Insomnia: 6 doctors, brain scans, no diagnosis
Matt Rife saw up to 6 doctors including sleep specialists, had brain scans, and still has no definitive diagnosis for his severe chronic insomnia.
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Matt Rife's Debilitating Insomnia & Near-Collapse on Tour
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Matt Rife's insomnia is so severe that his brain simply cannot switch off at bedtime — not from anxiety, not from caffeine, not from any identifiable cause. After seeing six specialists and undergoing brain scans with no result, things came to a head when he passed out heading to a show after not sleeping for five days, and had to cancel. Lying in hospital, he received death threats from fans angry about the cancellation. He reads between the lines of sleep doctors wanting to prescribe medication as an admission of defeat: 'To make me feel like I have to have help to do the most basic human thing feels fucking crazy.' The segment is both darkly funny and genuinely sobering. [1] — Matt Rife "Matt Rife has chronic insomnia so severe that he once passed out heading to a show after not sleeping for five days, landed in a hospital, …" 56:20
Matt Rife's Severe Insomnia Nearly Hospitalized Him
Matt Rife has chronic insomnia so severe that he once passed out heading to a show after not sleeping for five days, landed in a hospital, and received death threats from ticketholders. He saw six specialists, had brain scans, and remains without a diagnosis — his brain simply will not switch off.
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