NARCOLEPSY

DESCRIPTION

• Narcolepsy is an disorder in which someone is proned to sleeping attacks
• This can happen when in any relaxing position at anytime of day or night
• These sleep episodes are uncontrollable
• Those with Narcolepsy get the same, or less, amount of sleep.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

• It is caused by damage to the hypocretin system
• Hypocretin helps regulate appetite and sleep
• The brain does not go into a state of normal doziness
• Instead goes directly into REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement)
• Insufficient amount of brain cells

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SYMPTOMS

• (EDS) Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
• Cataplexy (triggered by fear, stress, and laughter)
• Sleep paralysis
• Hallucinations
• Disrupted nocturnal sleep