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.
Conversions. You cannot roll over funds from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA without first taking an RMD, if one is due. RMDs are not eligible to be rolled over to another retirement account, but they can be used for any other purpose.So after you withdraw the annual RMD and pay taxes on it, you can roll over any or all of the remaining funds in the IRA to a Roth IRA.The amount of the conversion will be subject to income tax in the year that the rollover is made. You may want to consider using funds from the RMD to help pay taxes on the conversion.MDs are not eligible to be rolled over to another retirement account, but they can be used for any other purpose. So after you withdraw the annual RMD and pay taxes on it, you can roll over any or all of the remaining funds in the IRA to a Roth IRA.