My husband doesn't sleep.

He tries to sleep but can't. Sometimes he goes 5 days with no sleep. This has been going on for about 3 years. The Dr has tried him on many different drugs, he's tried a few different varieties of weed, acupuncture, reflexology, chiropractic. You name it he's tried it. He used to be ok mentally after 2 or 3 days with no sleep but now even after just 1 night of no rest he becomes very agitated and has started not making sense when talking. Yesterday he finally fell asleep after 2 nights and he ended up falling out of bed and was so disoriented it really scared me. The worst it's ever been. He has no memory of falling or of any of the things he is saying. Sometimes it will seem as though he is wide awake and all is fine and then he will start saying random things. Often getting mad at me for trying to get him to sit down when he is up wondering around. He was able to get about 6 hours of sleep at one time the other night but when he woke up he said it was like he was awake the whole time, felt like he hadn't slept at all. He is unable to work now because of sleep deprivation and I'm fearful for his health and safety. A sleep study was done but he never slept. We just got approval to travel 200 miles to see another specialist but at this time my expectations are low due to the fact that so far his pulmonologist and his neurologist can't seem to do anything except have him try more pills that don't work. I know this sounds rather odd and I'm sure I've left out details but any help would be wonderful.

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