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Dr Irshaad Ebrahim 2018-09-26 Person 5 5 0

My psychiatrist who has been treating me for Mild Bipolar Disorder, referred me for a sleep specialist assessment to Dr Irshaad Ebrahim at The London Sleep Centre in February this tyear due to my ongoing problems with not being able to fall asleep before 4am. I am only 29 years old but since my late teenage years I have been unable to fall asleep like the rest of the world! After confirming my appointment, I was sent a questionnaire that was quite detailed and brought this with me to my appointment with Dr Ebrahim. Dr Irshaad Ebrahim is very knowledgeable in the area of sleep and I found him to be a good listener who I trusted immediately – within 20 minutes of meeting me he said he thought he knew exactly what my diagnosis is! I was impressed as I had seen so many doctors who seemed to be fumbling and labelling me as various different psychiatric conditions! He suggested I reduce and then stop my current medication under his supervision and then we would do a two week monitoring of my sleep-wake patterns using a Watch-Monitor similar to a FitBit. Dr Irshaad Ebrahim was attentive and kept a close watch on my progress over this period and he was easily available by email if I had any questions or problems. After the two week monitoring was over I saw the doctor for my results and he showed me carefully on the chart how my Sleep Cycle was different to the normal population and that my Circadian Rhythm was not synchronised like the general population – he said I have a Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder – this results from a problem with my Melatonin cycle in my brain and results in me feeling sleepy later at night compared to everyone else. I was so pleased that Ebrahim was optimistic that we could actually cure my condition by using Melatonin, Bright Light Therapy and a curse of Sleep Retraining Cognitive Therapy – I underwent his recommendations and my Sleep Cycle is now completely normalised and I am no longer on any medication. I am so grateful to the Wonderful Dr Irshaad Ebrahim for his expert and attentive care.