&gt; I suppose another person would solve this issue?<p>No. The right dose of the right medications for the individual affected might mitigate the issue, but another person wouldn&#x27;t solve it any more than puzzle alarms would (which is not at all, essentially.)<p>&gt; Or is it an even worse condition than I think it is?<p>It is of varying severity, with various interventions available that may mitigate the effects to a greater or lesser extent for some sufferers, but its a different <i>kind</i> of condition than you seem to think it is. That is, its not like being a non-narcoleptic heavy sleeper except superficially to outside observers, at least, based on what I&#x27;ve read and the narcoleptics I&#x27;ve known.