#Sleep disorder awareness

[theburiedgay]

PSA that being sleepy most of the time is not normal and sleep disorders are severely underdiagnosed, especially the rarer ones people don’t know how to recognize. If sleep is affecting your quality of life (too much, too little, involuntary actions, you feel like you haven’t slept when you have, etc) Seeing a sleep specialist could really improve your life!

#sorry but I have to promote my sleep disorder awareness agenda bc treatment has changed my life I had no idea sleep was the problem #ideopathic hypersomnia takes an average of 10 years to diagnose because no one except sleep specialists recognize the symptoms AS SYMPTOMS #it looks and feels like ‘bad habits’ but it’s literally the nervous system malfunctioning #dracula daily #dracula #sleep disorder awareness #sleep disorders #and some sleep specialists only have experience treating the most common disorders you have to keep getting a second opinion and beyond #Lucy has a parasomnia obviously but I really related to her 🥺 #EDIT #someone mentioned mental health in a tag I want to clarify: asleep disorders =/= mental illnesses. psychologists won’t know how to help you #if you have a problem related to sleep go to a sleep specialist please. other doctors have very limited knowledge on sleep

[hiisikoloart]

New comic! Please subscribe to spread Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness and to support me and my plant collection (which I swear I am really trying to keep alive guys I am no monster).

#idiopathic hypersomnolence #idiopathic hypersomnia comic #idiopathic hypersomnia life #idiopathic hypersomnia awareness #idiopathic hypersomnia #tapas comic #sleep disorder #sleep disorder comic #plant parent #plants #funny comic #sleep disorder awareness #hiisikoloart

[surinderbhalla]

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[tmgstudios]

[long post, sorry, theres a tldr at the end but i really recommend reading the full thing if you can]

i really wish there was more like. narcolepsy awareness stuff in the world. that teaches people the actual symptoms and not just the stereotype. the amount of people i have talked to both online and in person about my experiences with narcolepsy who have been shocked at how much they related to my experiences is staggering. 

narcolepsy is so under-diagnosed and also very often misdiagnosed as something else because so many people, even within the medical field, don’t know the actual symptoms of narcolepsy (i am not pulling this out of my ass, my sleep specialist has told me this several times. its a real issue that sleep specialists continue to battle to this day). up until relatively recently, the past 5-10 years or so, narcolepsy and other similar sleep disorders weren’t even considered real by a lot of the medical field!!

narcolepsy is not “falls asleep at random” disorder. narcolepsy is a disorder of sleep cycles, causing the brain to enter rem sleep much quicker and more frequently then it should. 

this causes things like excessive daytime tiredness/chronic fatigue, extremely vivid dreams, sleep paralysis, hallucinations while waking up/falling asleep, and in the case of those with narcolepsy type-1, cataplexy (aka, while feeling intense emotions the brain will enter rem sleep while awake, causing muscles to lock up. this is where the “falls asleep at random” stereotype comes from, but the person experiencing it is not actually asleep, just unable to move their muscles. i can’t really speak more on this specific part of narcolepsy, since i have type-2, aka narcolepsy without cataplexy, this is just the basics i was told by my sleep doctors. EDIT: someone who experiences cataplexy has added their experiences in a reblog, if youd like to learn more please go take a look!!) [note: these are not the only symptoms of narcolepsy. not all people with narcolepsy will experience all of these symptoms, and everyone will experience them at different frequencies. for example, i only get sleep paralysis once every month or so, and my hallucinations tend to be limited to auditory] according to my sleep doctor, narcolepsy also has links to both adhd and chronic strep throat as a child (i have no idea how that last one works. but. thats what my doctor said and hey. she was right. i had chronic strep throat as a child and look at me now.) EDIT because i forgot to add: narcolepsy can not only co-exist with insomnia, but cause insomnia as well! excessive daytime tiredness --> more naps during the day --> harder time falling asleep at night

so yeah. i guess this is me doing awareness. if you relate to any of these symptoms, please talk to a sleep specialist if you’re able to. it might not be narcolepsy, but chances are it’s something, since none of these things are normal (to repeat, excessive daytime tiredness is not normal. that means there is something wrong). theres nothing wrong with asking a sleep specialist about narcolepsy and getting tested for it, even if you come back negative. 

my dms and askbox are open anytime for any kind of questions about narcolepsy, the diagnostic process, treatments, etc. while i am not a doctor, i have learned a lot through my own experiences, talking with my sleep specialist, and also my own research, since i’m currently studying to hopefully make narcolepsy research my career! whether you are questioning having narcolepsy or not, you are not bothering me with questions, i promise, you asking will probably make my day

TLDR; narcolepsy is a very misunderstood and underdiagnosed sleep disorder, and i highly recommend everyone learn about what it actually is and what the symptoms actually are, and if you relate to any of them, talk to a sleep specialist

[other narcoleptics feel free to add on to this post with your own experiences(and also to message me i always want to talk to other narcoleptics ASJDKHJ), and non-narcoleptics please please feel free to reblog! i really want to start spreading awareness for this disorder, since again, severally under/misdiagnosed and most of the world is still under the impression that the narcolepsy stereotype is true]

#GIRL HELP I KEEP FINDING TYPOS/GRAMMER ERRORS AFTER IT ALREADY HAS SO MANY REBLOGS #narcolepsy #narcoleptic #sleep disorder #chronic fatigue #disabilty awareness #narcolepsy awareness #disability #disabled #please reblog. i really dont want this to flop lol i am So Passionate about this stuff

[xxhypersomnia]

Today and everyday, I am representing those with the rare disorder - Idiopathic Hypersomnia.

IH causes one to be very sleepy during the day regardless of the amount of sleep received. Unfortunately, we have yet to figure out what causes IH or how to treat it. I have participated in numerous medical trials, taken trial medications in every form imaginable, and I have even been injured by medical tests gone wrong (induced sleep paralysis = broken toe). I have spent countless weekends in a hospital bed, forced to stay awake for 25+ hours in order to conduct testing so perhaps others can find relief.

How does it affect my life?

I’m exhausted all the time. I honestly don’t know what “being refreshed” feels like. I haven’t felt that since I was a child. I sometimes sleep whole days away and it affects my relationships. I can’t drink with friends because the alcohol will make me fall asleep at the bar. I have been bruised from too much time in my bed or couch. It makes it extremely hard to stay motivated at the gym. I have fallen asleep on a treadmill and while recieving tattoos. Worst of all, it affects my memory (along with another neurological disorder). Sleep is so important to our brains, it’s a time for it to recover. And my particular version of IH causes my brain to float in light sleep, hardly ever reaching REM. So my brain is never healing. I forget things, I get anxious that I’m forgetting things, and I have a hard time formulating words that I want. It hurts to know I’m smart but can’t always present myself that way.

I could go on and on about the affects it has on me, but honestly the hardest part is people who don’t think you have a disorder. “I’m tired a lot too!”

I will always and forever support invisible disabilities. It is a backwards way of thinking to think disability means wheelchair, or some other physical ailment. Just because you can’t see a disorder, doesn’t mean it’s any less real. “You’re too young to be forgetting things..” that’s one I hear A LOT. Yea, thanks for the reminder than I’m on my way to early memory loss way before my time. I can’t even remember vacations with my family. Memories that I know I love but can’t reach.

Be kind, be cautious with your words, be supportive even if you don’t know the whole story, don’t deny someone else’s reality just because it’s different than your own.

To all my loves with narcolepsy or any other invisible disability, I see you ♥️

#worldnarcolepsyday #narcoleptic #narcolepsy #idiopathic hypersomnia #idiopathic hypersomnolence #no sleep #sleep disorder #livingwithIh #no rest for the wicked #invisible disease #invisible disability #awareness

[sleepy-spoonie]

Today is World Narcolepsy Day 💤

I sometimes feel my journey with Narcolepsy can be boiled down to one sentence: I've always been sleepy.

For the majority of my adult life I've suffered from sleep attacks; moments of overwhelming sleepiness that lead me to nap without much of a warning. They can, and do, happen at any time, regardless of what I'm doing: watching TV, running errands, doing chores, talking, eating, driving. They can be annoying, inconvenient, and sometimes scary.

I was first tested for Narcolepsy in 2015, not long after I fell asleep whilst actively helping new roommates move in. My results were inconclusive, and I moved on. By early 2021, I couldn't get through a day without a lunch-break nap. I spent most of my weekends in bed, and was sleeping upwards of 11 hours at a time. When I was re-tested, just after I got married, I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy (without cataplexy). My sleep latency (time it takes to fall asleep) was 5 minutes.

I trialed several medications, some that didn't work, and some that gave me adverse reactions. My sleep attacks got worse. I had to ask for accommodations at work. By early 2022, I had to stop driving. Shortly after that, I was forced to quit my full-time job.

I am currently on a medication that works for me. It doesn't earn me better sleep, or stop me from needing to nap, but it undoubtedly makes me feel a little bit more human. I still struggle with sleep attacks, but instead of several times a day, I may experience them a few times a week. The attacks can sometimes still be overwhelming, but I've mostly learned what brings them on and can recognize the signs. And, I can drive again.

Narcolepsy is a learning curve. It affects everyone differently, and treatments vary. The medications and lifestyle changes that work for one person may not work for another. Advocate for yourself. Only you know what you need to live comfortably and safely with narcolepsy.

#worldnarcolepsyday #narcolepsy #narcolepsy type 2 #narcolepsy awareness #narcoleptic #sleep disorder #chronic illness #rare disease

[newhologram]

Narcolepsy Awareness Day 🥄💊

#narcolepsy #narcolepsy awareness #narcolepsy awareness day #spoonie #chronic illness #sleep disorder

[gummy-worms-in-my-brain]

whqt. do people like. find me intimidating or something

#like genuine question. i struggle with self awareness a bit and have no clue how i come off to others #got that “cant reliably tell what other people think or feel" disorder dfgdjfkm #super sleep deprived rn sry if that doesnt make sense

[vodid]

it's non24 hour sleep wake disorder awareness day!

#i spent a solid 17 hours on this pls enjoy :') #very important to me #🥺👉👈 #non24 hour sleep wake disorder #n24swd #disability awareness #waaaaa! #sacrificed some quality for the captions

[aspd-culture]

So what would you say is crucial to aspd if the textbook criteria (usually based in ableism) isn’t always adequate? Because a lot of my issues stemmed out of pure, unadulterated rage that I (not inaccurately) attributed to developing bpd + npd as a kid and as we all know, those disorders can be intense on their own. I’m asking not out of “prove you have aspd if you don’t meet violent requirements” (idk people are weird and bad faith), but more so like seeing these anons who don’t fit the textbook criteria having realizations. I happen to be alongside the more violent urges and have been since I was a kid but I always attributed those things, again, to budding bpd and npd and autism dysregulation

I've discussed this at length in various posts throughout this blog, but pretty much every criteria of ASPD can be taken in much less literal ways than many professionals account for when evaluating for ASPD.

Aggression is a criteria, but you can be aggressive without being violent. The criteria mentions breaking social codes as a form of rule breaking/disrespect for authority, but many professionals only ask about law breaking and/or only violent crimes. Disrespecting authority doesn't always mean not listening to what they tell you (that particular explanation should be easy to find by searching baboon on my blog - I'll leave you to search for the post to find out why). You can manipulate without causing harm to other people. Lying is not always pathological and/or detrimental to anyone's life - sometimes it's as simple as BSing strangers when they ask you where you work and for some reason something in you begs you to say something blatantly untrue just to see if you can get away with it. Doing hard drvgs comes with significantly more risk to your life, liberty, and pursuit of convenience than just burning some leaves (whichever leaves are legal in your area) and/or drinking, so many of us just stick to that because why bother with the other stuff when there are so many reasons not to? Breaking my own stuff? Totally legal if a lil scary for ppl around me. Breaking other people's stuff loses me access to those people, that stuff, and possibly my own freedom, so why wouldn't I make sure if something's gonna be broken, it belongs to me?

All of these are "atypical" presentations of ASPD criteria, and yet I've found that the vast majority of pwASPD actually present "atypically" because we don't actually want to spend our lives dealing with the excess effort required to be intentionally malicious.

Something I think is seriously missing from the conversation about ASPD (traits not criteria) is the tendency it gives you to view everything you do in life from a matter of being as convenient and efficient as possible and going out of my way to be violent is gonna put me in jail which is massively inconvenient and therefore big lame to my ASPD brain.

I mean, think about it this way, why would someone with a disorder that hates boredom, can't stand authority, and has trouble with rules *willingly* put themselves into a box with bars, guards everywhere that control your life, and a strict routine you have to follow to get out of the box faster? All of that sounds like the last thing I want in life, so of course I use my limited effort to follow the law. The law is far less restrictive than the punishment for breaking it, and life is easier when I'm kind to people (and I can get what I want faster that way).

Overall, in many ways I think ASPD criteria misses the fact that most pwASPD are very aware of what the consequences to not following the rules of the game we call "civilized society" are, and know which of those rules we can break (mostly social code as opposed to legal code) without ending up dealing with more bs than when we started.

The current criteria acts like we have no forethought, and it just uses a really naïve, prosocial way of thinking about ASPD imo.

And none of this is meant to invalidate those with the "typical" presentation of these symptoms! I'm sorry if it comes off that way, because those are totally valid presentations as well. It's just frustrating bc a whole section of the community thinks that bc I prioritize avoiding behaviors that make life harder for me (would I be violent in a world that didn't consider that behind bar worthy? Yeah, of course I would), that somehow invalidates my diagnosis.

In short, I agree with many of (almost all of) the core concepts of the criteria but not the extremely literal and narrow ways that criteria is boxed into by some professionals and p much all elitists. The worst part is the actual wording of the DSM-V isn't so restrictive and does make space for non-violent and law abiding pwASPD, and some professionals ignore that fact and project their opinions of ASPD onto the criteria they use to diagnose.

#I hope this was coherent #I am literally putting my phone down and going to sleep right after this post #we'll find out lol #aspd-culture-is #aspd culture is #aspd culture #actually antisocial #actually aspd #antisocial personality disorder #aspd #aspd awareness #aspd traits #anons welcome

[theseascapechronicles]

So Worthy

There is an app. Called so worthy. I checked it out. It’s a self awareness journaling platform. It is also a resale platform for jewelry. How do I know this…I used it once to resale a ring recently. They took care of everything it was a great experience. So it has many interpretations. Does it have its own definition to you? I just by happenstance wanted to blog about that concept of worthiness.…

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#advocate #awareness #back pain #bipolar disorder #depression #faith #freedom #friends #friendship #goals #health #hope #journey #love #Mental health #mentalhealth #NAMI #Peace #power #reconnect #recovery #relationships #self care #self help #sleep #stigma #strength #support #therapy #Understanding

[caffeinatedopossum]

Events of last night:

Me: *crying*

My girlfriend: what's wrong?? :(

Me: *struggling to form words* intrusive thoughts are bad... I don't want to talk about them because then I'm scared that they're true and you might think I'm awful

My girlfriend: ah I actually get that. I have those a lot. It doesn't mean anything though, intrusive thoughts are just like dreams. Like the things you do in them aren't really things you want to do, it's just stuff your brain comes up with.

#we then very heavily related over having the same intrusive thoughts and now I'm suspicious #thinking about when i told her i might have ocd and she said i didnt #and starting to feel like thats because... what if we both have ocd #it seems like she was basing her entire knowledge of conditions on people shes known with those conditions. which makes sense #but the person/ people with ocd had severe cleaning compulsions and the like #where as me and her obsess much more over morality #like its very clear we think about it so much. and idk what to do with that information #we both feel like the intrusive thoughts and obsessive ruminating are the only things that keep is from being bad people #or that prevent us from being bad people i guess. idk why that wording is just slightly more accurate #like people who dont think about these things (apparently all 'normal' people since this could be *an actual disorder*) #they're not constantly analyzing. trying to be aware. asking themselves questions about their true nature. judging those answers #theyre not really doing that with other people either. of course i could be wrong since im very clearly not a normal person. #but this is what i mean! im speculating about other people and acknowledging the ways i could be wrong and just trying to figure it all out #but it seems like no one does that and it doesnt *make them* bad people. it just doesn't prevent them from that happening either #like theyre just as likely to hurt people as the 'bad' person thats thinking the same way they are #and i cant ever be comfortable with me living that reality even when *this reality* is a waking nightmare #sure im tearing my skin off (good ole skin picking disorder) when im thinking about these things. sure im crying. sure i can't sleep. #sure it makes me feel like im constantly a horrible person and need to attone for everything ive done and havent done #sure. but then i turn around and say its helping me. because why else would my brain torture me? isnt it always about protecting me? #i don't know. all i know is who i dont want to be and what i dont want. so that exactly what my brain convinces me is real #i guess what it kinda comes to do is #would you rather live a reality where everything around you is superficial. your thoughts behaviors and thoughts. your reactions #all of them are things youre never aware of. you could be hurting people or you could be helping themm #you could even be hurting yourself. but you would never know. its a comfortable reality that youre never really aware of #OR would you rather live a reality aware of all those things. seeking answers and sometimes finding them. #trying your hardest to help others and better yourself and fix the broken things in this world #your reality is one where you recognize every threat that no one else does and it kills you inside because they wont always listen #theyre comfortable and you're stuck in a reality where you try and try and try but even when you succeed #your brain forms its own reality. a metaphorical jail. where you never get to experience the reality you fought so hard for #instead you exist in this sort of purgatory where you live out your own worst fears and the worst ways you could have failed

[hiisikoloart]

My comic this week will be themed "Eurovision Ecstasy" and I really hope people won't miss it midst the semi-finals and waiting for the big finish. :P

#eurovision #eurovision song contest #eurovision 2023 #comic #idiopathic hypersomnia #idiopathic hypersomnia comic #awareness comic #sleep disorder awareness #this is our religious holiday #suck it america

[thunderveiled]

"man this month's been crazy i've been having to hold myself together for weeks... what time is it?" <- severely dissociated for 3 days straight, thinks its november 30th when its actually the 8th / 9th.

#i blame my depression #vent #im constantly like. twitching and my head always hurts #ive been sitting in gym class and everyoen around has been asking if im okay and i mumble “yeah?????????” #<- looks absolutely dead #and trying to talk to literally anyone always results in me trying Not to start bawling on the spot out of stress #like GOD the dissociation is ridiculous #you cannot look at me and go “you definitely dont have a dissociative disorder” i have no structural awareness of my surroundings #sorry for the rant / vent im not really venting im just kind of making light out of it #ill be fine gbfdbsg i just need to . get to the end of the week and Sleep #which i cant do because i might have to get my back teeth taken from me on sunday #reading outloud

[shouts-into-the-void]

*Rolling into the gas station in a week old Tshirt and overalls with no makeup or bra to get quarters for laundry and a sports drink after a depressive episode followed by burnout from masking*

The same people who post about mental health awareness on Instagram and TikTok:

#i cant help that sometimes the only things i can do are go to work and sleep #we're lucky i manage to shower #mental health #tiktok #instagram #social media #major depressive disorder #depression #depressive episode #mental health awareness #self diagnosed autism #autistic burnout #burnout #love when people only want to support people suffering from depression as long as they dont show symptoms

[maia-in-nightmareland]

Insomnia, thou art a heartless bitch

#insomia #sleep disorder #adhd #adhd women #mental health awareness #mental health is important #mental health