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?
So............ Who is willing and able to start a dating service for Narcoleptics???
Hi
. That's a huge undertaking that would require a lot of technical, busines and legal knowledge. I'm not sure you'd find anyone here with the time, the skills and the money to do it, but you never know. - Lori (Team Member)
Yes, l've been misunderstood by my by boyfriend presently ex, who said l am lazy and do not bring anything to the table. He said l am selfish and lazy for sleeping so much
I'm glad he is now an ex,
. You deserve better. Gentle hugs. - Lori (Team Member)
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) That would really be awesome!! Narcoleptics hardly have any other discrepancies getting in our way that stifles our suitable qualities but this and it's very simple to maneuver around if others truly took the time to listen, educate themselves and ask questions. Also being understanding is key but that's a long lost virtue in most relationships these days.
