Grrr...

I am really tired of being a narcoleptic. Which is not a bad thing, because I am not.

Let me explain...

I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2001, a few months after watching my father die. A few years later, I noticed the flashbacks I was having were getting worse. In 2004, I started to just "fall asleep". Anytime, anywhere...didn't matter. I just fell asleep.

What I didn't know at the time was, these sleeping episodes were preceded by a weakening in my fingers, knees and toes. I started to pay attention to these episodes as much as possible and noticed that these "seizures" seemed to be tied to flashbacks. I have a flashback, and instead of going back to my father's hospital room, I pass out/fall asleep.

I know, I know...sounds just like cataplexy/narcolepsy and/or epilepsy. Except I have been tested for both narcolepsy and epilepsy and both are negative.

Yet these "seizures" have cost me my job, my ability to drive, etc. I am saving up money for another doc visit and I am trying to compile as much info as I can so I can minimize the number of doc visits that it will take to start getting treated.

Have any of you PTSD folks heard of this before? Any ideas?