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Posted by myvitara on July 05, 2008 at 16:30:57:

Hi Guys - yesterday i thought I had spent the last ten or more years suffering from a choice of early onset alzeimers, possible schizophrenia, or life as a clairvoyant! Today, after another particularly horrible vivid hallucination and sleep paralysis on going to sleep last night I searched the internet to find out I am suffering from the majority of symptoms for Narcolepsy - WOW am I relieved to hear that you lot also get these dreadful and terrifying hallucinations and there seems a reason for it. Having avoided visiting the doctor for years for fear he'd lock me up if I told him what was happening I will now be making an appointment to get tested. Today was the first day of the rest of my life.....
I suffer from sleep paralysis quite badly, frightened I am going to die but still be conscious, also very very real hallucinations when first trying to sleep. I just cannot wake from them although I feel that I am awake anyway when they are happening. I try and shout out to my husband to wake me but of course I can't move or make any sound. I can even feel the pain if someone hurts me in the dream. In the last few years I have been experiencing an overwhelming tiredness - my husband has stopped watching TV with me as he knows within five minutes I will be asleep - I call them 'power naps' and blamed it on getting older.. now I understand what they are! Automatic behaviour is also a problem - I 'lose' time when doing things.. My husband will say something but I sometimes can't remember what it was he said. I find that my dreams are worse when I have been concentrating for long periods on my computer.. does this affect anyone else? Also particularly, if I'm worrying about things, or upset. At work my 'forgetfulness' is the office joke! One of my concerns is driving. I havn't experienced any 'sleeping at the wheel' but i do feel i drive on auto pilot sometimes as I can't quite remember the journey itself.. more the start and finish points. I do however, love my car and run a UK car club and would hate to have to give it up if I became worse? Do sufferers of this condition get worse - or will it just stay as it is now? I mean.. can I expect for it to cause me more serious problems as the years go by or will i improve with medication?

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