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Narcolepsy

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness/RLS/Idiopathic Hypersomnia
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Narcolepsy

Postby jhp on Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:45 am

My sister has been diagnosed with narcolepsy. They do not know how she got it. She is 21yrs old. Its a pretty severe case with extreme cataplexy attacks. She has hypocretin... We have tried everything and she gets no REM sleep. We just dont know what to do now. She takes everything under the sun to stay awake and still falls ;"asleep" but never any good sleep. HELP
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Re: Narcolepsy

Postby Dr_Brown on Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:38 am

She has hypocretin
What do you mean by this?

... We have tried everything and she gets no REM sleep. We just dont know what to do now. She takes everything under the sun to stay awake and still falls ;"asleep" but never any good sleep. HELP


What does she take and at what dosage?
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