Tag: narcolepsy symptoms

Improving Sleep Quality with Medication for Narcolepsy: Managing Sleep-Wake Cycles in a Disorder That Defies Simple Solutions

Improving Sleep Quality with Medication for Narcolepsy: Managing Sleep-Wake Cycles in a Disorder That Defies Simple Solutions

The medications keeping you awake aren’t the ones helping you sleep—and until you understand this paradox, narcolepsy will keep stealing your life.

Serotonin Dysregulation in Narcolepsy Sleep Architecture: Why Your Brain’s Chemical Messenger Can’t Keep You Awake

Serotonin Dysregulation in Narcolepsy Sleep Architecture: Why Your Brain’s Chemical Messenger Can’t Keep You Awake

In 2017, scientists made mice with narcolepsy stop collapsing by flooding one tiny brain region with serotonin—here’s what that means for you.

When Joy Makes Your Knees Buckle: Understanding Intense Emotions Causing Cataplectic Episodes

When Joy Makes Your Knees Buckle: Understanding Intense Emotions Causing Cataplectic Episodes

What if I told you that laughing at a joke could literally drop you to the ground—fully conscious, unable to move?

How Serial Sleep Studies Reveal Your Narcolepsy’s Hidden Timeline Through Sleep Study Changes Reflecting Narcolepsy Progression

How Serial Sleep Studies Reveal Your Narcolepsy’s Hidden Timeline Through Sleep Study Changes Reflecting Narcolepsy Progression

Your sleep studies aren’t just snapshots—they’re crime scene evidence revealing exactly how narcolepsy is hijacking your brain’s sleep architecture.

When Your Brain Forgets How to Stay Awake: Understanding Narcolepsy and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults

When Your Brain Forgets How to Stay Awake: Understanding Narcolepsy and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults

Falling asleep at your desk isn’t laziness—it’s your brain’s 70,000 missing neurons screaming for help you didn’t know existed.

Improving Sleep Architecture in Narcolepsy Patients via Behavioral Therapy: Working With the Brain’s Unique Patterns

Improving Sleep Architecture in Narcolepsy Patients via Behavioral Therapy: Working With the Brain’s Unique Patterns

What if the ‘broken’ sleep your doctors have been trying to ‘fix’ is actually your brain’s secret weapon?