Alternate Names : Daytime sleep disorder, Cataplexy
Definition
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes excessive sleepiness and frequent daytime sleep attacks.
Cataplexy. This is the sudden loss of muscle tone. Cataplexy can cause a range of physical changes, from slurred speech to total physical collapse, and may last for a few seconds to a few minutes.
Cataplexy - a sudden feeling of weakness in a muscle group, such as the legs, brought on by a powerful emotion such as laughing or anger. This can cause a collapse without loss of consciousness and can last for a few seconds.
Cataplexy
Cataplexy is the loss of muscle strength after an intense emotion. Emotions such as anger, fright, surprise, excitement, or laughter can cause this. It may occur without any cause and does not trigger loss of consciousness.
cataplexy
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Cataplexy
About 7 in 10 people with narcolepsy also have cataplexy. This is where you suddenly lose the strength and control in some of your muscles whilst you are awake.
Cataplexy
This condition causes loss of muscle tone while you're awake. Muscle weakness affects part or all of your body.
cataplexy Episodes of sudden bilateral loss of muscle tone resulting in the individual collapsing, often in association with intense emotions such as laughter, anger, fear, or surprise.
Cataplexy is a period where the body loses all voluntary muscle tone.
Cataract
A cataract is a clouding of the lens in your eye that affects your vision. It is very common in older people. Common symptoms include: ...
Cataplexy: A debilitating medical condition in which a person suddenly feels weak and collapses at moments of strong emotion such as laughter, anger, fear or surprise. In so collapsing, people with cataplexy may injure themselves.
Cataplexy causes temporary paralysis, which can be particularly disturbing if one wakes from a distressing dream. Some medications are available to help treat cataplexy. These are tricyclic anti-depressants and serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
cataplexy " a sudden loss of motor tone and strength.
cataracts " cloudy or thick areas in the lens of the eye.
Cataplexy -- a sudden loss of muscle tone and paralysis of voluntary muscles associated with a strong emotion
Sleep paralysis -- immobility of the body that occurs in the transition from sleep to wakefulness ...
cataplexy - a sudden loss of muscle control ranging from slight weakness to total collapse.
sleep paralysis - being unable to talk or move for about one minute when falling asleep or waking up.
Cataplexy -- suddenly falling asleep or losing muscle control -- which is part of narcolepsy, is NOT a symptom of idiopathic hypersomnia.
Exams and Tests
The health care provider will take a detailed sleep history. Tests may include: ...
Cataplexy (sudden and temporary loss of muscle tone often triggered by emotions such as laughter) (75%)
Hallucinations (vivid dreamlike experiences that occur while falling asleep or upon awakening) (30%) ...
Cataplexy
A sudden loss of muscle tone and strength, usually caused by an extreme emotional stimulus. [Heritage]
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Cataplexy: Cataplexy is a sudden loss of voluntary muscle control, usually triggered by emotions such as laughter, surprise, fear or anger. Cataplexy occurs most often during times of stress or tiredness.
- Cataplexy. These sudden episodes of loss of muscle function can range from slight weakness (such as limpness at the neck or knees, sagging facial muscles or an inability to speak clearly) to complete body collapse.
Cataplexy
Hypnotic-like hallucinations
Sleep paralysis
Disturbed nocturnal sleep with resultant insomnia
Narcoleptics also experience abnormal timing of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep associated with paralysis and hallucinations.
Narcolepsy and Cataplexy
Definition
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder with irrepressible, involuntary sleep episodes during usual waking hours.
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Cataplexy: This is the sudden, temporary loss of muscle tone often triggered by intense emotions such as laughter, excitement, fear or anger.
Doctors often prescribe antidepressant medications, which suppress REM sleep, to help alleviate the symptoms of cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis.
Cataplexy see Narcolepsy
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Cataracts
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About 70% of narcoleptic patients also experience periodic episodes of cataplexy, which is a sudden and temporary loss of muscle tone.
Narcolepsy is a rare chronic neurologic disorder that presents with daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone triggered by emotional arousal such as laughter), hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.
Two classes of antidepressant drugs have proved effective in controlling cataplexy in many patients: tricyclics (including imipramine, desipramine, clomipramine, and protriptyline) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (including fluoxetine ...
If a person has both excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, narcolepsy can be diagnosed on the basis of patient history alone. Lab tests, however, can confirm a diagnosis.
Sudden, brief periods of muscle weakness while you are awake (cataplexy). This weakness may affect specific muscle groups or may affect the entire body. Cataplexy is often brought on by strong emotional reactions, such as laughing or crying.
Cataplexy
Hypnagogic hallucinations
Sleep paralysis
Additional symptoms
How is narcolepsy diagnosed?
How is narcolepsy treated?
Medications
Non-drug treatments
What is the outcome (prognosis) for patients with narcolepsy?
medications - excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy are treated separately, with central nervous system stimulants usually prescribed for EDS and tricyclic antidepressants for cataplexy ...
Narcolepsy is a rare disorder characterized by chronic, excessive attacks of drowsiness during the day, sudden extreme muscle weakness (cataplexy), hallucinations, paralysis while sleeping, and disrupted sleep during the night.
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Most people with narcolepsy also experience cataplexy, sudden muscular weakness without loss of consciousness, which usually accompanies laughter or anger.
Daytime sleep disorder; Cataplexy
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Narcolepsy is a nervous system disorder, not a mental illness. Anxiety does not cause narcolepsy.
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CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep.
Definition Narcolepsy is a disorder of the nervous system marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
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Narcolepsy is a neurological and chronic sleep disorder marked by excessive daytime sleepiness, uncontrollable sleep attacks, and cataplexy (a sudden loss of muscle tone, usually lasting up to half an hour).
Narcolepsy articles: ...
Sudden loss of muscle tone without loss of consciousness (cataplexy)
Temporary paralysis while awakening
Frightening mental images that appear as one falls asleep
Memory problems
Symptoms may be triggered by: ...
Antidepressants-to help treat many symptoms of narcolepsy (eg, cataplexy, hallucinations, sleep paralysis)
Other treatment options include: ...
Dauvilliers Y, Arnulf I, Mignot E. Narcolepsy with cataplexy. Lancet. 2007 Feb 10;369(9560):499-511.
In 2002, the FDA approved Xyrem as a Schedule 3 controlled substance for the treatment of cataplexy, a condition in which muscles suddenly go limp. This condition is associated with narcolepsy.
A condition that causes a person to fall asleep suddenly at inappropriate times, such as while talking, eating or driving. There may be a sudden loss of muscle strength (cataplexy), which may cause the person to stumble or fall, ...
In people with narcolepsy, Xyrem can reduce daytime sleepiness and reduce cataplexy (weak or paralyzed muscles) attacks. However, Xyrem is only available with a prescription and its use is very tightly restricted.
falling asleep suddenly, without warning (known as 'sleep attacks')
excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS)
temporary muscle weakness when responding to emotions such as laughter and anger (cataplexy)
How common is narcolepsy? ...
The affected person will usually experience one other of the following: - cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone, sleep paralysis (brief paralysis on waking), ...
is a chronic sleep disorder in which you experience excessive daytime tiredness, and you often abruptly fall asleep during the day. People who have narcolepsy also may experience a sudden loss of muscle tone with emotions such as laughter (cataplexy).
 See also: Narcolepsy, Symptom, Paralysis, Hallucinations, Sleep disorder
  
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