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Re: More sleepy than the next person?

Posted by bedbug on July 11, 2005 at 22:00:55:

In Reply to: Re: More sleepy than the next person? posted by seabrooke on July 11, 2005 at 19:15:59:

Well, that's a good point. There are times when I have yawny sleepiness and then there are times where I feel like I'm going to drop. In the morning I am more yawnish than in the afternoon. It takes me about 2 hours to wake up, and during that time I yawn a lot. I get one hour of good time, and then I start feeling out of it. I've been lucky in that I don't get many "attacks" but when I have had those problems it's almost like I get a little wired trying to fight it and then I just lose. Actually, usually I get that way when I am very focused on something. That is when I am most likely to have the least warning. I guess when I am really wrapped up in something I push off the milder symptoms until it crosses a threshold into the extreme stuff, whereas if I had not been engaged in something I would have already napped? The really extreme times I just felt like all the life had been sucked out of me rapidly.


I had a rough weekend dealing with the idea that I could have this. I guess it's that there is no real cure. When it might have been depression, or might have been a gland thing, or whatever, I had more hope that I would feel right one day. I was very tired this weekend, too, so I was both upset and unproductive, an awesome combination! Today was ok, though. I have been taking Monafidil for a couple of weeks now (it was originally prescribed for add and just general eds, with the instruction that I was to go to the sleep specialist) and if I take lunesta at night it seems much better. I also pre-emptively napped today when I didn't feel tired and it was surprisingly helpful. Yesterday I thought the rest of my life was going to suck, but today I think I might be able to handle it. I was thinking that it would be difficult to have a lifelong illness that would drag you down, but then I remembered that I already have one of those (stubborn asthma) and I get around that just fine, I even run 5 days a week. I guess you have to know what you are fighting in order to fight a good battle. I shouldn't let my previous failures to manage this problem influence my outlook on how successful I will be in the future once I know what I am doing. I have to keep remembering that. The last thing I need is to get all depressed about it!

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