What about
[profanity deleted] and W.Y.S.T. (Work you stupid thing) not sure what the american version of this is.
Just for you Paula, Enjoy
AASM: American Academy of Sleep Medic…
AB: Automatic Behavior
ABSM: American Board of Sleep Medicin…
ACGME: Accreditation Council for Grad…
ACh: acetylcholine
AD: Adderal
ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity…
ADSM: Academy of Dental Sleep Medicin…
AHI: apnea-hypopnea index
AMA: American Medical Association
AMB: Ambien
APSS: Associated Professional Sleep S…
ASAA: American Sleep Apnea Associatio…
ASM: American Academy of Sleep Medici…
ATS: American Thoracic Society
BEARS: Bedtime issues, Excessive dayt…
BMI: Body Mass Index
C: Cataplexy
CDC: Center for Disease Control
CFIDS: Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunc…
CFS: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CNS: central nervous system
CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pres…
CRISP: Computer Retrieval of Informat…
CRP: C Reactive Protein
csa: central sleep apnea
DA: dopamine
DCI: Diseases And Conditions Index
DEX: Dexedrine
DSPS: delayed sleep phase syndrome
EDS: excessive daytime sleepiness
EFX: Effexor
EH: Essential Hypersomnia
ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat
ESS: Epworth sleepiness scale
GHB: gamma-hydroxybutyrate
HH: Hypnogogic Hallucinations
HH: Hypnopompic Hallucinations
HLA: human leukocyte antigen
HPA: hypothalamic pituitary axis
IH: idiopathic hypersomnia
IM: imipramine
IRG: Integrated Review Groups
ITS: I'm Tired Syndrome
L-DOPA: Levo-Dopa
LTD: Long-Term Disability
LUN: Lunesta
MAO: monoamine oxidase
MAOI: monoamine oxidase inhibitor
MEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Surve…
MHC: major histocompatibility complex
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imagry
MS: Multiple Sclerosis
MSLT: Multiple Sleep Latency Test
MWT: Maintenance of Wakefulness Test
N: Narcolepsy
NAMCS: National Ambulatory Medical Ca…
Narnet: Narcolepsy Network
NCHS: National Center for Health Stat…
NCMRR: National Center for Medical Re…
NCSDR: National Center for Sleep Diso…
ne: norepinephrine
NEHIS: National Employer Health Insur…
NHAMCS: National Hospital Ambulatory…
NHANES: National Health and Nutrition…
NHDS: National Hospital Discharge Sur…
NHHCS: National Home and Hospice Care…
NHIS: National Health Interview Surve…
NHLBI: National Heart, Lung and Blood…
NHPI: National Health Provider Invent…
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NIMH: National Institute of Mental He…
NMH: neurally mediated hypotension
NN: Narcolepsy Network
NNHS: National Nursing Home Survey
NREM: non-rapid eye movement
NSAS: National Survey of Ambulatory S…
NSF: National Sleep Foundation
NTSB: National Transportation Safety…
OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OLP: Online Psych
OSA: Obstructive Sleep Apnea
PA: Program Announcement
PET: Positron Emission Tomography
PLMI: periodic limb movement index
POPWN: Parent of a person with Narcol…
PSG: polysomnography
PWC: Persons with CFIDS
PWN: Person With Narcolepsy
REM: rapid eye movement
RFA: Request for Application
RLS: restless leg syndrome
RLS: Restless Legs Syndrome
RSD: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
SAA: Sleep Academic Award
SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder
SBIR: Small Business Innovative Resea…
SCN: suprachiasmatic nucleus
SCOR: Specialized Center of Research
SDB: sleep-disordered breathing
SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SOREM: Sleep-onset rapid eye movement
SOREMP: sleep onset REM period
SOREMP: Sleep-Onset Rapid Eye Movemen…
SP: Sleep Paralysis
SRS: Sleep Research Society
SSDB: Social Security Disability Bene…
SSI: Supplemental Security Income
SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake in…
SSS: Stanford Sleepiness Scale
STD: Short Term Disability
SWS: slow wave sleep
SZ: schizophrenia
TAS: Talk About Sleep
XY: Xyrem
YAWN: Young Americans With Narcolepsy
YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillan…
ZO: Zoloft
Dont stay up all night, give ya loved ones a cuddle now and again
