Narcolepsy Forum Posting

Posted by chucker on May 19, 2001 at 09:08:06:

In Reply to: Provigil & Ritalin? posted by Tired-or-Wired on May 18, 2001 at 10:03:25:

another thought or two:
one of the most hurtfull things in some of our lives is our mates, children, parents and siblings refusal to acknowledge N as dibilitating(sp). of course we deal with it and in some cases i believe makes overachievers of us. in reading our archives (((please SANDMAN don't ever take them away))) i find 3 areas where i see "common threads" that seem to point toward success. i'm taking a lot of notes and will elaborate in a future post and hopefully will get a lot of feedback from fellow N's. the areas are early diagnosis (not early after onset but rather early in years..teens etc)
... family acceptance (that's pretty obvious) and occupation (hard to research as not many of us say what we do but there's enough to point in that direction)

what fascinates me about your situation is the number of family members with N. it would seem to be a real benefit but can also see the downside. if you don't mind:

1.how old were all of you during the 3 years of discovery?

2.how did the non N family members deal with it?

3.what do you and your family member's occupaitons.

i know those are all personal questions so i'd certainly understand if you don't reply.

peace to you also and hope you find a comfortable med zone.
chucker

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