Never wake up refreshed with Narcolepsy Posted: 01-23-08 19:29pm
Hi, this is my first post here! This is my
sleep-related problem - I never feel as
though I've slept, never feel refreshed.
It doesn't matter if I go to sleep at 9 pm
or at 1 am, I still feel the same. If
anything, I sometimes feel better with
less sleep. I know it doesn't make much
sense to me. I have narcolepsy and I've
been taking provigil for it for couple of
years.
It took a while to adjust to the medicine,
at first it made me an insomniac and
really affected me during the day (and
really helped). Then as time passed it
seemed to be ineffective, I started taking
more. I felt horrible and finally have it
regulated by taking 100 mg in the morning
and 100 mg later around noon. It doesn't
seem overly affective for me anymore, but
I'm in Thailand and here I do not have
many options for this problem.
So, I'm not sure if my sleep problem is
due to the medicine or not. I also have
Endometriosis, so that could be affecting
hormones, affecting sleep. Ok to add to
the drama of this situation, I was also
working as a contractor in Iraq. When I
was there, laying on my bed at night and
falling into a deep sleep, we'd get
bombed. It was the scariest thing I've
experienced because it happened day in and
out and I felt that I was so vulnerable,
when going to sleep, and when this
happened it really scared me. Maybe now
that is partly affecting my sleep too -
like I sleep with 'one eye open,' I'm not
sure. I just never feel refreshed and I
either sleep lightly or I have nightmares
that are extremely vivid. Any thoughts?
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MandMs
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Posted: 02-06-08 02:34am
How many times you are experiencing
nightmares in one night, week, month?
When did you start to have them?
One of the symptoms of narcolepsy is
Disturbed Nighttime Sleep: tossing and
turning, nightmares, and frequent
awakenings during the night.