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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Narcolepsy

"Narcolepsy means falling asleep. Often people with narcolepsy are not diagnosed for a long time. Some are labeled lazy or sleepy head.

A patient with narcolepsy can have different degree of daytime sleepiness/tiredness. Some have a history of an irresistible need to fall asleep. The patient falls asleep for 10-20 minutes and then is able to resume his activities to full capacity. This may be repeated many times through the day.

Sleep paralysis is a symptom of narcolepsy. This occurs usually when the person is going to sleep or waking up. The person is awake but has the feeling of being unable to move. This paralysis tends to end on its own after a few seconds, or can be terminated by a touch from another person.

There can also be a phenomenom called hypnogogic hallucinations, which is a dream occurring when a person is half awake; just when a person is falling asleep there may be vivid, brightly colored hallucinations. The abnormal feeling can be visual or auditory (hearing voices or noises) or even a feeling of abnormal body positions. "

I am quite sure I suffer from Narcolepsy. Yes, im quite sure..lol..

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