@secretsofaginger replied to your post: just got back from the doctor with a shiny new...
My therapist just said that’s probably what I have!!!!! I’ve called it SBS (sleepy bitch syndrome) for like 2 years but it’s Actually Real and Not Me Being Broken !!!!
i swear to god if you were physically within reach i would probably be crying on/hugging you right now. we are not broken. this shit is real. it’s genuinely serious. we are not lazy or whining or exaggerating or making it up or just not trying hard enough.
and fuck, if we’re broken, if we’re cracked, it’s because we’re under the real stress of a real neurological disorder and we’ve been suffering under too much strain alone and without help for too long. we get to do something about it now. we get to start repairs.
i hope this isn’t weird, but i’m happy for you. so happy for you. because i’m happy for me. my absolute nightmare scenario for today was going in and getting the medical equivalent of a shrug emoji. instead we’ve got concrete terms and treatment options ahead of us and honestly?? that is everything.
i hope your therapist has given you a referral to a sleep clinic, and if they haven’t you should talk to your primary care doc about it right away. you have to do a sleep study (overnight and then a nap test over several hours the next day) and it’s a giant pain in the ass but it’s what makes your diagnosis legit. i hope this is something you can pursue, because believe me, darling, you deserve answers, and you deserve help.
