Living with a chronic sleeping disorder: What is Narcolepsy?

[@LithaMoonSong]

What a lovely man.

[@elin_]

My goodness.. poor man 😢 Even if he was a drunken addict, that doesn't give anybody the right to abuse him!! The ignorance and prejudices people have towards invisible illness and addictions is truly damaging.

[@LozzaTx]

Yes, it’s a cruel world unfortunately 😢

[@NathalieCwiekSwiercz]

Aw, You dont even realize how much your comment means to so many, including me, please NEVER loose your kind heart ❤ bc of people like you, kind people who belived in me when I just couldn't myself, I'm now sober and clean soon 7 years! It is and was MY responsibility to get help, but what I mean is that you just.. loose your feeling of being a fellow human (many of us grew up with HORRIFIC abuse so you never felt worthy to begin with haha), you just get consumed by feeling you are absolutely worthless and even worse, knowing that you acually are too soo many or your fellow humans, it just makes you loose all hope of love and/or redemption. I also have autism and many other diseases/disorders and such, wich really made life so much harder to navigate, especially coming from the hell of a childhood I did.. I'm not blaming it on that, it's just important to realize that people aren't born broken... people can be so cruel, just please try not to judge addicts ( or other broken people) just bc they are addicts, many addicts also have disabilities that make them much more susceptible to getting abused and just... lost It's not about not holding people, in my case myself, accountable for my life, the bad choices I made and getting help for my disease, it's about just being kind and try to not judge, and instead try to help people who wants help and give them the tools to grow instead... this world would be so much better if we tried to fix what's broken and try to make use of what's there instead of just ... trowing it away

[@elin_]

@@NathalieCwiekSwiercz Wow, well done.. 7 years! 🥳🎉 Keep it going.

[@NathalieCwiekSwiercz]

@@elin_ thank you so much! It feel amazing 😄☺ excuse me if my English is bad, I'm swedish 😂

[@elin_]

@@NathalieCwiekSwiercz Jaha, ja då kan vi prata svenska .

[@mazbradshaw2369]

Wow poor man. 😢 I struggle to sleep for more than 1 hour at a time. He is so positive, is obviously trying to make the most of his condition and looks so much fun to be around! Go you fella. ❤❤

[@tinas7909]

I developed Narcolepsy from a Traumatic Brain Injury! It is a totally different world. So glad my neurologist started me on meds for it. They have me on completely different medication than him though.

[@keastymatthew2407]

wow your still gorgeous tina

[@ezamclaughlin988]

What a sweet soul

[@andreagorham-ray1553]

The Valedictorian of my LPN class had narcolepsy said she could hear the lectures when she fell asleep during lecture.

[@MrsGump]

What an amazing guy! Such a happy guy enjoying what he can, bloody good for him ❤

[@Sourpusscandy]

My grampah has narcolepsy, but not like this there’s very little tubling, he has cataplexy. He keeps up with buckets of dexedrine. He nodded once or twice while driving, for a microsecond. We went to a restaurant and the din and chatter puts him right out. He’s more likely to sleep whenever he sits down.

[@M500VYN]

I’ll stick with my insomnia

[@257rani]

I have insomnia, related to the LBD side effects, Hope it does not turn into Narcolepsy 😢

[@MPPG663]

Right?! ...i'm so good, lol.

[@CatsandJP]

Jink Monsoon (Jerick Hoffer) is an American drag queen who suffers from narcolepsy and has made it part of the act when it happens…it just shows how some people with the condition can live with and adapt to it and still lead a relatively normal life.🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@257rani]

Hopefully soon research will help, I am on antidepressants. 😢

[@Tis_I_SirJames]

I'm surprised he's still alive. Kinda remind me of those goats that seize up and drop when they're startled.

[@rogerwills7002]

Thank goodness I am not that bad yet 😮

[@shla5445]

There are different kinds, so you hopefully have the milder version. I don’t get like him either. I do sleep excessively, fall asleep in concerts and even behind the wheel occasionally. I don’t drive anymore. I dream every time I sleep, sometimes don’t know where I am when I wake up, and can’t move sometimes for seconds after waking up. I can’t work nor go to school

[@Tboe905]

Wow !

[@blue_flame22]

I was here ❤

[@gemmi1]

This is like that (fake) video of the guy falling asleep on the rollercoaster

[@01jbeals]

The doctors should prescribe him some Modifinil

[@janetsin1994]

nighty night

[@CaptainKedah]

i think he needs a custom mobile scooter , customized for him