Narcoleptic student needs help

If I were you, I would refer your client to a specialist, someone who can help her to deal with her problem correctly, so she can live her life without depression and without falling asleep all the time.  I know that this is possible.  There are many things that treat narcolepsy; she just needs to get the proper treatment and the proper attention.  Maybe you can do some research to help her find the best specialist?

Narcolepsy & depression together is enough to make you want to give up. I know because I suffer from both as well. I take provigil, prozac, xanax & natural herbs. I really get tired of taking all this medication because to be quite honest, it don't help a whole lot. I never seem to get enough sleep & I walk around all day kind of in a daze. I'm not as chipper as I know I should be. I get snappy real easy, have no energy or motivation. If it wasn't for my 6 & 7 year olds I probably would never get out of bed. I know that sounds pathetic but so is having to live a life with
with major depression, narcolepsy, anxiety & bipolar disorder. I guess you could say that anyone with all that does extremely well to carry on a life. Add fibromyalgia, arthritis, bone spurs, bulging disk, head trauma(which causes migraines) to all that. How do I keep going? Well it's got to be sheer willpower & the love I have for my children. I also ocassionaly take the energy fat burner pill called stacker 3. It helps a whole lot but since I do have anxiety I HAVE to take a xanax at least 3 hours afterwards or I get so shaky I feel like I'm going to go crazy. I personally recomend anyone with narco to try this pill but remember not all individuals can tolerate pills of that kind because of severe jitters. I don't reccomend it to anyone underwieght or someone who doesn't need to loose ANY weight at all! I also take a herb called thyroid T-3(stimulant-free) which boosts thyroid output & metabolism. In addition I also take colon clenz(available at wal-mart), this is an all natural antioxidant which also helps you rest better at night. It contains valerian which is an herb for rest & relaxation. Most importantly we are all special no matter what ailments & problems we have. Think positive, keep busy, get a fun hobby, talk to a good friend. Also reading blogs like this can help when you are feeling really down.One more thing I do, which sounds kind of silly, is to pretend like I'm really happy even if I'm not. this somehow makes me forget for awhile that I'm tired, sleepy & depressed.

I am a divorced now single 49year old mother of two. I have narcolepsy I had ben going to a Sleep Doctor for sleep apnea where my breathing would stop. After a car wreck they took my drivers license told me I would never drive again that I believe you have sleepdisorder, sleep walking and narcolepsy. I to am on provigil and just about 20 other med to help depression, pain of a lot of illnesses. The doctor told me to nap once in the morning 1 hr and the afternoon 1 hr. Work her schedule around this and the provigil 200mg I am on now. Morning and night and to come down xanax and Cybalta for deepression and pain from being a dietibetic. Then the high blood pressure provigil brings and then sometimes the days add up sometimes 2 to 3 days I have gone with out sleep at least with me knowing. It is like another part of life a part you don't remember. My wreck I don't remember. The next day I felt the pain and they just added another pill or one more of the ones I am all ready taking. They tell me emotions trigger these attacks of sleepeness. I became ill and was taken to the hospital the next day they said it was congesonnal heart failure. I don't remember the rest of the day.When I ask what happened they just say I have never seen someone go into narcolepsy before and you were bad really scary. Be safe for your family take meds as they say and keep a dairy I find of I write before I fall asleep I write when I am in the state of narcolepsy. But the troubles in my heart a bad marriage a man I married turned Dr. Jerk on me date rape and everyday living with pain and people not caring for the disabled. Hope I helped some Keep in touch maybe a blessing will take this nightmare away.