K90
23-10-15, 20:43
Hi everyone. This is my first post so I'll introduce myself a bit. My name is Kelsey and I am 24 years old from Canada!
So, there have been times in the past where I thought I might have narcolepsy but I never really pursued it as it really didn't interfere with my life that much.
I've always fallen asleep fast, can fall asleep anywhere (not that I generally do) and such.
Well, then a couple of weeks ago, I guess I kept nodding off in class and when I went to get up at the end of class to leave, I couldn't. I could move but I couldn't get up, I just felt so dizzy and like I was half asleep. This kind of episode has happened a handful of times in the past but that set me off. I felt "out of it", like I was constantly in a dream. Now I just assume that that is due to sleep depravation for the narcolepsy. I was watching a movie with my dad a couple of Friday nights ago and kept nodding off and am convinced that that's a sign too.
I've been obsessively googling narcolepsy, even found a forum and read that for two hours straight and convinced myself that this is what I have. I'm convinced that I have "micro sleeps". I figure that I must have always had it and now it's getting worse.
I posted on the forum, saying my symptoms and someone commented back saying that I needed a sleep study because I am severely sleep deprived and that if my doctor doesn't refer me for one, to ask them whether that want to wait until I have a micro sleep while driving.
So now I am terrified to drive or do anything, even though I don't even know for sure if I have ever had a micro sleep. I am scared that I might have one of these micro sleeps at any time. I was in class the other day and I must have lost focus because I missed what the prof was saying, until he said class was over. I fretted over that for hours thinking that it was a micro sleep.
I am paralyzed with fear, really.
Over the last few nights, I've been waking up every couple of hours and I read that that's a symptom of narcolepsy so that's further fuelling the fire.I wake up in the morning and panic/obsess over having narcolepsy. I have been to three doctors in the past few weeks and they all tell me that no, it's not narcolepsy but then someone on the forum told me that general practitioners are not qualified to diagnose it so now I am doubting them.
I am losing my mind, I am so freaked out over this. I am a university student and can't focus on anything, am missing so many classes. I constantly feel dizzy, tired and "out of it" like I am in a dream and I attribute that to the fact that I have narcolepsy. I don't know if I am actually sleepy, tired or just dizzy from anxiety.
I don't know where else to turn. My anxiety about this is taking over and I feel smothered. I am in a constant panic and again, am terrified to drive.
Any help or advice would be so appreciated. One of the doctors did refer me for a sleep study, but not because she thinks that I have narcolepsy. She also referred me to a psychiatrist but I have to wait months to see him. I really need help now.
I should mention that before this started, I had the same fear about having bed bugs, for no apparent reason. i was constantly checking myself for bites, checking my bed, etc etc. Maintenance even came to check and they said they didn't find anything but I still doubted them. So anxiety has been a big thing for me but I am convinced this time that these are real symptoms.
Thanks all!
So, there have been times in the past where I thought I might have narcolepsy but I never really pursued it as it really didn't interfere with my life that much.
I've always fallen asleep fast, can fall asleep anywhere (not that I generally do) and such.
Well, then a couple of weeks ago, I guess I kept nodding off in class and when I went to get up at the end of class to leave, I couldn't. I could move but I couldn't get up, I just felt so dizzy and like I was half asleep. This kind of episode has happened a handful of times in the past but that set me off. I felt "out of it", like I was constantly in a dream. Now I just assume that that is due to sleep depravation for the narcolepsy. I was watching a movie with my dad a couple of Friday nights ago and kept nodding off and am convinced that that's a sign too.
I've been obsessively googling narcolepsy, even found a forum and read that for two hours straight and convinced myself that this is what I have. I'm convinced that I have "micro sleeps". I figure that I must have always had it and now it's getting worse.
I posted on the forum, saying my symptoms and someone commented back saying that I needed a sleep study because I am severely sleep deprived and that if my doctor doesn't refer me for one, to ask them whether that want to wait until I have a micro sleep while driving.
So now I am terrified to drive or do anything, even though I don't even know for sure if I have ever had a micro sleep. I am scared that I might have one of these micro sleeps at any time. I was in class the other day and I must have lost focus because I missed what the prof was saying, until he said class was over. I fretted over that for hours thinking that it was a micro sleep.
I am paralyzed with fear, really.
Over the last few nights, I've been waking up every couple of hours and I read that that's a symptom of narcolepsy so that's further fuelling the fire.I wake up in the morning and panic/obsess over having narcolepsy. I have been to three doctors in the past few weeks and they all tell me that no, it's not narcolepsy but then someone on the forum told me that general practitioners are not qualified to diagnose it so now I am doubting them.
I am losing my mind, I am so freaked out over this. I am a university student and can't focus on anything, am missing so many classes. I constantly feel dizzy, tired and "out of it" like I am in a dream and I attribute that to the fact that I have narcolepsy. I don't know if I am actually sleepy, tired or just dizzy from anxiety.
I don't know where else to turn. My anxiety about this is taking over and I feel smothered. I am in a constant panic and again, am terrified to drive.
Any help or advice would be so appreciated. One of the doctors did refer me for a sleep study, but not because she thinks that I have narcolepsy. She also referred me to a psychiatrist but I have to wait months to see him. I really need help now.
I should mention that before this started, I had the same fear about having bed bugs, for no apparent reason. i was constantly checking myself for bites, checking my bed, etc etc. Maintenance even came to check and they said they didn't find anything but I still doubted them. So anxiety has been a big thing for me but I am convinced this time that these are real symptoms.
Thanks all!