What It Feels Like to Have Narcolepsy

Esquire, August, 2003 by Jimmy Kimmel, 35, host of Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Truth be told, I'd rather have narcolepsy than not have it. When I get on a flight to Vegas, I'll fall asleep before the plane takes off and wake up after it's landed. I'm always very close to sleep. [Yawns.]

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I had no idea I had it until recently. All I knew about narcolepsy was a character on Hill Street Blues, Vic Hitler the Narcoleptic Comic, who would fall asleep in the middle of his act. But I did know that every afternoon between about three and six, I would get very tired for no reason. I would doze off in meetings, watching TV, even driving. You know how when you're regular tired, your whole body is tired? With narcolepsy, just the inside of your head is tired. It's like somebody's gently sitting on your brain. You have almost no focus. All you're thinking about is ...

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What It Feels Like to Have Narcolepsy

Esquire, August, 2003 by Jimmy Kimmel, 35, host of Jimmy Kimmel Live

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