Sleep Disorders Conversation for Journalists

On Thursday, February 29, 2024, Project Sleep hosted Sleep Disorders Conversation for Journalists. This conversation informed and educated media professionals on how to accurately cover sleep health and sleep disorders. In this conversation, people living with different sleep disorders shared insights from their journeys and what they wish they had read. Journalists toolkit and resources: project-sleep.com/sleep-media...

[@aprildrake7958]

WOW! Super informative! Thanks so much for bringing these experts together! ❤

[@kansas8152]

I just went to a sleep specialist and she didn’t believe that I was falling asleep 50+ times a day on my bad days, about 20 on a typical day. She told me it doesn’t make sense that naps don’t help me. Didn’t understand why snacks didn’t keep me awake while driving.. So many doctors are not educated…. Somehow even sleep specialists

[@CherrysJubileeJoyfully]

I'm a narcolepsy 1, Periodical limb movement syndrome, night terrors, I act out my most violent dreams it took 32 years to diagnose my narcolepsy despite frequent cataplexy that was (after a 4 day epilepsy monitoring) diagnosed as stress enduced seizures. I agree the movie portrayal is funny but it is not narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a misunderstood VERY strange and EXTREMELY complicated condition.

[@kansas8152]

I think it should also be addressed how sleep specialists are only knowledgeable on common sleep disorders like apnea…