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That overwhelming sleepiness dragging you down might not just be from staying up too late scrolling through TikTok. While everyone occasionally battles the afternoon slump, people with hypersomnia or ...

Julie Flygare was 21 when the symptoms started. First her knees would buckle briefly, but only when she laughed. She awoke one night to the sight of a burglar attacking her, while she lay paralyzed ...

Narcolepsy with cataplexy, now known as type 1 narcolepsy, is a chronic neurological disorder that affects a person’s sleep-wake cycle and involves muscle weakness. The condition can cause a person to ...

Research indicates a potential link between narcolepsy and schizophrenia, with studies suggesting that individuals with narcolepsy may have a higher risk of developing schizophrenia. Narcolepsy and ...

Narcolepsy may be treated with several types of prescription medications. While often not the first choice of treatment due to safety concerns, gamma-hydroxybutyrate may be used in certain cases.

Hypersomnia and narcolepsy are both sleep disorders that cause excessive daytime sleepiness and other changes in natural sleep-wake cycles. "Hypersomnia" actually refers to several sleep conditions ...

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. has identified phosphodiesterase PDE1 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, Parkinson’s disease, cognitive disorders, narcolepsy, female sexual ...