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For all the sleepy people out there who are wondering if they are sleep deprived or have narcolepsy - they may be wondering when these first symptoms usually appear. Here is your answer.
In most cases, symptoms first appear when people are between the ages of 10 and 25 but narcolepsy can appear at any age. Many patients first experience symptoms between the ages of 35 and 45. A smaller number around the ages of 50 to 55. Narcolepsy can also develop early in life, probably more frequently than is generally recognized. For example, 3-year-old children have been diagnosed with the disorder. Whatever the age of onset, patients find that the symptoms tend to get worse over the two to three decades after the first symptoms appear. Many older patients find that some daytime symptoms decrease after age 60. (more…)

So your falling a sleep all the time! You may wonder, Am I sleep deprived or do I have narcolepsy? Here are the symptoms of narcolepsy.

The most common major symptom of narcolepsy, other than excessive daytime sleepiness, is cataplexy, which occurs in about 70 percent of all patients. Sleep paralysis and hallucinations are somewhat less common. Only 10 to 25 percent of patients display all four of these major symptoms. (more…)

Falling a sleep alot during the day? You may wonder, Do I have narcolepsy? Can I get it? Who gets it? Read on for some of these answers. (more…)

Have you ever been sitting and all of a sudden you dooze off? I have seen co-workers sitting at a computer charting and the next minute the computer is buzzing. I look at the person and they had fallen asleep with there finger on the keyboard and the same letter going across, row after row after row.

This person most likely is suffering from lack of sleep - sleep deprivation. But there is a sleep disorder that causes people to fall asleep at anytime. It’s called Narcolepsy. (more…)