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I was just diagnosed with Narcolepsy - Page 2
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
I have the symptoms, but I just have like severe onset of senioritis... | ||
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Crazyeyes
Canada1342 Posts
On February 02 2011 13:13 Gatsbi wrote: I definitely got Necrophilia and Narcolepsy mixed up and thought this thread was going to be about you having sex with dead people... oops... http://www.purepwnage.com/teh_tv_show/email_bag/jeremys-mail-sac-12 :D -------------------------- Strange, I thought that the defining trait of Narcolepsy is 'a sudden irresistable urge to sleep,' in which you'd basically be powerless to avoid. So if you're driving while it happens, you've got to pull over. And then thers cataplexy, where you like lose all muscle control and just fall down. Which can apparantly happen while remaining concious? Anyways, it's really nice to read about someone getting diagnosed with a disease [or whatever it is ;P] and having such a positive outlook. I hope everything works out for you, buddy! | ||
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
 Hope things work out!Some great comedy based around narcolepsis though, you should feel good about that at least. | ||
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
On February 02 2011 14:56 Zedders wrote: Well considering I just found out about it I only know a bit from what I have researched and what the doctor told me. Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder which is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Of course daytime sleepiness can be many other things such as insomnia or anxiety/stress related. From what I gather Narcoleptics enter the REM stage of sleep way faster than a regular person does. From my studies I entered REM within 3 minutes of falling asleep during my sleep test, almost every time I fell asleep, whereas most people do not experience REM sleep until after 90 minutes. I've had dreams in 20 minute naps before. There was this couch in my high school math tutor room. Took a nap there, had a dream about a girl on the math team. A sex dream... does that count, or do I have to fall into rem sleep faster more consistently? I've had 1.5 hour naps too where I wake up during the middle of a dream to be induced by sleep paralysis as well. I could do this pretty consistently, so I think I only entered REM around that 90 minute mark. I guess the best thing to do would be to get myself tested, though as you said, at 1/2000, my chances of having narcolepsy are slim. I don't know if this was directed at me, but I only drink coffee during exam season, and even then very rarely, I rarely drink, and I don't smoke weed. | ||
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MinoMino
Norway1103 Posts
On February 02 2011 23:47 Hidden_MotiveS wrote: I've had dreams in 20 minute naps before. There was this couch in my high school math tutor room. Took a nap there, had a dream about a girl on the math team. A sex dream... does that count, or do I have to fall into rem sleep faster more consistently? I've read that if you're really tired or sleep deprived, you'll enter REM sleep a lot faster. It's also possible to dream in non-REM sleep, though it's more rare. Even if it isn't narcolepsy, you should probably get to the bottom of it if you feel it's affecting your life too much. Wouldn't hurt to get some tests done. Also, Zedders, on the bright side, if you ever get into lucid dreaming you'll probably have an easy time doing it, as most methods depend on getting into REM sleep quickly.  | ||
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skindzer
Chile5114 Posts
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
Some people call it narcolepsy i guess Its hard to say, it doesn't REALLY get in the way, i just sleep a ton at random times and less at night melatonin helps me get a full nights sleep and i need to sleep less in the day | ||
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Bratsche
United States46 Posts
My girlfriend of 2+ years has narcolepsy. I can tell ya all about it our experiences with it. Just shoot me an email, markwirb@gmail.com For relevance, she takes Provigil and Xyrem, along with Ritalin, to stay awake. We're both graduate students in the humanities. | ||
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gurrpp
United States437 Posts
On February 02 2011 14:56 Zedders wrote: From what I gather Narcoleptics enter the REM stage of sleep way faster than a regular person does. From my studies I entered REM within 3 minutes of falling asleep during my sleep test, almost every time I fell asleep, whereas most people do not experience REM sleep until after 90 minutes. 90 minutes!? I have dreams when I take 15 minute naps... | ||
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luckyseven
179 Posts
On February 02 2011 13:31 Raeleigh wrote: I don't know, maybe it's different. I call in sick for work or say i'm gonna be late so often because I'd rather sleep. I can't sleep for more than about 10 hours, but I definitely try and definitely wish I could. But I always wake up way more tired than when I went to bed. It makes it hard cause when I'm tired my mood goes up and down like there's no tomorrow. x__x I had blood tests done cause they thought I had diabetes, cause they thought it was anemia, cause they think I have low iron or calcium. Idk. =________='' i saw a chart recently that said we go thru the dif sleep phases every ~40 mins, and it showed the best times to "wake up" because we were in a certain phase at that point. i think it said waking up after exactly 9 hours is ideal (also stuff like 8.2 hours, 7.4 hours or whatever). which is what im now trying to do. i feel soooooooooooo much better with ~9 hours sleep compared to 8. | ||
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Zedders
Canada450 Posts
On February 03 2011 07:28 gurrpp wrote: 90 minutes!? I have dreams when I take 15 minute naps... Im not a sleep expert, but I don't think that REM sleep necessarily means dreaming. | ||
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Zedders
Canada450 Posts
On February 02 2011 17:32 Crazyeyes wrote: http://www.purepwnage.com/teh_tv_show/email_bag/jeremys-mail-sac-12 :D -------------------------- Strange, I thought that the defining trait of Narcolepsy is 'a sudden irresistable urge to sleep,' in which you'd basically be powerless to avoid. So if you're driving while it happens, you've got to pull over. And then thers cataplexy, where you like lose all muscle control and just fall down. Which can apparantly happen while remaining concious? Anyways, it's really nice to read about someone getting diagnosed with a disease [or whatever it is ;P] and having such a positive outlook. I hope everything works out for you, buddy! LOL Nuggles infest my life man. Good thing I got Necrophilia to keep em away tho Thnx for the support | ||
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ulszz
Jamaica1787 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
yea wtf that first paragraph in Wikipedia sounds exactly how i feel ;;.. | ||
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Zedders
Canada450 Posts
On February 09 2011 07:18 ulszz wrote: did you get a swine flu shot? YA LOL i heard it gave narcolepsy to some people or something. But i was feeling the symptoms since high school. On February 09 2011 07:24 Kenpachi wrote: wait if you fell sleepy (not asleep) everyday at about 11:45am, is this narcolepsy w/o cataplexy? >< yea wtf that first paragraph in Wikipedia sounds exactly how i feel ;;.. no it could be a massive number of things. the only way to really know is if you go to get a sleep test done | ||
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