AASM: American Academy of Sleep Medicine
AB: Automatic Behavior
ABSM: American Board of Sleep Medicine
ACGME: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACh: acetylcholine
AD: Adderal
ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADSM: Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
AHI: apnea-hypopnea index
AMA: American Medical Association
AMB: Ambien
APSS: Associated Professional Sleep Societies
ASAA: American Sleep Apnea Association
ASM: American Academy of Sleep Medicine
ATS: American Thoracic Society
BEARS: Bedtime issues, Excessive daytime sleepiness, night Awakenings, Regularity and duration of sleep, Snoring
BMI: Body Mass Index
C: Cataplexy
CDC: Center for Disease Control
CFIDS: Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
CFS: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CNS: central nervous system
CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CRISP: Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
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