Teenager Who Can't Stay Awake - Rare Sleep Disorder

Fox News Channel 10 (Phoenix) story about teenager Brendan, 19, who sleeps 12-16 hours at a time, and is asleep more than he's awake. Doctors struggle to figure out why. Sleep doctor Michael Breus comments on how sleep disorders are on the rise, and says there are between 85-88 identified sleep disorders at the time of this news story. Many of these disorders are mysterious, and doctors are still struggling to understand and treat them. In a nation where 1 out of 3 Americans are sleep-deprived and stay awake longer than they should, Brendan's sleep disorder is rare.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• sleep
• disorder
• narcolepsy
• apnea
• tired
• exhaustion
• alarm
• doctor
• expert

[Globodyne]

he needs some amphetamines or something to regulate his wakefulness/sleep cycle.

[rockluver7]

I'm 15. and I was just diagnosed with narcolepsy. I always limp when get sad, i have sleep paralaysis when i wake up, I slept 12 hours a day, and always felt extremely sick. When they did my sleep and nap study ( I had 6) I always fell asleep withing 8 minutes and hit REM in 20 minutes. Narcolepsy Is terrible, I hate it. Its painful, and not to mention debilitating. I had to quit 3 after school clubs because I was too tired.

[klspatient411]

this is probably Kleine Levin Syndrome. Check out this site: klslife.com

[luckybear3822]

There was a news story about a girl named Louisa Ball who once slept for 13 day straight, she was diagnosed with a rare disease called Kleine-Levin Syndrome. People who suffer from the syndrome live normally for months at a time, with normal sleep behavior until with no warning, they’ll go to sleep for days or weeks at a time.

[BrendanIsCool]

@garycalgary me too it's quite tragic. this worst is when I'm at school or doing sometzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[sara32884]

Isn't that cataplexy?

[tungstenfusion]

it destroys chances of getting things done regulary

[blader4life93]

@garycalgary LOL

[sskittleheadd]

@klspatient411  Oh my god.....I just looked it up and it sounds exactly like what happens to me. Not narcolepsy at all.

[klspatient411]

Hi,

I'm almost certain that this person has Kleine Levin Syndrome. I have KLS too. If you want more information on it or have any questions, feel free to ask me!