So I spent the night with someone else last night....Follow

She was big, black and beautiful. I got to her place around 7:30ish, watched some tv, then hit the sack around 10, staying in bed until early the next morning.
I looked pretty dishevelled, but she didn't care.
Jalene took care of all of my needs the entire evening. making sure I was comfortable and relaxed.

I woke in the morning, and found out I had ot stay there for the rest of the day. I was fed breakfast, and lunch, took 4 naps, and just hung out in bed all day.
Finally around 4ish, I decided I better head home and face the music, so I called my wife to come pick me up.

She had been worried the entire evening and during the day, as my phone had run out of batteries, I thought about using Jalene's phone, but figured my wife wouldn't even pick it up.

The result my little jaunt?

I'm narcoleptic.
I passed the test with flying colors, hitting REM sleep every nap almost instantly. In one nap, I actually went directly into REM sleep, skipping all of the other steps completely.

To all the teachers who were mad at me for sleeping my way through high school, suck it.
To all the women who were so mad at me for falling asleep instantly after sex, suck it.
And for the one that I fell asleep during, you should have sucked it.
To all my friends who thought I was just sedintary and lazy, suck it.
To my wife, who watches as I fall asleep instantly and complain about being tired all the time, even after she gets up with the baby as I am passed out, I love you.

I got this ho that after twelve million sold
Mami's a narcoleptic, always sleepin on Hov'
Gotta tie the back of her head like Deuce Bigalow


Edited, Thu Apr 20 11:48:19 2006 by Atomicflea

So, does your friend ever sell your body for sex when you're out?
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I'm feeling really blonde here, but humor me please: If the person is asleep, how is it odd if it's "accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations"? I mean, if you're asleep, hallucinations would be called dreams...right? And how the hell would you know if you're paralyzed in sleep? Or is this just poor wording and they mean waking paralysis and hallucinations?

Nexa

Also: Neph, it sucks that you have such a condition, but I'm glad that it's finally been diagnosed and you'll be able to go on from here with that knowledge to guide you through appropriate treatment/coping skills.

NexaNexaNexa


becauseNephhatesthatIsignmynameonposts

Ok, I think I can understand that. I'm really very ignorant of Narcolepsy, as most people are I imagine. I used to drive a man with narcolepsy back and forth to work sometimes because he wasn't allowed to drive (his case was fairly severe), but he's the only one I've ever known to have it.

Is it something you've had since you were born, or is it something that develops?

Nexa

Go get a sleep study! They feed you!

I have too. I used to sleep in class with my head propped on my arm while doodling looking like I was taking notes. Now granted, I wasn't completely under while doing this, but I catching some Z's.

I also dozed off during scuba diving training. There was 20 people in the class, and the instructor would show us what we had to do in the pool, then we'd go under and he'd go along the line while people did their thing. I was last in line and it took a while for him to get to me, so I dozed off.

I get called an alcoholic for that sort of behaviour.

My ex used to do stuff like that if he was extremely tired. He's not narcoleptic that I know of, but the open-eyed wild dreaming and walking around really was freaky.

Very interesting. I've been known to sit up in bed and yell understandable obscenities at people who are not even in the house. Another wierd thing that my wife says happens frequently with me, is I will act out my dreams as if they are actually happening. For example, my wife has really long hair. Apparently one night I woke her rather rudely because I had a "death grip" on her hair. When she asked me to let go, I told her I was not going to let go of the rope because I would fall.

Other times she gets woken up because I am kicking or flailing. She says it's not as if I have full motor control, but I have enough to be annoying. I have also been known to sleep through things like the burglar alarm going off. (The horn is just outside my bedroom door, and the kdis set it off early one morning.)

Maybe I should get checked out too.