People Who Are Living With Sleep Disorders

sleepladenlady

Narcolepsy and Me

I was born with narcolepsy, yet didn't know until i became very ill after a family vacation in 2004. I suffered for 17 long months with spells that resembled seizures,(yet the spells are not true siezures). During this time period no one seemed to know what was happening to me. Eventually after many test I recieved the diagonios of... Read more Chevron

posted 01/02/2008, comments (2)|

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ellentherocker

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I can't fall asleep

Hi, my name is Ellen and I'm about 19. Lately I've been having problems falling asleep. When I go to shut my eyes, I feel light headed and my eyes begin to feel heavy. I often times open my eyes right away when I close them because I feel like something bad will happen if I don't. When my eyes are open, I feel just fine. I don't... Read more Chevron

posted 12/29/2007, comment (1)|

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angel underwood

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how i`m i ever gonna get to go to sleep

hi how can i ever get enough sleep? i sleep about 2 hours a night and i am sick of it i need more sleep and i feel very alone because no one in my family has this problem so what can i do? i am up every night sometimes i dont get any sleep at all and i am tired during the day but not at night i just whish i knew more about this

posted 12/21/2007, comment (1)|

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Tonya

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Helpmesleep

I am 18 years old and in the past was a "cutter". I have stopped and am now on Lexapro but I am having violent recurring nightmares, sometimes about me cutting myself and my parents watching without concern, sometimes my best friend or boyfriend dying. I really would like to know what I can do to stop these nightmares from coming... Read more Chevron

posted 12/14/2007, comment (1)|

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bdonojr

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Four years on an unusual rotating shift making regular sleep a struggle

This is a very interesting web site. I found it through searching for shift work sleep disorder info.Here's my question:I'm a fifty-three year old male who works in industry. I have worked different shifts most of my adult life. For the last four years, I have worked as a supervisor on a fairly unusual shift.My twenty-one day... Read more Chevron

posted 12/12/2007, comments (6)|

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