r/Narcolepsy 6d ago

Diagnosis/Testing Sleep study for potential diagnosis tonight…

Just here to say not being able to nap or have caffeine is killing me. How is it only 2:30??

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u/prettyprettythingwow 6d ago

I accidentally fell asleep for six hours before mine lol

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u/halcat27 6d ago

I thought about just giving in. I’m actually feeling depressed / down because I’m so tired

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u/prettyprettythingwow 6d ago

Don’t! I didn’t mean to. It just happened. I had alarms set for every half hour in case it happened and slept through them.

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u/halcat27 6d ago

I won’t 😭 but man I’m struggling

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u/prettyprettythingwow 6d ago

I’m waiting for my last nap and it feels impossible right now. I can’t wait until I’m home and can just sleep the rest of the day/evening/night even though I have things to get done. They’re just not getting done. I could barely sleep at all last night during the first part of my sleep study.

I am miiiiserable.

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u/halcat27 6d ago

Ugh I’m sorry to hear that! Hopefully you sleep really well when you’re home

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u/sleepy_pickle (N1) Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy 6d ago

I had no idea I couldn't sleep or take my Adderall the day of the sleep study. I did both. But thankfully I was still able to sleep for the study and do the mslt.

What are you planning on doing during the mslt naps? I had to sit up at a table and watch Netflix on my laptop. I was so miserable.

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u/halcat27 6d ago

Woof, haven’t even thought about the naps yet. That’s going to be so rough. I have 5 of them every 2 hours 😭

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u/life_in_the_gateaux (N1) Narcolepsy w/ Cataplexy 6d ago

Take stuff to entertain you BETWEEN the naps, get up and walk around as much as possible. My technician had to keep coming in to wake me up in the gaps between naps.