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The more I read about the experiences you guys have had the more I am convinced that I have had narcolepsy for years.
As I kid I used to see things. I told my mom they were ghosts. I grew up in a very pagan household and I come from a long line of psychics so, my parents just wrote it off as that.
I was so sick growing up that the doctors never really thought that my excessive sleepiness was being caused by something else.
When I was 20 I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease (an allergy to wheat gluten). Once I stopped eating things with Gluten in it I felt a ton better. But I was still always tired.
My doctor reran blood tests and everything came back normal. He told me that I was overdoing it.
I was working about 50-60 hours a week and going to college too, all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
I quit my second job and backed off some hours at my regular job. I decided to only take 2-3 classes a semester.
None of it helped.
It is very frustrating because I have been called lazy and I am anything but. I even believed for a long time that I truly was lazy and that everyone else was able to do all of this stuff and that I just needed to be a stronger person.
It is a big relief to know that there is something wrong and that it wasn't just me all these years.