How to stop falling asleep?

SpinachHands

SpinachHands

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Recently my partner has been having this new issue where mid afternoon they feel like they've been hit by knockout gas. They nearly always fall asleep around 5- they ask me to wake them after an hour when this happens but they'll remain extremely drowsy and groggy all evening, alongside really bad muscle and joint pain.

It's really messing with their regular sleep, and their sleep schedule is a massive factor in their overall condition.

We're waiting for test results looking at their cortisol levels, and have ruled out any foods or medicines or nutrient deficiencies that could be the cause. It's not exertion or exhaustion as their activity level hasn't changed (i.e. still 0).

For now we're just trying to figure out a way to help them stay awake besides me waking them every ten minutes all evening. They can't tolerate electrolytes right now unfortunately thanks to MCAS, but they still get plenty of salt through the day. Any ideas on what we could do are welcome
 
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This is unlikely to help but I thought I'd share just in case. A few years back, After I stopped high-dose sertraline suddenly, I went through a period where I would have intense afternoon crashes. I found that amino acid supplements helped a lot. I used the ones from Hardy's nutritionals.
 
Slushiefan

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Happens to me all the time... I hate taking 1.5-2 hr naps but I seem to be forced to most afternoons. And then, afterward, it take me like a half hour to an hour of laying there in a super groggy state until I can 'wake up' and get moving again. And it's not over - after that, it's POTS city for me, all night long. Dizziness every time I move from a prone position. Even sitting up gives me the dizzies.

Well, on the better side, I am kind of glad to hear I'm not alone in that experience. It's one of the more annoying ones I haven't heard mentioned before.

Usually if I don't fall asleep in the afternoon, after I eat something I am knocked out as if I took a sleeping pill. At least the naps stave that off.
 
bradipa

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Maybe you can "play" a bit with the stimuli that are left for them like touch, textures, when and how fast do they eat, drink or get nourished, when and how long you see them, how you talk, room temperature, odors, washing and so on.

I noticed that my sensitivity to all kinds of stimuli doesn't aggravate continuously, nor necessarily with crashs, but in what seems to be random "boosts", and my husband and me often struggle to notice and adapt to these sudden changes. And this comes with exhaution and daytime naps, as you described, and also severe brainfog.

@SpinachHands , if you'd like to tell, how is your partner mentally, and how did the brainfog the develop. And also: how are you?
 
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