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Narcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder, characterized by recurrent attacks of irresistible sleep during the hours of work, paralysis and hallucinations. The cause is unknown, but these disorders tend to be found in one family, which allegedly is a hereditary disease.

Symptoms usually begin in adolescence or young adulthood and settling for life. Sudden sleep attack sufferers face the unbearable, which can happen at any time. Sense of wanting to sleep can only be detained for a while. But once asleep, the patient usually can be easily awakened.

Attacks can occur several times a day, and every attack usually lasts for one hour or less. Attacks occur more frequently in circumstances that are tedious, like a boring meeting or driving long distances.

Patients feel the freshness when awake, but a few minutes and then going back to sleep. Patients may experience temporary paralysis without impairment of consciousness (a condition termed katapleksi), as a response to a sudden emotional reactions such as anger, fear, joy, laughter or surprise. Walking into a limp, dropping goods being held or fell to the ground.

Patients may also experience episodes of sleep paralysis, which had just fallen asleep when or soon after waking, the patient felt unable to move. Hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not really there) may occur at the beginning of sleep or when awake. These hallucinations resembles an ordinary dream, but more powerful.

Diagnosis is usually established based on the symptoms, but symptoms are similar does not necessarily indicate that the person suffers from narcolepsy. Katapleksi, sleep paralysis and hallucinations, commonly found in children and sometimes occurs in healthy adults.

Electroencephalogram (EEG), which is a record brain electrical activity, could indicate that the pattern of REM sleep occurs when the patient started to fall asleep. This is typical for narcolepsy. Nothing found structural changes in the brain and found no abnormality in blood examination.

Treatment
Stimulant drugs (stimulants) such as fedrin, amphetamines, and metilfenidat dekstroamfetamin, can help reduce narcolepsy. Dose adjusted to avoid undesirable side effects, such as anxiety, overactive or weight loss. To reduce katapleksi, usually given anti-depression drugs, namely imipramin.