My Narcoleptic boyfriend

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My typical evening can be defined by this.
To answer the usual question:
YES, this is real. No, it's not staged. He has had many problems since he was a young boy with suddenly falling asleep. He does not just pass out right then and there, but he gets an uncontrollable pull into sleep no matter what time of the day it is, or what he ate/drank, and no matter how many hours of sleep he had the night before. It just happens, and quite fast. It has happened to him while he was standing up several times. However, if he feels the pull into sleep while driving, he pulls over.

Definiton of Narcolepsy:

Narcolepsy: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Narcolepsy is often associated with cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone and paralysis of voluntary muscles associated with a strong emotion), sleep paralysis (immobility of the body that occurs in the transition from sleep to wakefulness), what are called hypnagogic hallucinations (pre-sleep dreams) and automatic behaviors (such as doing something "automatically" and not remembering afterwards how one did it).

125,000 Americans are estimated to have narcolepsy. It strikes males and females and all races. Symptoms most commonly appear in a person's teens and early twenties. The disease can vary in severity. Some persons with it have mild sleepiness or rare cataplexy (less than one episode per week). Other persons may have moderate sleepiness or infrequent cataplexy (less than one episode a day). Still other persons with narcolepsy may experience severe sleepiness or have severe cataplexy (with one or more episodes of cataplexy per day).

The cause(s) of narcolepsy are unknown. Narcolepsy is characterized by abnormal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep regulation. Recently, a newly discovered brain protein (hypocretin 1) has been noted to be decreased in the spinal fluid of affected patients.

Narcolepsy is not a fatal disorder in itself but it can lead to fatalities. For example, a narcoleptic may fall asleep while driving.

Narcolepsy is usually treated with a medication to improve alertness and an anti-depressant that helps control cataplexy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1998 approved Provigil (modafinil), a non-amphetamine drug for treating the excessive sleepiness of narcolepsy.

Other names for narcolepsy include excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), hypnolepsy, sleeping disease, paroxysmal sleep, and Gelineau syndrome.

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[AlyK1993]

hi i know exactly what your talking about, but why couldn't you respect this part of your boyfriend instead of filming it and post it on youtube, I wouldn't be so excited if anyone put a video like this from me on this webside, neither would you, I guess.

[lostinvast]

@AlyK1993 Not sure what annoys me more - the people who ask if he falls asleep during sex, or the people who say I shouldn't post this. Probably the latter. I would NEVER post something that invades his or anybody's privacy. He wanted me to post it. He loves reading the comments as well. If he didn't want this video up here, it wouldn't be here. End of story.

[bparker65]

@lostinvast don't you just hate it when people jump to conclusions and think they know whats best. ignorant people dont ask themselves "well what if she showed this video to her boyfriend already?" OR ? What if she asked his permission to post it?" anyway, cute video. your lucky.

[lostinvast]

@bparker65 yes! Thank-you! I think that is one of the biggest problems with youtube...it's a place for everyone to pass whatever judgement they feel like passing, whether it is educated or ignorant. MANY are ignorant unfortunately

[dylanroo]

narcolepsy is not funny man! i have it too and the love of my family keeps me going for days and withouuuuuuuuuuuuuuudasljknadn­s,m na,snd,asnd,nwoioooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[MichaelZanin]

Who cares if he has Narcolepsy, he's HOT. :)

[AlbatrossDude]

@lostinvast People always tricks me with the sex thing. I like sex and if there's only a hour per day that i'll be awake i'll save it for sex.

[m2mfan4eva]

He's gorgeous

[Holyfister]

I just had a sleep study done to see if I have this, and I'm slightly worried. THe symptoms I have are the automatic behabvior one( maybs, I never thought to think of if I remember having those) and pre-sleep dreams.. I'd really rather prefer not having it, and worry if I do how it might grow in severity...

[malakoz]

is he allowed to drive and i was wondering how does this affect his everyday life, it seems even dangerous to turn on an oven. poor guy

[mhalyc]

aw, poor guy.

[Morgleberries]

does this remind anyone else of River Pheonix in My Own Private Idaho??? even looks like him!!

[DrEdS2509]

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