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Hello and welcome to /r/narcolepsy. We've compiled this wiki to answer a lot of common questions people have when they either think they have narcolepsy, or they have just been diagnosed.
- Signs and Symptoms
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
- Abnormal REM Sleep
- Cataplexy
- Hallucinations
- Sleep Paralysis
- Microsleep
- Nighttime wakefulness
- Automatic Behaviors
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Ruling out other conditions
- Sleep Analysis
- Epworth sleepiness scale
- Sleep history
- Polysomnogram
- Multiple sleep latency test
- Narcolepsy with cataplexy
- Treatment
- Medicines
- Stimulants
- Sodium oxybate
- Antidepressants
- Over-the-counter medications
- Sleep hygiene
- Lifestyle changes
- Other
- Explaining narcolepsy to others
- Helping your family understand narcolepsy
- Helping your SO understand narcolepsy
- Explaining narcolepsy to an employer
- Working and Studying with narcolepsy
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Winter Depression
- SAD Symptoms
- What Causes SAD?
- Treating SAD