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Imagine if a TV show production team had to come up with loads of new material every day for the length of an entire lifespan. Writers and producers would struggle...

Since late 2019, COVID-19 has become a household name. It has changed many aspects of daily life. Especially for those living with chronic conditions. "Quarantine," "social distancing," and "herd immunity"...

Having narcolepsy is a daily struggle. One of the less often spoken-about difficulties can come in the form of ableist microaggressions. A microaggression is a “subtle, often unintentional, form of...

The main symptom of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). This can make it hard to carry out basic tasks during the day. People with IH often feel...

I’ve lived in Arizona for my entire life. The dry, baking heat has enveloped me since I was a child. Just like any warm-blooded human would do, I spent my...

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...

Sometimes life feels like an endless repeat cycle that starts and ends at the same point. I can hear the little voice in my head tell me when I am...

I grew up in a suburban neighborhood in the United States. My father is the hardest working person I know, and yet we struggled financially. I was raised to believe...

Traveling has never been something that I enjoy. Well, I enjoy the destination, but the journey getting there sucks. As a child, I often got car sick when sitting in...

Happy 1-year anniversary to our community! Narcolepsy.Sleep-Disorders.net launched in June 2020, and it has been an amazing ride. None of this would be possible without each and every one of...

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...

It is a starry Friday night, and I am sitting on my front patio twisting a funny-looking cigarette in my hands. The scent of the pine trees is distinct underneath...

The Person Before Patient Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! What makes us the people we are? Living with a serious health condition like narcolepsy can mean...

This article may be an unpopular point of view, as most people I have met so far have usually supported an opposing perspective. As most of us in the narcolepsy...

From winding vegetation-strewn trails to black-topped paved paths, hiking can look a lot different to many different types of people. What does hiking look like for a person with narcolepsy?...

A few weeks ago, my son was really tired even though he just woke up. I had fears that this was going to be a weekly function, but since he...

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...

It’s early Monday morning and you’re late to work. You’re sitting in the front seat of your car and the engine sputters to life. Suddenly, you feel a sudden sleep...

Most people's first experience of narcolepsy is what is presented in movies or TV shows, the narcoleptic character falling into a deep sleep in the middle of a walk or...

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...