About Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes overwhelming and severe daytime sleepiness. People with narcolepsy fall asleep at inappropriate times and places. These daytime sleep attacks may occur with or without warning, and can occur repeatedly in a single day. Here are some statistics:

-Narcolepsy affects one in 2,000 Americans in the United States.

-Narcolepsy is typically characterized by the following four symptoms with varying frequencies: Excessive daytime sleepiness, Cataplexy (sudden and temporary loss of muscle tone often triggered by emotions such as laughter), Hallucinations. and Sleep paralysis (paralysis that occurs most often upon falling asleep or waking up; the person is unable to move for a few minutes).