Dating With Narcolepsy
How does narcolepsy impact your dating life, and what strategies have you found helpful? How can potential partners help someone with narcolepsy feel supported and understood?
For those in relationships, what tips do you have for dating with narcolepsy? How do you maintain intimacy and connection while managing your narcolepsy symptoms?
It is difficult to find other narcoleptics out here in the wild. Luckily I'm pretty open about my diagnoses, thats the first step to finding each other. I find, narcoleptics certainly do attract each other when we're open about it.
I've dated another Narcoleptic/Cataplectic, as well as a woman with Chronic Fatigue. The first I met because I put a picture of me during my multiple sleep latency test (wires all over me) on my online dating profile. She had done the same😂😂😂.
The second, I was telling a wild Narcolepsy story to some friends at a bar. The woman with Chronic Fatigue overheard the story, explained Chronic Fatigue to me, and I "forgot" to leave the bar with my friends. Still going out with her...
Moral of the story: For better or worse, this diagnoses is a part of us. If we own it, it can't own us.
Love this! - Lori (Team Member)
So..... it looks as if members of this web-site are in favour of a dating site where narcoleptics can meet narcoleptics....... so why can't that be organised??????? - Regards - Patricia
H Patricia (
). It does sound like a wonderful idea, but we are not equipped to create and manage a dating site. Maybe others have ideas as to who to reach out to. Warm wishes. - Lori (Team Member)
I totally agree ie, it would be a good idea for narcoleptics to date narcoleptics.... it may be extremely difficult and very confusing at first, however, at least both parties would understand each other wouldn't they???? (How about starting a dating service for Narcoleptics?????????)
Wouldn't that be so cool?! - Lori (Team Member)
Yes, even though I try to explain the problems that I have... no one understands.
