What is narcolepsy?

Answer 1

Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder caused by the brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally. At various times throughout the day, people with narcolepsy experience fleeting urges to sleep. If the urge becomes overwhelming, individuals will fall asleep for periods lasting from a few seconds to several minutes. In rare cases, some people may remain asleep for an hour or longer. In addition to excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), three other major symptoms frequently characterize narcolepsy: cataplexy, or the sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone; vivid hallucinations during sleep onset or upon awakening; and brief episodes of total paralysis at the beginning or end of sleep. Narcolepsy is not definitively diagnosed in most patients until 10 to 15 years after the first symptoms appear. The cause of narcolepsy remains unknown. It is likely that narcolepsy involves multiple factors interacting to cause neurological dysfunction and sleep disturbances.

Answer 2

Narcolepsy is a disorder where people randomly fall asleep and have little to no control over it.

Answer 3

That's when people can fall asleep at anytime anywhere. My ex used to have a friend that had it and He would be standing up having a conversation with you and then you would hear him snoring and you look over and his head is hung over sleeping. It happened all the time. It is an involuntary neurological disorder caused by the brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally

Answer 4

Where people uncontrollably fall asleep at non planned times, like while eating dinner.

Answer 5

some one that has a sleeping disorder

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy here you go.

Answer 7

i dunno but you should definitely avoid soup