Coping with NARCOLEPSY
Narcolepsy is rare, affecting about 30,000 people in the UK, and usually begins in adolescence. The brain cannot regulate sleeping/waking patterns normally, and symptoms include difficulty concentrating/staying awake, sleep attacks where you fall asleep suddenly, and microsleeps of various length.
They also include cataplexy (temporary loss of muscle control with weakness or collapse during emotions, including laughter or anger) and sleep paralysis (a temporary inability to move or speak). Excessive dreaming, night waking, nightmares, hallucinations, headaches, memory problems and depression are other symptoms.
Narcolepsy doesn’t cause serious physical health problems, but has significant impact on daily life and is
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