What are the symptoms of narcolepsy?

Common symptoms:

Daytime sleepiness: is the most common symptom of type 1 narcolepsy and is the most harmful. That is, repeated sleepiness or falling asleep that is difficult to suppress during the day, most patients are awake and mentally recovered after taking a nap, but then they will feel drowsiness again (the interval is not fixed).

Cataplexy seizures: Sudden weakness of the muscles during awakening and falling, lasting for a few seconds or up to a few minutes, without loss of consciousness. Cataplexy attacks usually start in the face and neck, and then spread to the trunk and limbs.

Cataplexy seizures are induced by strong emotional pretense factors, and almost all patients will have cataplexy seizures induced by laughter. Common in narcolepsy with cataplexy.

Sleep hallucinations: During wakefulness and sleep transitions, vivid dreamlike sensations occur.

Sleep paralysis: a temporary immobility phenomenon that occurs during wakefulness and sleep transitions, usually within a few minutes, and the patient is conscious, but unable to move the limbs or even open the eyes.

Automatic behavior: Monotonous, repetitive movements that appear to be aimless, while appearing awake.

Involuntary limb movements during sleep: During sleep, involuntary limb movements occur.

Restless nighttime sleep: restless sleep at night and easy to wake up.

Memory loss: Feeling that memory is declining, and it is easy to forget recent events.

There is no significant difference in prevalence between men and women, with the majority of cases occurring after the age of 10 years and about 5% of cases occurring before the age of 10 years. The age of onset can vary from early childhood to the mid-50s, with two peaks, the larger one around 15 years of age and the other around 36 years of age.

Excessive daytime sleepiness.

The main manifestations are irresistible transient sleep episodes during the day, which often occur 3-4 hours after waking up, although they strive to stay awake during the attack, they cannot control themselves, and soon enter a state of sleep, sleep generally lasts for several minutes, and can occur multiple times a day. Seizures occur regardless of time, place, or activity. Although sleep episodes often occur when the environment is monotonous enough for a normal person to fall asleep, they can also occur in dangerous situations (e.g., driving, crossing the street, working at height, etc.).

Wakes up feeling energetic, clear-headed, irritable and irritable if prevented from falling asleep. You can wake up and fall back asleep a few minutes later.

Although there are frequent sleep episodes during the day, the total sleep time in a day is usually not increased, and it can be observed in EEG recordings that the onset of REM sleep begins immediately onset, whereas normal REM sleep is preceded by non-REM sleep and usually lasts 60 to 90 minutes. Nighttime sleep is often unsatisfactory and can be interrupted by vivid and frightening dreams.

Narcolepsy: Excessive daytime sleepiness is the first symptom of narcolepsy, in which patients present with sudden and unpredictable excessive sleepiness and irresistible sleep episodes. This is often the case in inappropriate situations, such as falling asleep while eating, driving, or working.

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Drowsiness, sleep paralysis, sleep fantasies, cataplexy attacks.

1. Patients with symptoms of episonylence are generally in a state of low fluctuating vigilance level when awake, and it is more obvious in the afternoon, and short sleep occurs when the degree of sleepiness increases, most patients feel drowsiness aggravated before the attack, and only a few patients will fall asleep from a relatively awake state in a very short time.

2. Cataplexy is a transient and completely reversible episode of motor inhibition, manifested as a sudden onset of voluntary loss or decrease in muscle tone, which can occur in 50% to 70% of patients, often induced by laughter, anger, emotional agitation, nervousness, fatigue or satiety.

3. Sleep paralysis, which occurs in about 20% to 30% of patients with narcolepsy, may also appear alone.

Narcolepsy is more common in adolescents and children, and the general age of onset in China is about 5 years old, and there is no limit to men and women. The clinical manifestations are dominated by the tetralogy of narcolepsy, including daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, sleep hallucinations and cataplexy. Daytime sleepiness (daytime drowsiness regardless of time, occasion, place, etc., which can last for several minutes at the time of attack, and can occur multiple times a day), sleep paralysis (manifested by the patient being conscious but unable to control his or her body, accompanied by the appearance of sleep hallucinations), sleep hallucinations (similar to dreams but more real than dreams, mostly terrifying experiences, many patients cannot distinguish between dreams and reality, accompanied by the appearance of sleep paralysis), and cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle tone when a person with narcolepsy is emotional, Common ones include sudden facial expressionlessness, head tilting forward or backward, knee weakness and falling to the ground, etc.).

Accompanied by obesity, bulimia, ADHD, anxiety, depression, insomnia at night, sticking out the tongue, irritability, etc.

Manifestation is sudden and involuntary with his head bowed or falls to the ground suddenly, but consciousness is always clear, usually lasting only a few seconds, usually only once a day. Cataplexy is caused by a transient partial or complete loss of systemic muscle tone.

Symptoms of narcolepsy include difficulty falling asleep and waking up in the middle of the night.