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Falling Asleep While Eating Lunch!
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jul 18, 2023 | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
@lasks, @calendargirl7
My neurologist is sending me to do a sleep study. He thinks I might have narcolepsy.
Sleep apnea is a possibility. However, this situation was not about fatigue. I literally fell asleep suddenly with my hand up, holding a fork. I wasn’t sleepy before it happened…
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@SusanEllen66 good to hear you are getting a sleep study!
Here’s the thing with narcolepsy (if that’s what’s going on)- you can sleep a full night and still have excessive daytime sleepiness because the narcoleptic brain drops right into REM (rapid eye movement) phase of sleep without spending enough time in the other phases of sleep.
My younger sister has narcolepsy (since childhood at least or since infancy if you ask our mom!), and one of the clues to her diagnosis was when she described how she dreams immediately upon falling asleep.
Your description of falling asleep during the day reminded me of her- so it’s great you’re getting the sleep study as a start.
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Glad you are having a sleep study. Hopefully, your neurologist will find something to help. I’m having a sleep study done the end of June to find a breathing machine to help with my central sleep apnea.