“I’m like a real-life Sleeping Beauty. I wake up not knowing what day it is or how long I’ve been asleep for,” she said. “It’s honestly ruining my life.”
She doesn’t sleep, she hibernates.
Due to her condition, Cox says she never “feels rested” despite sleeping between 18 and 22 hours per day. “It’s really upsetting when people just say I’m ‘lazy’ or need to set more alarms,” she said. The big sleeper even recalled a time when she dozed off during a night out. “Before I was diagnosed, I fell asleep in a booth in a club on a night out,” the mother of two lamented. “The bouncer thought I was just drunk and kicked me out — it was so embarrassing.”Hoping to get to the bottom of her fatigue, the consummate slumberer reported to the doctor, who misdiagnosed her with depression. However, medics quickly ruled that out as Cox didn’t exhibit any other symptoms besides tiredness.
Unfortunately, the cause of the condition is yet unknown, meaning there is no existing cure. Not to mention that she’s tried dozens of so-called treatments but to no avail. “I can’t work, I can’t drive, and I can never make any plans because I don’t know if I’ll be awake,” said Cox. Interestingly the only time the over-dozer is awake is in the early morning around 2 a.m., which is when she walks her cockapoos, Autumn and Bobby.
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