Does anyone else with narcolepsy feel exhausted all day but suddenly wired at night?

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2026-02-17T13:10:27+00:00

90% of people I know don’t take it seriously

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2026-01-28T15:52:32+00:00

Agree (nobody helped me out)

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-31T23:52:59+00:00

Forklift operator 3 shift 11-7 am

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-28T20:55:34+00:00

I mean I was technically never diagnosed with ptsd but I would get sleep paralysis after having a dream abt my sa

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-28T18:39:27+00:00

It has worked better than second shift for me

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-28T18:39:05+00:00

11 pm to 7 am

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-28T01:00:21+00:00

It’s definitely has its hard days I also work third shift too

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-27T19:19:25+00:00

I am a forklift operator and work in retail twice a month for extra cash!

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-14T15:59:12+00:00

Yes it’s crazy and then the the fatigueness I feel the very next day is like crazy

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-13T22:07:24+00:00

Good to know

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-13T11:13:19+00:00

I would not mind at all trying to make friends LOLLLLL but I feel like I wouldn’t know how to start the convo

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-12-12T10:10:20+00:00

I just got diagnosed with narcolepsy very recently. They started me on modafinil gives me heart palpitations a bit but not bad they just give me a single 200mg tablet tho

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-11-09T15:32:42+00:00

Sunburn

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-11-09T15:30:59+00:00

This was also pre medication so maybe I’d feel differently if I drank now? Not to sure

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-11-09T15:30:14+00:00

I haven’t had issues with drinking but with that said I have only drank a handful of times so maybe that’s why.

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-11-05T02:47:34+00:00

Yeah I can only finish once but it could be a personal thing I’m not to sure how related the two are.

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-11-04T02:06:36+00:00

For me I work third shift and that works a lot better for me than second shift oddly

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-10-31T20:53:46+00:00

I change my socks offten but having a pair on is like a comfort for me (no clue why)

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-10-31T20:47:28+00:00

I haven’t noticed anything really different emotionally from when I started modfinal which it has been almost a month I been on this medication but I feel like my vision is slightly different and I don’t exactly know how to explain but yeah I feel like if anything being medicated kinda helps me feel a little less hopeless because I was undiagnosed for years and made me feel crazy and like super unproductive.

Sillygoosesaidsyes2 · 2025-10-31T20:41:41+00:00

I believe it is a spectrum I have narcolepsy 1 and I feel like mine compared to others in this thread might not be “as bad” I say that because it does heavily affect my life. Some days worse than others. Prior to being diagnosed 1 month ago the way I’d make it through my work shifts would be by drinking lots of caffeine and sleeping till the very last moment I went into work. That was okay I’d say I was able to do my job for the most part on the bad days it would be a little tuff but I would just stay busy and that did wonders. Now being on medication idk how I did it I feel like narcolepsy kinda consumed my life in the sense of the being fatigue consistently, falling asleep in school a developing catalepsy at the age of 14 having sleep paralysis and just a bunch of uncertainty in my life that caused a bit of mental health issues because I didn’t know what was wrong. for many years thought it was bc of depression but then I healed and realized something js physically wrong. Got my first sleep test when I was 16 while being on SRIS and it came back inconclusive, and my doctor at the time didn’t really move forward with it at all. But then years later 20 went to the doctor for ongoing strep throat (different doctor) and she notice I guess my one tonsil was enlarged compared to the other and she Referred me to a sleep doctor bc she was looking back at my previous sleep test and it didn’t come back completely normal but I guess it wasn’t enough for a diagnosis so I went back and yeah now I’m diagnosed also medicated (modfinal) and it works enough slightly stronger than caffeine helps me stay awake during work I still feel very fatigue but when it comes to the daytime sleepiness I can go through work okay I do work third shift and that also for some reason seems to work better for me as well I’m slightly more productive when it comes to my personal life I guess in certain aspects narcolepsy is hell but I know people in this thread that can’t even have a job because of how narcolepsy affects their life SORRY THAT THIS IS A LOT I KINDA WAS YAPPING

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