Hi ladies! I'm hoping you guys can help me out here because I feel like I'm being driven absolutely nuts!
I have Hypersomnia, basically meaning I sleep more than the average person - I can easily sleep for 14 hours a day and when I get 8 hours sleep I can barely wake up and I'm so tired I need a nap later on. I'll sleep through my music-blasting alarm, my roommate banging on my door, my phone ringing, I've even slept through all the smoke alarms in the apartment going off. My doctor gave me a medicine called Nuvigil which helps people wake up, but it was pointless seeing as I couldn't wake up in the first place to take it. I'm on Adderal now to make me more alert, but honestly it doesn't help that much unless I get 12+ hours sleep too, which is meant be the whole point.
What do you guys do to help you feel more awake? I've heard of working out when you wake up, but after I work out I slump on my couch and pass out! Are there any vitamins or supplements that can help, or good foods to eat? I feel like I need to make some life changes to help myself with this, rather than just look for a new med.... I just don't know what those changes are. If there was an alarm that would actually freaking wake me up, it would go along way, ugh!
Right now it mostly affects my dancing, but luckily my club doesn't have schedules. I've slept in for my internship once or twice before though ( i work there once a week) and I just graduated so I'm looking for a "regular" career job. I'm so stressed that my sleeping issues will stop me from having that![]()




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