From Insomnia to Better Sleep

It is not exactly known what the cause of narcolepsy is. It is difficult to say why one person gets narcolepsy and another does not. It is thought that there may be a combination of things which cause narcolepsy. For example, a low level of hypocretin, a brain chemical which monitors alertness levels, may play [...]

Narcolepsy is a disease of the central nervous system. One of the main symptoms of narcolepsy is sudden sleep, soeople suffering from narcolepsy can fall asleep with practically no warning at all. Other symptoms also include loss of muscle tone, distorted perceptions and inability to move or talk. A persons nocturnal sleep is also disturbed. [...]