do narcoleptics have a hard time waking up
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Narcolepsy For other uses, see Narcolepsy (disambiguation). Narcolepsy is a long-term neurological disorder that involves a decreased ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles. Symptoms include periods of excessive daytime sleepiness that usually last from seconds to minutes and may occur at any time.
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- 09/13/2007. I have a very hard time waking up or even being woking up by others. I am somewhat worried that it will effect my job once i am out of college and have no roomate to wake me up in the morning.
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Cluster Headache and Sleep What is narcolepsy, and does it play a role in cluster headache attacks? Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by sudden sleep attacks, sleep paralysis, vivid hallucinations, and sudden loss of muscle tone (cataplexy). These symptoms occur during the day. While narcolepsy is a REM sleep disorder, it does not appear to be a trigger for cluster headache attacks.
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Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting the part of your brain that regulates sleep. Narcolepsy is more common than you probably realize—affecting about 1 in 2,000 people—and can cause you to experience excessive daytime sleepiness and a sudden loss of muscle control (called cataplexy), often triggered by strong emotions.
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07.18 Hypnagogia: An Explanation of Strange Nighttime Visitations Normal sleep contains periods of REM (rapid eye movement-dream sleep) during which the brain stem inhibits, or turns off, the motor neurons in our spinal column, preventing any movement except for the eyes. Normally, this only occurs during dream sleep. The apparent reason for sleep paralysis is our safety.
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Narcolepsy Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, and Medication Narcolepsy is a chronic disease of the central nervous system. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is the main symptom and is present in 100% of patients with narcolepsy. Other primary symptoms of narcolepsy include: 1  loss of muscle tone (cataplexy), 2  distorted perceptions (hypnagogic hallucinations), and.
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Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness. People with narcolepsy experience excessive daytime sleepiness and intermittent, uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the daytime.
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Narcolepsy Nighttime Sleep Disturbances. In narcolepsy, none of the patient's sleep patterns are normal ones. Thus, when trying to sleep at night, the patient frequently wakes up, and displays excessive physical movement while still asleep.
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- The symptoms of narcolepsy most commonly begin between the ages of 10 and 25. They may worsen for the first few years, and then continue for life. Excessive daytime sleepiness. People with narcolepsy fall asleep without warning, anywhere, anytime. For example, you may suddenly nod off while working or talking with friends. You may sleep for a few minutes or up to a half-hour before awakening and feeling refreshed, but eventually you fall asleep again.
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- Narcolepsy: Narcolepsy's main symptoms are excessive sleepiness during the day or recurring sleep attacks that cause people to fall asleep uncontrollably during normal waking hours. Some people also have sudden spells of muscle weakness following emotional excitement and may fall to the ground.
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Epilepsy Talk It’s believed that sleep seizures are triggered by changes in the electrical activity in your brain during the stages of sleeping and awakening. Most nocturnal seizures occur in stage 1 and stage 2, which are the stages of lighter sleep. And nocturnal awakenings are sometimes confused with insomnia. Epilepsy patients are often unaware of the seizures that occur while they sleep.
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- By Vervin S. from Undisclosed. Comments about the Vitamin Shoppe Relora 250 MG - 90 Capsules : I found Relora to be an expensive supplement that did not help me get back to sleep. Usually I can fall asleep, but wake up between 2 and 6am and have a hard time getting back to sleep.Tried Relora and did not find any benefit.y Vervin S. from Undisclosed. Comments about the Vitamin Shoppe Relora 250 MG - 90 Capsules : I found Relora to be an expensive supplement that did not help me get back to sleep. Usually I can fall asleep, but wake up between 2 and 6am and have a hard time getting back to sleep.
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- Sleep Paralysis and Narcolepsy. Sleep paralysis can occur on its own. However, it’s also a common symptom of narcolepsy. Signs of narcolepsy include falling asleep suddenly, problems remaining alert throughout the day, sudden muscle weakness, and vivid hallucinations.
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Narcolepsy Narcolepsy, which is classified as a sleep disorder, causes a patient to exhibit a strong, even uncontrollable, urge to sleep during the daytime. Narcoleptics experience what are called sleep attacks, episodes of deep sleep that come upon them suddenly while they're engaged in other activities such as work or school.
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- If you’re getting enough shut-eye but still feel sleepy all the time, you could have a sleep disorder. Sleep disorders disrupt a person's ability to fall asleep or stay asleep, or they may cause odd behaviors during sleep, such as sleepwalking. Some sleep disorders even prompt sleep attacks, in which people fall asleep uncontrollably during the day.
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sleep Having a good night's sleep helps our brains to recover from the day's events, so that we can function well the next day. For some people with epilepsy a lack of sleep can make seizures more likely to happen, for others having seizures at night can make them feel tired during the day.
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- Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes disabling daytime sleepiness and other symptoms. Narcolepsy is related to the dreaming period of sleep called REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. With narcolepsy, though, REM periods can occur throughout the day.
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Narcolepsy Other symptoms of narcolepsy may be related to your abnormal REM sleep, including hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle control). Two of the most common narcolepsy symptoms—excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy—are often connected to your emotional state. You may tend to exhibit these symptoms when you experience intense emotions, such as laughter, sadness, surprise, or frustration.
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How is Narcolepsy diagnosed? Other symptoms may include: 1  Restlessness – having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. 2  Automatic Behavior – when you’re not completely aware of your actions or become forgetful. 3  Hyperactivity – activities are sped up, seen especially with children who have Narcolepsy.
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Narcolepsy Most people diagnosed with narcolepsy also have cataplexy. However, some do not, which has led researchers to distinguish two major forms of the condition: narcolepsy with cataplexy and narcolepsy without cataplexy. Narcolepsy also affects nighttime sleep.
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Causes of Narcolepsy Causes: Narcolepsy: Unknown. The normal stages of sleep include a phase of rapid eye movement (REM). It is during the REM phase of sleep when we dream and during this time that our muscles become completely relaxed.
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medical condition People can’t wake me up- is it a medical condition? When people try to wake me up in the middle of the night I give them a really hard time until I wake up fully. I once eve got into a fight with someone trying to wake me up. A. We had someone like you in the army.
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Self-Care Most people with narcolepsy find a brief nap refreshing, with improved alertness for one to three hours afterwards. Naps should be limited to 15–20 minutes, as it can be difficult to wake from the deep sleep of a long nap, and an extended nap in the afternoon may make it harder to fall asleep at night.
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Overview Some episodes of sleep attacks are brief, lasting seconds. Some people with narcolepsy experience automatic behavior during these brief episodes. For example, you may fall asleep while performing a task you normally perform, such as writing, typing or driving, and you continue to function while asleep.
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Falling Asleep During the Day? You May Have a Problem with Excessive Sleepiness Narcolepsy does not actually belong to the group of excessive sleeping disorders. It is a neurological disorder that causes excessive sleepiness and interferes with normal activities of daily living. People with narcolepsy may have trouble getting to sleep at night and then find fall asleep during the day. Narcoleptics may also develop sudden weakness of the muscles and experience episodes of sleep paralysis. Another neurological disorder, restless leg syndrome, makes it difficult to sleep.
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- 1 The overnight sleep in narcolepsy is usually very fragmented and of poor quality, but people with idiopathic hypersomnia tend to sleep continuously through the night.  Short daytime naps in narcolepsy tend to be refreshing, but naps in idiopathic hypersomnia are more like long sleeps and are not refreshing.