Michelle Emrich, MD - "A Doctor's Once Agile Brain Broken by IH"
Channel: Hypersomnia Foundation
Date: 2020-11-24

Michelle Emrich is an internal medicine physician whose beloved career was cut short when she was 32 years old by the onset of severe, treatment-refractory idiopathic hypersomnia. In this video, she describes how IH broke her formerly agile brain, leading to unrelenting and painfully intense sleepiness, severe brain fog with associated cognitive dysfunction, and the need for multiple daily obligatory daytime sleep sessions. Michelle describes the huge impact of IH on every aspect of her life and the great importance of therapy and supportive healthcare providers. She hopes that sharing her story will help foster better understanding of this invisible disease.