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The Diagnosis

Janice Wilson has suffered from strange attacks at night for years. She wakes up feeling as though she's being strangled. We hear how a doctor finally found the cause.

For most of her life, Janice Wilson suffered from strange and terrifying attacks at night. She would wake up, suddenly, feeling as though she was being choked or strangled. The next day, there would be blood on her pillow. Sometimes she’d have up to 50 of these attacks a night. It left her terrified and exhausted. For years, doctors put it down to psychological problems due to a trauma in her past. Then she met a doctor who found the astonishing, true cause.
In β€œThe Diagnosis”, Janice and the doctor who diagnosed her come together in a studio, to tell this remarkable story.

The programme is presented and produced by Helena Merriman, who was inspired to tell other people’s stories of diagnosis after receiving her own surprise diagnosis a few years ago.

Editor: Emma Rippon

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28 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Jan 2020 21:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 7 Jan 2020 11:00
  • Mon 13 Jan 2020 21:00