Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that involves excessive, uncontrollable daytime sleepiness. It is caused by a dysfunction of the brain mechanism that controls sleeping and waking. If you have narcolepsy, you may have “sleep attacks” while in the middle of talking, working, or even driving.
Most Common signs and symptoms:
- Seeing or hearing things when you’re drowsy or starting to dream before you’re fully asleep.
- Suddenly feeling weak or losing control of your muscles when you’re laughing, angry, or experiencing other strong.
- Dreaming right away after going to sleep or having intense dreams
- Seeing or hearing things when you’re drowsy or starting to dream before you’re fully asleep.
- Feeling paralyzed and unable to move when you wake up or doze off.