Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder, or dyssomnia, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in which a person experiences severe fatigue and possibly falls asleep at inappropriate times, such as while at work or at school. Narcoleptics usually experience troubled nocturnal sleep and an abnormal daytime sleep pattern, which is often confused with insomnia. When a narcoleptic falls asleep they usually experience the REM stage of sleep within 10 minutes; whereas most people do not experience REM sleep until after 90 minutes. There is no proof to propose that narcoleptics tend to have a shorter life span.

Another problem that some narcoleptics knowledge is cataplexy, a sudden muscular weakness brought on by strong emotions. It often manifests as muscular weaknesses ranging from a hardly perceptible slackening of the facial muscles to the reducing of the jaw or head, weakness at the knees, or a total collapse. Usually only speech is slurred, vision is impair, but hearing and awareness remainder normal. In some extraordinary cases, an individual's body becomes paralyzed and muscles become stiff. Narcolepsy is an neurological sleep disorder. It is not reason by mental illness or psychological problems.

Narcolepsy is most likely artificial by a number of genetic abnormalities that affect specific biologic factors in the brain, combined with a set off from environment, such as a virus. Treatment is tailored to the personality, based on symptoms and therapeutic response. The time necessary to achieve optimal control of symptoms is highly variable, and may take several months or longer. Medication adjustments are also repeatedly necessary, and complete control of symptoms is seldom possible. While oral medications are the support of formal narcolepsy treatment, lifestyle changes are also important.

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