Type 2 narcolepsy is milder than type 1 and doesn’t include cataplexy — a sudden loss of muscle tone triggered by strong emotions. It’s characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Share on ...

That overwhelming sleepiness dragging you down might not just be from staying up too late scrolling through TikTok. While everyone occasionally battles the afternoon slump, people with hypersomnia or ...

Narcolepsy was linked to high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes on top of outright cardiovascular disease events in a retrospective cohort study. Notably, patients with narcolepsy started ...

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Children with narcolepsy often have disrupted nighttime sleep (DNS), which could lead to other effects, such as memory issues. Narcolepsy in children has a distinct association with disrupted ...

Narcolepsy, with or without cataplexy, can have a substantial detrimental effect on well-being and quality of life. Because there is no cure for this condition, current treatments aim to improve ...

"Our findings show that the schizophrenia diagnosis in narcoleptic patients is a phenomenon that does not occur only by chance but also having NT1 can be considered as a risk factor for developing ...

Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological sleep disorder that disrupts the brain’s ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles, leading to sudden sleep attacks, fragmented nighttime sleep, and overwhelming ...

Jay Cook, 24, was in high school when she started to experience sudden bouts of sleepiness. "I was taking community college classes, and I'd drive 20 minutes away to the community college and come ...