There's a new and exciting sleep-related TEDx talk out so here's a bunch of sleep-disorder related resources I want you to have!
Sleep Health Resource Guide
Tag: sleepy
Narcolepsy and Pregnancy: My Story
This post has been a long time coming! After presenting this week at #SLEEP2022 as part of the panel "Narcolepsy and Pregnancy: Elevating Patient and Clinician Voices to Explore Best Practices and Shared Decision-Making", I think I finally have things organized in my head in a way that is relatively easily digestible - so what… Continue reading Narcolepsy and Pregnancy: My Story
Xyrem Vol. 6: One Year
I took my first dose of Xyrem 365 days ago TODAY. Am I better? YES! Am i still sleepy? Yes. About 2 months ago the reality of my narcolepsy set in: managing my sleepiness is, and always will be, something I work at every single day. You might think - “Well, yeah. You have narcolepsy. … Continue reading Xyrem Vol. 6: One Year
Community and Connection in Chronic Illness
Happy Tuesday, friends! I'm trying to get into a Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday publishing cycle, instead of posting at random times throughout the week. This is the second post in that effort. Do you have your people? The ones who help you reset and keep things in perspective? Over the weekend I went to my first narcolepsy support… Continue reading Community and Connection in Chronic Illness
On Hallucinations
“A hallucination is a fact not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.” -Bertrand Russell #tbt to #Cologne in May. I was rounding out my first month on Xyrem and experiencing (relatively) dreamless, restorative sleep for the first time in my life. The hallucinations only started disappearing more recently. Before diagnosis… Continue reading On Hallucinations
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