Posted by vickisnowwhite on December 11, 2002, at 12:03:04
In reply to Re: sleeping my life away » vickisnowwhite, posted by IsoM on December 9, 2002, at 17:51:32
> As some of the other posters have already given good advice, I won't repeat everything that was said but I agree that you're probably on more meds then you may need & that they may contribute (though not 'cause') your sleepiness. You also need to know what your best time of day is. I could go for power walks first thing in the morning & head straight for bed afterwards. I'm not a morning person at all & all efforts to reset myself to be at my best in the morning ended in failure. A power walk in the late morning or early evening is better for me.
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> I'm not saying you have narcolepsy, but it's something to consider. Check out the symptoms of narcolepsy here:
> http://www.sleepdisorderchannel.net/narcolepsy/
> (make sure to read over each othe the pages from the links on the bottom of this page that cover Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment.)
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> If it sounds like what you have & you think you fit the criteria, see if you can print out some of the info to show your doctor. Many doctors have no idea of what true narcolepsy is - you may need to educate your doctor, which is why I suggest taking the info to him. I found that most think you have to keel over in a dead sleep to have it. The doctor I have now is intelligent & has another narcoleptic patient. He agreed with me that I fit the criteria very well.
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> I tried Provigil (Alertec, here in Canada) but while it helped me intitailly, it wasn't enough. I also have depression & take Celexa for it, but for the narcolepsy, Provigil & Dexedrine (a stimulant) are needed. Both Provigil & Dexedrine (almost any stimulant really) have antidepressant properties too. I still need a good 9 or more hours of sleep every night, but I no longer take long daytime naps. I, too, could take a couple of Wake-Up pills (caffeine tablets) & still sleep through its effects.
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> I hope you find the answer soon. I feel like I've lost a great chunk of my life from sleeping it away.thanks IsoM for the input. Sounds like we have a lot in common with this sleepiness. I have been to a sleep clinic, and they found nothing, but I really
felt that it was useless as it was only one night.
they would have to monitor me in my natural setting
to see how much I sleep. It probably is the medications i take, but the pdoc really thinks i need all these, and when he reduces the doses, it seems i have more bad days, and usually go back to the higher levels. EVeryone I know says i'm sleeping my life away, yet i think i would rather sleep this much then have insomnia. (i quess)
but it would be nice to have life!!
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