Symptoms usually appear in adolescence and the disorder afflicts men and women equally. Although the disease itself may not be diagnosed for many years afterward.
The primary symptom is an overwhelming feeling of fatigue, together with sleep attacks that may occur with or without warning. Excessive sleepiness: an uncontrollable needs to sleep during the day.
Cataplexy
About 80 percent of narcolepsy cases are accompanied by cataplexy, a loss of muscle control that causes the person to collapse, often following a sudden surge of emotion, such as laughter or rage.
Sleep paralysis
More than 60 percent of narcoleptics experience sleep paralysis, an inability to move for one or two minutes even though fully conscious, which can induce an intense feeling of fear.
Hypnagogic hallucinations
Narcoleptics may also experience hypnagogic hallucinations, usually vivid, emotionally charged, and unpleasant visions, which occur at the onset of sleep or upon awakening.
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