Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Damien is a 21 year old narcoleptic who lives in York with his parents, who run an old fashioned guest house. His unusual condition has had a devastating impact on all of their lives. He often finds many of the things that we take for granted a real struggle: paying attention, learning, getting and keeping a job, communicating, sleeping (ironically).
Duration : 0:6:17
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Tags: Automatic, Behavior, cataplexy, Center, Deprivation, Dr., Emmanuel, Eye, for, Hallucinations, Hypnagogia, Hypnagogic, Hypnopompic, Hypocretin, Hypothalamus, Lateral, Microsleep, Mignot, Modafinil, movement, Narcolepsy, Narcolespy, Orexin, paralysis, Provigil, Rapid, REM, Sleep, Stanford, Xyrem
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I was dx’s with a sleeping disorder about a year ago that has the same symptoms at Narcolepsy but I am sure my Doc didn’t call it Narcolepsy. Is there another medical name for it? I was perscribed Provigil for it.
Hangover.
Tags: disorder, Narcolepsy, Provigil, symptoms
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
This is a news segment CNN did a few years ago about Narcolepsy.
Duration : 0:7:34
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Tags: Automatic, Behavior, cataplexy, Center, Deprivation, Dr., Emmanuel, Eye, for, Hallucinations, Hypnagogia, Hypnagogic, Hypnopompic, Hypocretin, Hypothalamus, Lateral, Microsleep, Mignot, Modafinil, movement, Narcolepsy, Narcolespy, Orexin, paralysis, Provigil, Rapid, REM, Sleep, Stanford, Xyrem
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