Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS)
You feel sleepy or fall asleep at inappropriate times and places, regardless of how much you sleep you have had.
You experience sleepiness or sleep attacks on a continuing, daily basis and not just once in a while.
You almost fall asleep during passive situations like watching TV, reading, waiting, etc.
You find it difficult […]
Narcolepsy is incurable. However, it is not hopeless. Drug treatment is helpful to a degree, but overall it can be rated as only moderately effective. Therefore, e narcoleptics must learn to live as best we can with this monster that threatens to gobble up our most productive waking hours.
Coping skills for us equate to survival […]
Research on narcolepsy, conducted primarily in university and hospital related facilities, continues to research for the causes and ultimately a cure for the disorder. The major areas of focus are:
Familial Trait (Inherited)
Narcolepsy is a genetic disorder. The predisposition for narcolepsy can be inherited. Anyone diagnosed with narcolepsy should make information available to relatives and attempt […]
Since narcolepsy is a genetic disorder, parent should be the ones to detect any symptoms that develop in their children. Unfortunately, many parents who have narcolepsy are still searching for a correct diagnosis of their on symptoms.
The first problem is lack of knowledge of all disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness and difficulty in getting a […]
All drugs used to treat narcolepsy are orphan drugs. They were developed for other purposes but have been found useful in treating the symptoms of narcolepsy. No drugs have been developed specifically for this disorder. Although a drug is not indicated for treating a certain condition, a doctor may prescribe any medication he believes to […]
Narcolepsy and sleep apnea, two primary sleep disorders, frequently occur together. Another sleep than occurs more rarely with narcolepsy is periodic limb movements of sleep (PLMS).
In both of these disorders, specific sleep disturbances cause multiple arousals during the night, resulting in excessive sleepiness the next day. If these disorders exist in addition to narcolepsy, it […]
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