I got a little more sleep last night - almost 7 hours. I noticed a difference when waking up this morning - I had a harder time waking up than I have been. This is pretty significant. Before I started taking Xyrem, waking up in the morning - or any other time - was an enormous struggle. My body would constantly be fighting me and trying to fall back asleep. I'd set multiple alarms for staggered times and either sleep right through them or turn them off in my sleep. Or I'd wake up just enough to hear the alarm and turn it off and then immediately fall back asleep. Trying to wake up was like trying to fight off a drugged state of sleep before the drugs have worn off. Once the Xyrem started helping me, I would wake up in the morning and actually feel relatively awake and I didn't have to worry about falling back asleep and fighting to stay awake. It was such a bizarre feeling for me at first. I got used to it pretty quickly though. This morning I was quickly falling back asleep after my alarms went off (still using a couple of staggered alarms, just to be safe). I wasn't as bad as I used to be, nowhere near like that. Each time I woke up enough that I think I would have been able to stay awake had I willed myself into doing so. I didn't want to though - I woke up feeling rather depressed, the bed was comfortable and warm, the room temperature was chilly, and I really just wanted to stay in bed and sleep. So I allowed myself to succumb to the sleepiness for about 45 minutes, waking up enough to hit snooze every few minutes, before finally making myself get out of bed and stay awake.

I didn't have any problems on the drive in to work. Since arriving at work I've been sleepy here and there, and a couple of times I've caught myself with my eyes closed, nearing the point of dozing off. So it would seem that with every passing day I'm getting closer and closer to the full-blown EDS symptoms of the past. I'm interested to see how the rest of this day goes.

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