Not eating anything heavy during the day always makes life a tad easier. Carbs make me crash no matter what. I wait till I'm home and done all of my tasks for the day before I sit down for a meal.

What works for me is taking an entire weekend to rest. I stay home, in bed, no meds abd just allow myself to fall in and out of sleep as needed. I don't know if this will work for everyone. But it does help me. Im always tired. Some mornings more tired than when i went to bed the night before. By the end of the week I am so happy because i know fir the next two days im not required to get up and clock in to work!

I try to be in bed by 10pm and get up at 7am! I have lived with Narcolepsy since elementary school, wasn’t diagnosed until my teens, and struggled with learning how to retain information. I was put on medication and that really helped. I became an RN. and then a public Health Nurse and then 2 more years at university and obtained my degree in nursing and worked in many different areas.

Tell your friends so they are not surprised when you fall asleep. I fell asleep playing cards and my partner screamed my names d scared the bejesus out of me. Another partner said Rose, when that happens just raise your head slowly and say “In Jesus name I pray. I always told my professors and asked that they just ignore me and they allowed me to run a tape recorder for their lectures.