HELP!!! Charged with OWI because of N medication

This is a perfect example of stigma.
They saw your medication's that you're on and automatically assumed that you were impaired. I'm curious to know why you got pulled over in the first place
with a good defense attorney and without probable cause you might be able to beat this and did they get any lab testing? Do they have bloodwork saying that you're on these medications they tested positive for them do they have levels? A good attorney should be able to help you
and not a public defender. I can only say this because I was a community service worker and I accompanied a lot of clients to Court witnessed a lot of things in my experience defense attorney will never do anything extra to help anybody that just go along with entering a plea and trying to get you the most reduced charge that's about it
I know sometimes when I'm driving if I'm starting to get to the end of my time that I should be driving. I'll start to swerve. It's pretty scary. I have to save the two intermittent doses of Adderall I get daily for when I drive so I gotta take it before I drive. I can't go longer than a 20 minute drive and I can't stay out longer than two hours or I'll have trouble getting back home
if I'm out longer than two hours I have to have the second dose of medication to get back home and then that's it. I'm not going anywhere else that day
Gone are the days of me taking a road trip and driving say to Florida to see my mother from Pennsylvania. That'll never happen again. I can't drive that far.
Recently had to take my grandson to see a competing schools, Music Theater production, and it was a 45 minute drive from the house with a three hour event to see the musical and then drive home I had to make sure at intermission to take my medication, and I still struggled to stay awake during the production it's you know, then worrying about what people around me his teachers, his classmates. Their parents are all thinking is I'm sitting there nodding off during these productions because I can't stay awake when I'm sitting down quiet like that I don't care how much medication you give me
it's all stigma
I take my granddaughter down to the bus stop in the morning. It's literally at the corner on the block we live on. She's nine. I get her on the bus I turn around. I come home. I pull up in front of my house and shut the car off often times I don't make it in the house. I'll wake up slumped half hour later or an hour later meanwhile the postman has come by to drop off our mail. Probably sees me slumped over in the car neighbors pulling in and out. They probably think I'm on drugs who knows it's very embarrassing and no I don't take my medicine before I take her down there in the morning. I should I usually take it when I get back and I'm referring to the long acting medication that I'm on it wouldn't kick in in time for me to take her to the bus anyway
I'm sorry that that happened to you and I hope and pray everything works out for you. I'm 57 years old so I can relate and I only started having symptoms about four years ago after Covid vaccine and Covid. Interesting isn't it? I may have always had some mild things before I noticed when I was in college in my early 20s if it was a three hour lecture I was nodding off while people around me were alert. I couldn't understand why I always had to work night shifts. I always struggled to stay awake or not not off. You know when I'm sitting idle maybe the Covid just ramped it up who knows

Thanks for sharing your insight and experience, . I hope it helps. Many autoimmune diseases lurk in our bodies, waiting for some illness or significant stress to lower our immunity and trigger their development. It's always possible COVID was that stressor for you. Have you considered wearing a medical bracelet so people will at least know what's happening if they call the police or an ambulance? It's not something you should have to worry about, but it is a reality that people with narcolepsy so often face. Gentle hugs. - Lori (Team Member)