i have an aquired mild narcolepsy and Excessive daytime sleepiness, and other cognitive problems that started after a head injury . in cognitive rehab,( which didn't help) i went through vocational rehab and they reccomended i not seek employment at this time ,i tried to work but got let go because of mistakes..lol its been 2 years since the accident. i had started searching for help online for the new sleep disorder, and saw things about cannabis , i already take adderall for ADD and that isnt very helpful but if i dont take it i pretty much wont get up i have been off it a few weeks at a time during recouping and everthing was worse i was exhausted beyond my belief and evreyone elses and i wil sleeep for what seems like 20 hours in a 24 hour day, tried provigil and it worked intermitently with in about 3 hours mixed with major crashes it made me wierd, out of it. hardly worth being awake for. frustrated i figured what the heck , i think i had read where it has properties that help things like parkinsons. ect. i never previouly did it much maybe a 10 times in my 20's. and only that few becaue i didnt like it , it made me paranoid and want to fall asleep.. i was scared to try it because its illegal,, im a good mom... ect but im going crazy. i tried just 3 hits mabe no more i was afraidto get all paranoid . i got relaxed not paranoid and yes wanted to fall asleep , but that wasnt the best part. its not the stoned effect so much that helps or are desired, but its the next day.. i woke up getting out of bed was easier. i had some energy and it was great because it lasted all day it wasnt like a sugar high or coffee come down. i actually sat waiting at a drs appointment in the waiting room for 20 minutes and it was great, i was pretty alert to everything and yet relaxed, id usually be tearing up trying to not fall asleep and thats on 40mg adderall . but i was not all speeded up tho. i could organize my thoughts a little had some focus, i wasnt frozen or overwhelmed by my own thought process ( some of those cognitive problems are hard to explain) i get vertigo,had speech problems also , now mild though. i normally now have what seems like zero memory. but really its that my attention span is so short or it shuts down that nothing gets soaked in , if it gets soaked in i can remember it. i look totally normal, just dont feel anything like i did before 2 years ago I can see ill still have problems , but part of it better! and it was really stealing my life. i had only tried a few times in the past 3 months but i want to space it out do like a study on myelf. and its definately a huge improvment , with a small amount of the cannabis the nite before. then again i get the reverse reaction to nyquil.. its like cocaine to me.. all i know is my moms a nurse , shes tried to help me with dr.s and stuff and i cant wait to tell her, ive got some relief. i'd really like to see something more about this as well , find out about medical marijuana for this scenario.
