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By the way, the reason I was “talked out of having narcolepsy” 20 years ago was that I didn’t meet all of the criteria at the time, I didn’t experience cataplexy. But I just didn’t know it could be subtle. At my consultation I described how my hands feel in the morning, as if they haven’t woken up yet, I have to be really careful handling things in the kitchen because I tend to drop them in the morning. I don’t use a coffee machine anymore because I would break the glass carafes. And I’m always dropping spoons and mugs.
But the doc did say that the experiment I did taking my husband’s ritalin that gave me a good night’s sleep consistently was proof for him, along with the other symptoms I have. So don’t rule anything out.
It really sounds like your situation is quite urgent and I would treat it that way, if your doc knew that you were struggling to stay awake driving they might take you off the road but at least you would be taken more seriously and hopefully urgently booked for a sleep study and followup.
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