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.
This additional tax applies if you failed to take the RMD from your IRA or other qualified retirement plan. The 50 percent tax is applied to the excess accumulation, or the amount that was not distributed as required, in the tax year in which the RMD was required.