Tara OConnor

I never realized how important a routine is until I was diagnosed with narcolepsy. Before narcolepsy, I would go to bed and wake up at different times every day, and...

Narcolepsy has become a huge part of my life in many ways. One of the most recent ways is the program I am in for school and my jobs. A...

As I am writing this, I am currently on winter break and finished my second semester of college. I studied a lot for my finals, and I managed to pass...

As I am coming to the end of my second semester of college, I look back and there are a lot of pros and cons. I’ve also learned a lot...

When I first started going to online support groups with Wake Up Narcolepsy, I never would have guessed I would be where I am today. I remember my first ever...

I recently started going to college again this summer, and I am full-time. This is the first time I have been in school since before my narcolepsy diagnosis. This time...

Narcolepsy is so much more than just being tired. A lot of people with narcolepsy have to take medication to help them get the deep sleep they need. There are...

Getting accommodations for school can be hard unless you have a concrete diagnosis. When I was in high school and even middle and elementary school, I never got accommodations or...

It has been said that people with narcolepsy often have comorbidities, which means someone has the presence of one or more additional chronic conditions. I have both fibromyalgia and migraines...

Something I would hear quite often growing up is that I was making things up, or I was just lazy and didn’t want to do anything. I still, to this...

Dating with narcolepsy can be pretty tough, especially in today’s world. With all that is going on right now in the world, the most common way of meeting new people...

For those of you who read my previous articles, you know that I have been in firefighter one class and was getting close to the end of class and some...

Living with narcolepsy isn’t always easy. With it being an invisible illness, often people look at me and think everything is normal. My days are far from normal. Because of...

Having brain fog makes things really difficult on a daily basis. It’s not something that just comes and goes; it is something that I have every day. Do you ever...

At Narcolepsy.Sleep-Disorders.net, we are thankful for our amazing advocates who share their experiences of living with narcolepsy. In our advocate spotlight interview series, we get to know our advocates better...

A little over a year after I was diagnosed with narcolepsy, I kept seeing other people talk about Julie Flygare’s book Wide Awake and Dreaming. People were saying how helpful...

If I had the perfect support system, it would be almost a completely different world. No more explaining. No more apologizing. Everyone would understand and accept me for how I...

I have been an EMT for 3 and a half years now, and I am now finishing up classes to become a firefighter. I’ve been in this class for almost...

Having both narcolepsy and insomnia can be a bit of a challenge when it comes to getting a good night's sleep for me. Unless I am overly exhausted at night...

For a while, I was going back and forth thinking to myself, Are these really my only options to manage my condition? Since I was diagnosed in June 2019, I...