Matthew Horsnell

The love of a partner, supportive friend, or family member can make a profound difference in life. Relationships can lean either positive or negative, potentially wreaking havoc on brain fog...

Realistic goals are essential when living with narcolepsy or a chronic illness. Goals that are attainable allow me to keep moving forward and avoid the frustration of biting off more...

“What do you do?” If I were granted control of conversational dialogue, I would remove this question from the vernacular. No longer would the first question asked during introductions center...

Matt and the terrible, horrible, no good, very sleepy day. If you live with narcolepsy, chances are you have experienced one of these days. These days are more a matter...

It’s important to stay vigilant when assessing an accommodations request. Are the accommodations providing support and opportunities for success? Is the employer honoring the requests while maintaining confidentiality? Accommodations require...

How to approach my employer was one of the hardest decisions I faced after my diagnosis. Accommodations are required to meet the demands of my job descriptions. This is an...

Let’s talk about sex, baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And the bad things that may be In 1990, the duo Salt-N-Pepa...

The goal of this article is to bring about awareness of issues related to people with disabilities and to encourage eligible voters to exercise that right. Anyone looking for my...

Taking over the world one story at a time.Pinky: “Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?” Brain: “The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take...

Excessive daytime sleepiness is a symptom experienced by everyone having narcolepsy type 1 (with cataplexy and hypocretin deficient) and narcolepsy type 2 (without cataplexy and not hypocretin deficient). This profound...

The average time to diagnosis for people with narcolepsy is 8 to 15 years. By the time of diagnosis, a person may have spent as much as half a lifetime...

Leading up to and after my diagnosis of narcolepsy with cataplexy, excessive daytime sleepiness most interfered with my quality of life. The sleepiness preoccupied my daily thinking, but that was...

This article is about my preference for person-first language, such as identifying as a person having narcolepsy with cataplexy, as opposed to narcoleptic and cataplectic. It is important for me...

Exercise and strength training have been a part of my life as long as excessive daytime sleepiness. By the time I was in middle school, I had begun to struggle...