Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is where you can fall asleep at any time. Obviously, this can be extremely dangerous if you are operating a motor vehicle. Some people are able to take stimulants in order to control their condition. Other people still have the tendency to fall asleep at any time.…
Stage five is known as REM. “REM sleep is characterized by eye movement, increased respiration rate and increased brain activity” (Grohol, 2016). Stage five is where a lot of our dreams occur. When an individual dreams it’s because of increased brain activity. REM sleep is known as paradoxical sleep because the muscles become paralyzed.…
Narcolepsy begins to affect people between the ages of six to over sixty. Some of the symptoms include EDS, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. EDS is Excessive Daytime Sleepiness which the mood and memory of a person. Treatments can be by medications or by therapy. A support group can help in the form of counseling and sharing experience with others.…
If woken up during the third stage of NREM sleep, the sleeper will probably feel perplexed for a few minutes. REM sleep then occurs, the final stage of the sleep cycle. Eyes start to rapidly move in all directions and dreams transpire. The heart and respiration rates increase while rhythms become inconsistent. Although a majority of the muscles do not perform any movement, brain…
Sleep. It’s something that everyone does, and we spend about a third of our lives doing it. However most people don’t think about it that much, or perhaps think they could be more productive without it, especially because so many people have no idea what goes on during sleep. Everyone agrees that getting less than optimal sleep feels terrible the next day, but sleep deprivation is still a chronic problem. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 30 percent of American adults are sleeping six or fewer hours a day, which is significantly under the recommended 7-9 hours for adults by the National Sleep Foundation.…
As Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD., states in his article “Narcolepsy Symptoms, Treatment & Remedies” (2015) narcolepsy is a neurological disorder caused by brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally. The main elements of narcolepsy are cataplexy and fatigue which cause insomnia, sudden sleep attacks, and condition called sleep paralysis. For a better classification of narcolepsy, it is important to know, how the “normal sleep” happens. Process of sleep happens in cycles.…
Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) is a disease of the brain that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. It is not a normal part of aging. The greatest known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is increasing age. Most individuals with the illness are 65 and older. Other risk factors includes: Age, family history and genetics are all risk factors we can’t change.…
Many doctors, and professors have studied about narcolepsy have ways to diagnose, and determine if you have narcolepsy. A physical exam and an extensive medical background are vital for accurate analysis of narcolepsy. Though, none of the main symptoms is restricted to narcolepsy. Numerous specific tests that can be executed in a sleep disorder clinic are typically needed before an analysis can be established. There are two main tests that are said to be essential in checking an analysis of narcolepsy; the polysomnogram (which can be abbreviated as PSG) and the multiple sleep latency examination (which can be abbreviated as MSLT).…
I chose narcolepsy for my topic for this final. Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain’s ability to control sleep-wake cycles. The reason I chose narcolepsy is because one out of every 2,000 people are affected by it. Narcolepsy can greatly affect daily activities. People can unwillingly fall asleep even if they are in the middle of an activity like driving, eating, or talking.…
A completed cycle of sleep consists of a progression from stages 1-4(non-REM) before REM sleep is attained, then the cycle starts over again. One sleep cycle costs around 90 minutes. In fact, there is no particular number to show how long that sleep cycle is that people really need. However, it is important for people to process the full stages while sleeping, which means people must enter non-REM then get into REM to ensure a good sleep. “It has been hypothesized that REM (rapid eye movement) sleep has an important role in memory consolidation.”…
Narcolepsy is a sleeping disorder that affects a person’s sleep wake cycle. It is characterized by excessive daytime drowsiness, sudden attacks of sleep, sudden loss of muscle tone or cataplexy, hallucinations, and the inability to move or talk or sleep paralysis. People suffering from narcolepsy regularly find it difficult to stay awake for long periods of time and have difficulty staying asleep. This disorder can be treated many different ways including through the use of pharmaceutical drugs, such as Modafinil and Gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB). Several studies have been done on both drugs to determine the effectiveness of each drug on the symptoms of narcolepsy.…
Effects of Narcolepsy Over 200,000 Americans suffer from a severe sleep disorder known as Narcolepsy. (rightdiagnosis.com) Narcolepsy is a permanent disease in which one has lost the ability to regulate sleep cycles. By definition, the disease may seem minor and easy to cure. However, there is no cure for Narcolepsy, and many patients report dreadful and even frightening symptoms such as sleep paralysis Patients of Narcolepsy have low levels of Orexin-A, a neurotransmitter in the brain, which promotes appetite, arousal, and wakefulness.…
In this paper I am going to discuss with you the signs, symptoms and treatment of narcolepsy. I will also discuss the correlations, if any it has to the field of Neurodiagnostics. Narcolepsy is a chronic brain disorder that creates disruptions of the sleep-wake cycles. People with narcolepsy experience commonly experience periods of extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable bouts of sleep that can strike at any time. These “sleep attacks” usually last a few seconds to several minutes.…
A large majority of people who are diagnosed with narcolepsy not only live in fear of endangering their lives and the people who surround them, but also in fear of being set back unfairly if they are recognized as having this condition. Narcolepsy is usually a subject very briefly touched upon in passing conversation by your average person or more frequently not at all. So its symptoms and and even simple description of this affliction are not familiar knowledge, which is why information is few and frequently false. But there are articles that give more insight into statics aiding the topic of those with narcolepsy and their aptness to be on the road. The question being whether or not people diagnosed with narcolepsy should be subject to lose their license?…
There are many sleeping disorders out there that you might know, such as insomnia. When you have a sleeping disorder or disease, it makes it almost impossible for someone to get a good night’s sleep or to get any sleep at all. Sleep apnea, Insomnia, Restless legs syndrome, and Narcolepsy are the 4 most common sleeping disorders. Insomnia is a disorder in which people have difficulty falling or staying asleep. Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep.…