One night my husband came home from work complaining he felt exhausted. Fair enough, I thought, he's been working really hard recently. So I suggested we get an early night. Halfway up the stairs he collapsed. I was walking behind him and leant forward to check he was conscious/breathing. He was breathing. In fact he was snoring. Months of investigations, tests and doctors appointments later and we've finally got a diagnosis of sorts; narcolepsy.
In a nutshell, narcolepsy is:
What is narcolepsy?
Narcolepsy is a rare neurological condition. It affects the brains' ability to regulate the sleep-wake cycle, which can cause a range of symptoms such as excessive sleepiness, cataplexy and more.Source
So we have the diagnosis and now we're dealing with it. We're waiting for an official diagnosis which involves an overnight stay at a sleep clinic as until then hubby can't get the medication to help control narcoleptic episodes.
And that's what's been going on and where I've been. Hopefully normal schedule will soon be resumed!
