This Thursday they will test me for narcolepsy. Since I was in high school, some twenty years ago, I have had problems falling asleep. No matter what I did different each day or how much I slept at night. In the las few years I have had to quit lucrative jobs because of the distance. One in particular that was 35 minutes away, I totaled out my car when I fell asleep and hit a telephone pole. I would slam down energy drinks, open my windows, blast the music and slap my face to keep my eye's from crossing. I would have to take my lunch break at my last job to take a twenty minute nap sitting at a lunch table. When I get like this I cannot think straight and often physically behave like I have been drinking, losing balance. I have intergrated this behavior into my life over the years, I often begin dreaming before I fall asleep, especially when I am resisting and it becomes sureal. I will think people are talking to me. The worst is that I am in recovery and when I get like this people will assume I am impaired,.
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 11:15 AM
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 07:46 PM
Hi grussman, I'm in the same situation as you are right now. Good luck with your test tomorrow! I'm having my studies next Tuesday. Hopefully we will both get some answers soon. Hang in there 
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 01:56 PM
It sounds like you will probobly get a confirmation on having narcalepsy. I just got mine 3 weeks ago. Had it since i was thirteen, had no idea what was wrong with me. They perscribed me nuvigil which they said was not habbit forming, or a stimulant. Well it sure feels like a stimulant and sometimes it makes me feel a little too good. I have been sober for almost six years now and was a little worried about the drugs, but if it makes me functional, then i was willing to try. Just be careful. Let me know if you need any support.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:14 PM
It sounds like you will probobly get a confirmation on having narcalepsy. I just got mine 3 weeks ago. Had it since i was thirteen, had no idea what was wrong with me. They perscribed me nuvigil which they said was not habbit forming, or a stimulant. Well it sure feels like a stimulant and sometimes it makes me feel a little too good. I have been sober for almost six years now and was a little worried about the drugs, but if it makes me functional, then i was willing to try. Just be careful. Let me know if you need any support.
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Thank you so much, my study was delayed until tomorrow night and the next day. I will definately post everyone. I am very nervous, but I am tired of walking around like I have been up al night and ready to go to sleep.
