Narcolepsy and food (bread???)
Hey yall! It’s been a while since I’ve been on here, but I have a question for people. It’s been two years since I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy, and though it was hard at first it’s been going great. I’m doing well on Modafinil and my sleep schedule is good as well, I’m able to do things I love, study, and make friends at University. I haven’t had trouble staying awake in a while, and I think my general happiness helps with that.
The topic of this post: I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon that I wanted to ask yall about. Since this is the second occurrence, I thought maybe it could be a narcolepsy thing? Though, it could really be anything since I haven’t had any luck with research.
I avoid eating bread since I don’t really tend to like it very much. The first time I was busy between classes and it was easiest for me to grab a peanut butter jelly sandwich and go to study. But around thirty minutes after I ate, (I took my meds on schedule as well) I felt a massive crash and an inability to keep my eyes open that I haven’t experienced in a long, long time. I had to take it easy and took almost a two hour nap. At this point it was only standout experience, so I assumed this was a one off occurrence.
But today, I was evilly tempted by the amazing looking grape jelly so I had it with a slice of bread for breakfast. I assumed it would be fine since I had other things on my plate I usually eat every day, but I could not for the life of me stay awake in my class that I absolutely adore and usually stay alert for which happens right after breakfast.
What was the connection between the two experiences? Bread. Bread and jelly. I don’t know what’s going on or even if it is Narcolepsy, (or at least triggering a sleep attack) but I just wanted to ask if you guys have had similar occurrences? I would love to know, especially since if it does make me crash I would know to stay away from certain foods. 😰