Thursday, 19 June 2014
Narcolepsy Symptoms
By Knowledge Galaxy Staf
Irresistible attacks of refreshing sleep that occur almost daily
(at least 3x per week) over at least 3 months.
The presence of one or both of the following:
- cataplexy (i.e., brief episodes
of sudden bilateral loss of muscle tone, most often in association with
intense emotion)
- recurrent intrusions of
elements of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep into the transition between
sleep and wakefulness, as manifested by either hypnopompic or hypnagogic
hallucinations or sleep paralysis at the beginning or end of sleep
episodes
The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects
of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another general medical
condition.
