I was doing really well sleeping at night and being awake during the day, until this week. I usually wake up for a 2hour stretch and go back to sleep. I sleep for a 2hour stretch in the afternoon. But this week I have been having insomnia like crazy. Yesterday I was awake all day, only had 1 cup of coffee at lunch, and was awake on and off all night. It has been like that for a couple of days. I wonder if the summer solstice has anything to do with it?

I feel most believe that those with Narcolepsy sleep well... I wish that were true. We are sleepy and can go to sleep, but it is interrupted sleep. One of my biggest wishes is to have a good nights sleep. You mentioned however that you normally slept well at night, do you dream quite a bit? Many times when I don't sleep well I have either my sleep paralysis, or that is combined with what I call my hallucination dream attacks (I can't wake up even though I think I hear/see something). Do you experience this? Mine gets worse when I'm stressed or run out of my med's, etc... My doctor has prescribed Ambien CR. It helps me sleep much better and I take something to help with my sleep paralysis/hallucinations. Hopefully this is not an issue for you though. I have not heard the summer solstice being something that would affect our sleep cycles. I DO HOPE THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS TEMPORARY FOR YOU AND THAT YOU CAN GET BACK TO SLEEPING WELL AT NIGHT.

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I have had all those symptoms. I had them more when I had small children that would wake up during the night. I would have the hallucinations or sleep paralysis when waking up or going back to sleep. Now that they sleep through the night 95% of the time, I have stopped having them. My main symptoms now are EDS, insomnia sometimes, and Cataplexy.

Oh, I dream all the time. I always have. I used to entertain my mom with my recollection of my dreams long before I knew I had N.

Trouble is, now the dreams sometimes seem as real as daily life. I have recurrent dreams, where the situation is different, but the setting is the same. And I will think, I remember this place. That is scary, because I know my mind just made it up.

thanx. I have sllep paralysis and really vivid dreams and night mares. I am asleep and dreaming within minutes everytime my sleep study showed.
I had alot more coffe than normal yesterday too lol. I have two young children and find the sleep paralysis and hallusinations worse when they are haveing a restless night.

hi,
Are you under alot of extreme stress lately???? Stress seems to make my narcolepsy put me in a coma for days then for 3days I can't sleep..... Good luck

I have the same problem. I go to sleep, and then I wake up just a few hours later. I also wake up at the slightest noise, and NEVER fall into a deep sleep. This has been good for getting up with babies, but sometimes you just want to SLEEP. Can't wake up, can't stay asleep. I am asleep only on and off all night, and it seems like I get really tired and could sleep just when it is time to get up and get ready for work. I use Eminem to wake up. My mom is very religious, and the fear of her hearing that playing in her house gets me up out of bed...LOL

I cant sleep! I fight not go to sleep, I fight to sleep, I fight to stay away. boy am i tired of fighting. LOL
I wake up 35 times each hour of sleep! I never get into deep sleep. I feel like there are weights on my sholders and i still hav3e to clean my house perfectly. a little cod (OCD TO THE EXTREAME). I am coming top the conclusing that even us narcoleptics suffer in different ways some aspects are more pronounced in some people. I wonder why

My husband wishes I was OCD. My house is the last thing I worry about. I learned along time ago, it was the house or the kids. I was not going to be awake long enough for both.

They are finally getting big enough now to do their own laundry and that is helping with housework tremendously.

I have Narcolepsy but I dont have the day time sleepyness of it. I yawn a ton but i cant sleep during the day. I also used to have trouble sleeping during the night but I take Trazadone to help me sleep. I also have a C pap machine that I use. Now that I have that I sleep like a baby, I didnt know I was stopping breathing so many times at night till I went in for the sleep study.

Have you ever been tested to see if you need a C pap machine?

lol, I should of kept reading....Anjr I know the feeling....I have reacouring dreams too, and I know I am dreaming the same dream over again....than I start to play with my dream and say...this is going to happen this way can I change it....but I would have the same stupid dream like 8 or 9 times in a row.....

And as far as cleaning for me? hmmmm my house is very last on my list...if I have energy I clean a little bit at a time if not it doesnt get done and I dont worry about it. In the end is a clean house worth getting sick over? I think not.....lol Besides I read an article once that said kids that grow up in a slightly dirty home are actually healthier than kids that grow up in a spotless one. So I feel I am doing my duty as a mother and raising my kids to be healthy! hehe

I was diagnosed not that long ago, so i remember all the doctor mumbo jumbo about my condition. I went for a sleep study. It takes me a while to fall asleep a night . .for bed. I wake up 35 times in ONE hour! for each hour. I do not go into (i think he said NREM sleep) a deep sleep. I immediately dream.

During the daytime sleep study which was a continuation of the night study, I had to stay up for two hours from morning wake, then take a 20 minute nap. I had a test five times every 1 1/2 hr to see how long it took me to fall asleep. The longest was 8 minutes. I drempt every time, which they could tell and yes, imbarrising to say i spoke to them in my sleep. I laugh because I have NO CLUE i did that.

My life, i never woke up rested. I think i could stay in bed all all all day and at night get up watch a movie or two then go to sleep all all all day again.

Needless to say I am tired!

Yep Renate i used that one too, and i have to say my kids have never suffered healthwise, don't have asthma or allergies that many kids have so they probably got good immune systems, however now the kids have left home, and my house is just too messy to invite people over, it's getting a bit lonely

I really relate to the messy house. I try to keep the kitchen and living room picked up in case folks drop by un-announced, but most folks have learned better, by now.

I dread what my house will look like when the kiddos aren't around to help with the chores.

never mind what the house will look like when the kids ain't around to help - what happens when the kids ain't around to BLAME! ;-)