Raven explains his battle with a sleep disorder.
The real-life Scott Levy has been dealing with health issues for quite some time. He was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease a while ago and has previously noted that it has had a moderate overall impact on his health.
During a recent appearance on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Raven was asked about the specifics of his sleep disorder. According to the former ECW Champion, he often feels exhausted even after sleeping due to the effects of the condition.
“They don’t have a name for it, but I know another person that has the same thing,” Raven said. “The gist is that as you wake up so many times in the night that when you wake up in the morning, you’re still exhausted. So I have to wear a special CPAP that makes me breathe the air. I’m sure, from years of drug abuse and chair shots to the head and stuff like that, and abusing my body, I’m sure this is the price I’m paying. So I go to bed, I can fall asleep, no problem. But then I start waking up. After about two hours, I’ll wake up, and I’ll wake up like every 20 minutes for the next six to eight hours. So when I wake up for good, I’m exhausted, so I’m waking up like 15-20 times a night.”
Raven on his overall health
“It’s good. I mean, I got the early onset Parkinson’s, which I’m of the mind to say that I don’t have it. But it’s why I have the tremor, and that’s what they think it is. There’s no 100% proof tests, so I didn’t [get tested]. The test they give to prove it only proves it like 90% and there’s a lot of false positives and negatives in it. So there’s no reason, because he said he would treat me the same way, which is nothing as of now, because nothing’s bad enough, although my tremor is really bad right now.”
When asked whether he is on medication, Raven said: “No, no. So there’s no reason. So I’m just going to declare that I’m not, that I don’t have early onset Parkinson’s and then and convince myself that I don’t, because I’ve had it for like 8 to 10 years, and all this is a tremor so far.”
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