Marilyn Crews, 65, of Houston questioned her sanity before a doctor told her she had narcolepsy and cataplexy in 1963.
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Cataplexy is considered secondary when it is due to specific lesions in the brain that cause a depletion of the hypocretin neurotransmitter.
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In narcolepsy, the reflex inhibition of the motor system seen in cataplexy has features normally seen only in normal REM sleep.
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GHB has been used in a medical setting as a general anesthetic and as a treatment for cataplexy, narcolepsy, and alcoholism.
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Further complicating these updated classification schemes, overlap between narcolepsy " with " cataplexy and idiopathic hypersomnia has also been reported.
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It can be difficult to differentiate between cataplexy brought on by narcolepsy and true sleep paralysis, because the two phenomena are physically indistinguishable.
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Laughter-induced syncope should not be confused with cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle tone triggered by strong emotions, particularly laughter.
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There are wide variations in the development, severity, and order of appearance of cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations in individuals.
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Orphan Medical's version of GHB, to be sold under the brand name Xyrem, marks the first FDA-approved treatment for cataplexy.
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In narcolepsy, viloxazine has been shown to suppress auxiliary symptoms such as cataplexy and also abnormal sleep-onset REM without really improving daytime somnolence.
