NAARCOLEPSY

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder defines by constant sleepiness and a tendency to sleep at inappropriate times. Typically, a person with narcolepsy suffers sleep attacks as well as continual sleepiness and a feeling of tiredness that is not completely relieved by any amount of sleep. If not recognized and appropriately managed, narcolepsy can drastically and negatively affect the quality of a person’s life.

What causes narcolepsy?

Narcolepsy appears to be a disorder of the part of the brain that controls sleep and wakefulness.  As a result, sleep or part of sleep intrude into the times they are awake

What are the symptoms of Narcolepsy?

The four most common symptoms of narcolepsy are:

• Excessive Daytime Sleeping.


• Cataplexy.


• Sleep Paralysis


• Hypnologic Hallucinations.

• Medication


• Behaviour treatment


• Management of the environment