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Narcoleptic Personality? Does It Describe You?
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Narcolepsy can be associated also with less conspicuous problems, including introversion, sorrowfulness, feelings of inferiority, impaired affectivity modulation, emotional lability, irritability, aggressiveness, and poor attention that some authors have defined as the “narcoleptic personality” (4).Mar 18, 2020

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I NEED to share this: my violent dreaming ALWAYS involves family, and is so terrifying I can hardly bare to speak of it. O er the last 2 years, the violence has evolved to sadistic trickery: my… read more

Not Diagnosed Yet
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With for the last 5 years I've had all incidents of falling asleep without being wake up. Mostly happens when I'm very stressed out or very angry. I have found myself falling sleep at restaurants ,at my job and at home where nobody can get me to wake up or respond. Is there a thing called stress related narcolepsy? Can some help. I will be going to specialist when I got insurance again. Thanks for your time.

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I hope it goes very well!

(edited) Has Anyone Tried Light Therapy Glasses?
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I'm going to purchase luminette 3 glasses to help with my EDS. (Edit: I removed "blue" from my question since I noticed I may have misnamed them.)

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Here's the wording from the Luminette 3 website
Luminette® emits a safe blue-enriched white light peaked at 468 nm. This wavelength is proven to be the most effective at triggering the body's… read more

What Is 'team Building' For? Do I Need To Do This?
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I don't know - selecting people for my "team" seems playing favorites with people I don't know. That seems weird to me.

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I regret your negative experience Lisa. CBD can be purchased locally (my home in sw La.). My online purchase came from Able Farms. They have a "CBD Sleep Dropper". My current prescription sleep… read more

Using Ozempic For Weight Loss, Help The Narcolepsy To ,,
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Decreased Appetite, Low Grade Fevers, Any Unusual Symptoms?
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Since the hypothalamus gland is affected what type of symptoms have you experienced besides excessive sleepiness?

Not sure if all of my bizarre symptoms are directly related to narcolepsy but some might be.
The symptoms I am trying to figure out are :

Low grade fevers (10-15 per month)
Subclinical hypothyroidism with normal t3 &t4
Extreme chocolate milk craving (about 40oz a day)
No appetite, without weight loss , no thirst either

Very interested in others symptoms, sometimes patients can… read more

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I used to get low appetite when I'm sleepy during the day and hunger attacks at night when I wake up. This in the long run led to undernourishment. Thankfully, my neurologists have prescibed a… read more

Type 2 Narcolepsy
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Hi everyone 👋🏻 Wondering if anyone else here has type 2 narc? (Narcolepsy without cataplexy) I’ve tried researching it but even less is known about type 2 than 1. Just going through the motions..

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I was told I have narcolepsy from a doctor but never had the sleep test to see what kind I have!

What Are Some Some Of The Best Coping Mechanisms/tips For Coping With Narcolepsy?
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Don't fight it, go with the flow, and great tips above.

Is There Progress Being Made On Narcolepsy And Has There Been Any Breakthrough Recently?
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Best Days
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I want to know about one of your best days you have had with your narcolepsy. Tell me how you felt, who you were with , everything.

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I hate to answer this question because my BEST DAY is Thursday is my first day off I sleep the whole 24 hours my children are grown I have a dog I do take her out a couple times but I do not get out… read more