u/Salt-Opposite-9882

So I'm pretty recently diagnosed with Narcolepsy T2 yayy!! I'm on modafinil 200mg once a day now and it's been helping, I've also made different lifestyle changes to help mediate my symptoms.

I've done research before and after getting diagnosed and I've seen that diet changes can help. I know most people feel more tired after they eat carbs, so the keto diet is recommended. But for me I've noticed that I get more tired when I eat protein, specifically heavier meat protein like chicken, beef, pork etc. (Not Seafood tho?? For some reason?)

Weirdly it's mostly only meat protein that affects me, stuff like protein bars/drinks or other meals with the same amount of protein in them like eggs or cottage cheese what have you, don't affect me like that. Does anyone else have this experience?? My sister tells me it's probably because it takes more energy for your body to break it down?? I'm not entirely sure.

On the diet thing, I've thought about going vegan for a while but I can't do NO animal products (cause of other health and financial reasons) so I was thinking about pivoting my diet to a more "plant based" Pescetarian, especially cause I'm gonna be moving for college soon and I will have the ability to make that diet change.

Rambling aside, I wanted to know if anyone else with N2 or N1 has tried vegetarian/pescetarian and if it's helped at all?? What's your experience?? My ESS is so severe it causes cognitive impairment so litterally any lifestyle changes that would help with that would be so amazing.

For some context, I've just recently gotten diagnosed with Narcolepsy T2 and medicated for it (finally), and I am also conveniently looking for a new job right now because I am miserable at my current one and an $8/hr restaurant wage is not gonna pay for college, even with tips.

Basically I applied for a few sales associate positions in my local mall, so pretty much just basic retail. I don't have reasonable accommodations at my current job just because of the type of job it is and such, but I would need accommodations at any other job. I can't really think of any I would need besides like scheduling stuff (not being scheduled a close then an open/no early morning shifts) and everything I can find online are for office jobs and wouldn't be reasonable for me. Is there anything that would be reasonable and translate well to a retail kind of setting??

Mainly besides the obvious struggling to get up early and driving home after a long shift, I mostly struggle a lot with brain fog which has made me forgetful and distracted, and stress is a big trigger for my sleepiness which has caused "problems" at my current job. But that may be more of a I have a conversation with my new employer kinda thing, I don't really know.