They've Found the Antidote!

I could've cried last night when I read the article about Emory researchers at the Center for Sleep who may have found an antidote for hypersomnia. I was so excited I called my mom (who suffers just like me) even though I knew there was a good chance that she was already in bed.

Thats me, but without the prince. via

Day in and day out it feels like I wage a war with my sleepiness. I plan my day around my naps, and never feel like I get as much accomplished as I could. I could only sit and imagine what life would be like if I only had more energy. Sure, you say, I feel tired sometimes too. But I don't think people get it. I take pills (the kind they give to fighter pilots who need to stay up for 48 hrs on bombing missions) to keep myself awake; I can nap on them. If I didn't take them I could sleep for 20 hrs straight. I don't remember the last time I woke up feeling refreshed. I miss out on a lot because I have to sleep.

The idea that I could have more energy feels like a miracle. I could actually go to class and go to an internship after like my peers often do. I've jokingly done some medical studies for money; I say jokingly because I didn't really care what it was for, I just wanted the money. But I would gladly offer up my person for a study if it meant that I was no longer debilitatingly tired. Who knows, in the future you might be seeing me more often; my bed will just have to be lonely without me.