Michelle's Story Part I: Developing Narcolepsy | Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Video Series

Michelle started feeling a heaviness at a young age. She began losing her grip on her tennis racket. One day, she awoke to a strange man outside her bedroom.


Michelle visited multiple doctors and received several misdiagnoses before finding a neurologist who would change her life.

ABOUT MICHELLE: Michelle is a designer, photographer, and gummy bear enthusiast living in Connecticut. She was diagnosed with type 1 narcolepsy with cataplexy after 20 years with the condition. As a trained speaker with Project Sleep's Rising Voices of Narcolepsy program, she hopes to spread awareness and help others get diagnosed.

RISING VOICES OF NARCOLEPSY is a leadership training program developed by the non-profit Project Sleep, aiming to raise awareness about narcolepsy while also empowering a new generation of patient advocates sharing their stories via writing and speaking.

ABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIES: While our speakers are delivering 20-minute presentations in-person to audiences across the U.S. and internationally, we brought a few speakers together to share their presentations via this video series, so that their stories can reach more people around the world.

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