiline.”
FDA: “FDA Grants First of its Kind Indication for Chronic Sleep Disorder Treatment.”
Sleep Medicine: “Efficacy and safety of modafinil in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group comparison study.”
Sleep: “Modafinil improves real driving performance in patients with hypersomnia: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover clinical trial.”
Plos One: “Car Crashes and Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence: A French Study.”
Frontiers in Neurology: “Idiopathic Hypersomnia-A Dynamic Simulation Model.”
Mayo Clinic: “Idiopathic Hypersomnia.”
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: “Drowsy Driving Considerations in Non-Commercial Drivers for the Sleep Physician.”
American Academy of Sleep Medicine: “What is the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test?”
Journal of Sleep Research: “Comparing objective wakefulness and vigilance tests to on-the-road driving performance in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia.”
Sleep Medicine Clinics: “Idiopathic Hypersomnia.”