It's Working ....Until It's Not

The anti-narcolepsy diet has been tremendously successful....and then I cheated.

I thought the biggest difference in my sleep was cutting out protein for dinner. It's a little weird, but I manage quite well.

Then, the other night after having done homework all weekend, swimming for hours and watching too many movies about dead predators that lived millions of years ago I decided I just want some SUGAR. Everyone else has been eating it and I've been avoiding it. All week I've slept like a baby, had energy and have been feeling like a normal person through and through.

Then I ate a couple of handfuls of Red Vines. BIG mistake. I had the worst night ever! (Ok, "ever" is an exaggeration, but it was the worst night in a week or 2 and I was miserable). I was exhausted but woke up dozens of times, I had freaky dreams, I was sweating then cold, I was talking in my sleep. The only things that didn't happen are hallucinations and getting out of bed. Needless to say, when I woke up, I didn't want to get up. I didn't want to go to work. I wanted to start over.

Lesson Learned? Yes. Will I do it again? Probably. But I'll try really hard not too because I have learned to LOVE sleep and I want it so badly. Things will be better tomorrow (I hope, it usually takes 2-3 days to recover, though).