Narcolepsy
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Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder, or dyssomnia, characterized by an excessive urge to sleep in inappropriate times, such as while at work or at school. Narcoleptics usually experience disturbed nocturnal sleep and an abnormal daytime sleep pattern, which is often confused with insomnia. When a narcoleptic falls asleep they generally experience the REM stage of sleep within 10 minutes; whereas most people do not experience REM sleep until after 90 minutes.
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See also
- Caffeine-induced sleep disorder
- Cataplexy
- Dyssomnia
- Orexin
- Microsleep
- List of people with narcolepsy
- Sleep medicine
- Sleep inertia
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