-Hi My name is Vicki I often dont have time to write much I have
alot of crap going on right now but I totally know how u r feeling I
go through the same things. my dog to was waking me up but that only
worked for like 2 wks My MOMMY:( has to call me every am to get me
up I AM 28 ys old ya it sucks.All the meds give me shakes and pretty
much I understand there is nothing they really can do Yea Life is
shit. I am researching alot of things right at this moment I have a
35 yr old sis in law that is dying and we r going to be raising her
10 yr old so I gotta go for right now take care and god bless maybe
I will chat later when things here slow down If that will happen Vic
-- In Narcolepsy-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "krn4him" <krn4him@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone ~ I am pretty new here and haven't responded before,
> jsut been reading. I have narc and sleep apnea; dianosed about a
> year age after years and years of suffering and being constantley
> told it was depression. Well duh - why do you think I 'm
depressed?,
> lol. Anyway i guess i don't have the typical narc where i fall
> asleep standing up or driving and i don't have the hallucinating
> dreams but i have a question about the paralisis. I cannot wake up
> in the morning on my own at all! I don't hear ANYTHING! Not alarm
> clocks, not the phone, the dogs barking, ect. The dogs do wake me
up
> pawing at me and or licking and litterally pulling on me or my
kids
> pulling, shaking and about 30 minutes or longer yelling. By then
as
> you can imagine they are frustrated, and angry, although over the
> years as they jhave gotten older they are trying to be more
> understanding to the fact that i cannot control it. But it makes
me
> feel like a burden and loser that i cannot even wake up. I could
> give many examples of how i have slept thru things that anyone
else
> would of woke up imediately like when the landlord had came in to
> work on the heat pump up in the attic and had been up there
banging
> and working for hours before i woke up or the time he was taking
the
> carpet up - I woke up to my whole living room outside and all the
> carpet gone and half the living room done in hardwood flooring.
That
> is just a couple examples - there are many more.
> It is like I go deaf when i am asleep. Does anyone else have this
> problem? O r know if this is related to the paralisis thing.
> I had got my second dog who is actually 1yr today and have been
> checking into teaching her to be like a hearing dog to wake me up
> when th alarm goes off. But i can't really get any help other then
> groups like this since i am not deaf or hard of hearing. I can
> relate to all the problems concerning work. I have lost jobs for
> being late 1 too many times and am currently not working because
of
> it. I am seeing drs. and on meds but they seem to have no clue why
i
> can't wake up! Any others like this?
>