Is it really possible that recovering from cocaine abuse can cause narcolepsy?
Sunday, August 15th, 2010 at
6:48 pm
Im 18 years old and have around 2 1/2 years off drugs and alcohol, i was diagnosed with Hyper-somnia after taking a sleep study, which tells me that i sleep to much. I have also had doctors say i am borderline narcoleptic and after several trial and errors i was prescribed vyvanse which works wonders.
After searching for related sites or articles over cocaine abuse being linked to narcolepsy i could find nothing.
Tagged with: 18 years • cocaine abuse • Doctors • drugs and alcohol • Narcoleptic • Sleep • Sleep Study • somnia • vyvanse
Filed under: Narcolepsy
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I didn’t find narcolepsy. Rather disturbed sleep with unpleasant vivid dreams, Depression and ADD have been mentioned.
I think pretty long time has gone by and you won’t have any problem from withdrawal now.
congrats for a successful recovery and all the best!
I’m not a doctor, and I’ve never been a coke addict, so take what I say with a few grains of salt.
I think personally any stimulant abuse can alter sleep patterns drastically due to the fact that it does so during the actual use. I’m sure when you used coke you missed a few days sleep. And I think your brain tries to recover for that.
Hopefully its something that can be managed or handled or perhaps pass with time. But you’ve toyed with the chemicals and receptors upstairs and they just might not be able to fire correctly anymore.
Careful with driving. I fell asleep naturally and crashed. Thats just an afterthought