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As a third year medical student I rotated through a sleep clinic. My job was to administer the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, a tool used to screen patients for sleep disorders. At the end of the day, I took the questionnaire myself and was shocked when I scored worse than many of my patients, one of whom had narcolepsy. Concerned, I showed my attending my Epworth score. He looked at my questionnaire and chuckled, “You probably don't have sleep apnea.