If you are diagnosed with hypersomnia, your doctor can prescribe various drugs to treat it, including stimulants, antidepressants, as well as several newer medications (for example, Provigil and Xyrem).
You may have your 2015 RMD made payable directly to the charity (provided it meets the IRS definition of a qualified charity), and then designate it as a qualified charitable distribution on your tax return. You'll have satisfied your distribution requirement, and you won't have to pay income taxes on that money.
The IRS Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) rules can be a bit confusing and failing to satisfy your annual RMD can be expensive, up to a 50% excise tax penalty. The following information is provided to help accountholders understand these complicated rules.