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By psychedout - 10/08/2009 22:48 - United States

Today, a patient was late for a psychiatry appointment, after having missed his previous two. I am the medical student on the team that was supposed to do his assessment. I said, "You snooze, you lose." Everyone stopped and looked at me. Apparently, he missed them because he has narcolepsy. FML

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By nocanhaz - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I went to a job interview. The person giving me my interview was late, and while waiting for them I fell asleep. When they arrived, they didn't even bother interviewing me because they thought I was irresponsible since I fell asleep because they were late. FML

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By littlekellilee - 16/09/2016 04:27 - Canada

Today, I was told I have narcolepsy, and I've it for a year and a half. When asked why I didn't go to a doctor before, I answered that I'd always assumed it was a normal adult thing to fall asleep randomly because of how everyone says they're always exhausted. Apparently not. FML

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By zzzzzz - 30/01/2021 07:59

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By Debra - 14/05/2018 13:00 - United States - Bloomington

Today, I had the class clown of my preschoolers oversleep our daily 15-minute nap. Not wanting to spare any more class time on his disrupting jokes, I let the headache sleep. After another 10 minutes we called an ambulance. He had a stroke. FML

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By snoooore - 31/08/2019 12:00 - United Kingdom - Gloucester

Today, I discovered I have narcolepsy. During a driving test. FML

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By KitKat20 - 18/10/2016 13:05 - United States - Fargo

Today, I got up early for a doctor's appointment and chugged two cups of coffee. Ten minutes before I was supposed to leave, my doctor calls asking to reschedule, which would have been fine had I not cleared my whole day for this appointment. Now I'm too wired to go back to bed. FML

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By in pain and tardy - 11/03/2016 23:00 - United States - Easthampton

Today, I had a doctor's appointment. I arrived early so I could check in with the receptionists about this weird communication mixup that's caused me to miss my last two appointments. Despite what my appointment card said, I arrived to find the office closed. FML

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By royalscenery - 27/10/2010 21:58 - Canada

Today, after discussing the side-effects of an insomnia aid, my doctor said that making a choice was naturally a difficult one, and that he would only prescribe it to me once I'd had "a good, long sleep on it". He then laughed out loud and called in the next patient. FML

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Lia_Mackenzie 4

Tuesday 11 August 2009 1:33

Yeeeeeeeeaaaaahh, you're the kind of person I fear achieving a medical degree. ...You DO know you're allowed to read (and pay attention to) the case files...right?

juche 3

Tuesday 11 August 2009 2:57

Wow, next time, read the patient's chart before going to meet with him. If we nursing students can do it, surely you medical students can do it too.

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Neferria 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 6:27

I don't get why they stopped to look at you. It was a pun. They should have laughed. They must be really uptight.

Yatta_fml 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 6:28

What's the big deal? Just bad timing and you didn't know. On top if that I HIGHLY doubt he missed and was late for that reason... It's not like they fall asleep all the time.

InfiniteSunshine 32

Tuesday 23 August 2016 20:01

Except that's literally what narcolepsy is, uncontrollable sleep attacks at any time in the day that cause you to pass out, sometimes for hours at a time, because you physically can't make your body get up or stay awake. To give perspective, the attacks are equivalent to an epileptic having a seizure. It's completely plausible they missed for that reason, actually many narcoleptics miss important appointments due to their disorder because they're exhausted all the time. A narcoleptic's exhaustion is the same as a regular person trying to function normally after going without sleep for 2-3 days.

tblack147 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 6:31

Why must we be so politically correct people grow up if people make fun of a defect of yours suck it up. Plus it makes for a boring life if you can't take a joke and have to run to ur mommy all the time.

U_idiot 1

Tuesday 11 August 2009 6:45

Shouldn't you know that?

yahyahgirl18 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 6:51

Dont really see how this a fml life moment. More like haha moment. You take your self to seriously.

athos1237 4

Tuesday 11 August 2009 7:26

HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! YDI for being an ass! Students are supposed to study, like . . . oh I don't know . . . maybe the patient's file so you don't say something stupid.

oopsyipooped 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 7:26

EIGHTYSECOND!

toughluck08 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 7:27

If you were to be doing his assessment, wouldn't you have known before hand that he had narcolepsy? So YDI for being dumb. Also, I highly doubt anyone got upset/mad about it. I'm sure plenty of people laughed. I know I would have.

hahah567 0

Tuesday 11 August 2009 7:40

hahahahaha thats funny i actually laughed at this one

zolziski 11

Tuesday 11 August 2009 7:44

Surely if he was taking a "crack" at his patient he would have had to know that he suffered from narcolepsy? It was just an unfortunate choice in expression.