Experimenting With New Prescription

After being diagnosed with narcolepsy, I have experimented with numerous drugs to help fight against my symptoms. There were also numerous that I am not willing to take, such as Xyrem. I understand Xyrem works for many people, but I am not willing to take a drug that is so controlled, that it is tracked from the pharmacy to your hands, all the way through the way the bottle is disposed of. The information on the bottle is to be covered by permanent marker and I have to call the central pharmacy to inform them that the bottle was disposed of properly. This drug is actually a form of GHB, the date rape drug. I feel it is too dangerous for me to take since I have some central sleep apnea as well. The costs are unbelievable too, costing anywhere from $500 to $800 per month. If you want to try it, do so. I hear it works great for multitudes of patients.

Since I have recently been struggling with circumstantial depression, I decided to go back on Prozac. I took Prozac when I was a teenager and it helped with the depression. I decided to Google Prozac with narcolepsy and found some exciting news. It appears that Prozac helps narcoleptics suffering with cataplexy, and may drastically reduce cataplectic attacks when taken below anti-depressive quantities. Somehow, Prozac delays the time a narcoleptic falls into REM and this is exactly what we need. I will keep you updated on how I feel and if it works for me.