How to Diagnose Sleep Disorders : Narcolepsy

[ausauspatpat]

I think I might have it... like, I can sleep for 10-13 hours sometimes and then later in the day (2 or 3 hours after I wake up) I feel extremely tired and even fall asleep again sometimes.

[focus471]

Pretty lady!

[Nat5184]

@aroundy20

It could be that you're developing narcolepsy... Sometimes it is possible that cataplexy presents itself BEFORE the sleepyness part of narcolepsy. And then the excessive sleepyness/sleep attacks can present itself some time later (even years :( ) You should definately go see your doctor! Cataplexy can be horrible!

[1NX9]

I think I might have narcolepsy??? I even fall asleep sitting up sometimes.

[xbeautylovex]

can you help me??? I think i may hve narcolepsy but i'm not sure i just like radomly fall asleep, it happens at school all the time and people just think i'm beung really lazy, before it happens i can't talk and my sight goes werid, i occasionaly find it hard to control my arms too. I talked to my mum and she thinks i'm lazy to, I don't know what to do...

[xbeautylovex]

@xbeautylovex I also get all hot i'm also 12.

[Laurisa718]

@xbeautylovex You need to talk to your doctor. I felt that way when I was in school too. Narcolepsy doesn't get better the older you get. Believe me. I can not be awake everyday and feel good. At this time I sleep 24 hours and get and feel okay for awhile, but I can sleep another 24 without a problem. I've finally decided to do something about it. Don't wait. You can miss out on so much.

[wildy774]

@Laurisa718 thats not nacrolepsy

[Nat5184]

@wildy774 YES it could highly possibly be!!! It's atleast related to narcolepsy, in the way it's a malfunction of the sleep center of the brain. Generally just called Idiopathic Hypersomnia. I have it excactly the same way, and a Polysomnograph clearly showed it as narcolepsy (the short REM sleep latency etc.) It's a rare form of narcolepsy, but it's possible, and narcolepsy medicine helps on the illness!

[wildy774]

@Nat5184 or it could just be DSPS.

[Nat5184]

@wildy774 Yes I haven't heard about that very diagnosis name before, but yes if he/she is falling asleep all throughout the daytime, yet chronically prone to feel more alert and awake during the evening/night, it could be DSPS, or some sleep phase disturbance. I myself have been diagnosed with narcolepsy/hypersomnia and I'm also a real night owl. The only few hours I feel somewhat alert are during the late evening/early night :(

Highly impractical!!

[Nat5184]

@xbeautylovex Yes it's absolutely sound like classical narcolepsy with cataplexy. You shoud really go to your GP, and get a referral to a neurologist who specialises in narcolepsy! And they can give you medicine which really makes a big difference. Because narcolepsy and sleeping disorders eat up your life!

Best of luck, and *hugs*

/Natasha with narcolepsy