Narcolepsy - Articles
Elephantitis, auras, chuntering and narcolepsy
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Laura
... ing. Of course I was hallucinating. Finally I got my flight. It was pain free and I slept in a bobbing head fashion on and off. I think the woman next to me thought I had narcolepsy. In desperate anticipation of seeing my children I got my 100th and final wind. My bag couldn’t come out on the conveyor belt fast enough and I nearly sprin ...
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Readers Ask: A Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Healthosity ..
... st to these illnesses. Abot Bensussen Dr. Klimas responds: There is a clinical trial under way to study the effects of Xyrem, a medication used to treat sleep disorders like narcolepsy, in fibromyalgia. Certainly, getting restorative sleep is a good thing, and slow wave sleep is key to restorative sleep. A sleep expert can help with this part of t ...
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Cancer Vixen: An Aberration Story
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Penelope P.
... n about all these aches and pains, I feel a little sting of guilt. That's because I know I shouldn't complain. After all, I don't have pulmonary fibrosis, spinabifida, MS, narcolepsy, or cancer. These are just some of the illnesses/conditions we've heard about on Aberration Nation. My runny nose is simply a drop in the bucket compared to what ot ...
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Tired
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dancing65roses
I'm tired. I'm tired of days like today. Days where I wake up at 11am (after 12 hours of sleep), take my pills that are supposed to help me stay awake (narcolepsy pill in small doses), and then I even take my second dose at 1pm (which I usually forget), and I still feel like I could crawl into bed and sleep for days. I'm tir ...
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Health Tips for September 30
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Meredy
... ing stressed or anxious, often resulting from a significant life event.Withdrawing too quickly from alcohol use, or drinking too much alcohol.Having a sleep disorder, such as narcolepsy.Being sick with a fever.Having a side effect or reaction to a drug.Eating too close to bedtime, which raises your metabolism and increases brain activity.
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Sleep Disorders Can Be Serious for Pets
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Steven M.
... isplaying signs of a sleep disorder and it could be a dangerous condition. The press release notes that the two sleep disorders most dangerous to an animal’s health are narcolepsy and cataplexy. “These two sleep disorders are usually a congenital and inherited condition that can be brought on by excitement such as playing, eating, drink ...
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Bowling With Narcolepsy
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netventures
What’s more fun than a night out with the guys at the bowling alley? A night out at the bowling alley when one of the guys has narcolepsy. Check out this video where a guy falls fast asleep mid-bowl. And, being the good friends that they are, his buddies just laugh, drag him out of the way, and keep ...
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Craquelin (B&P20)
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Sheltie Girl
... new height check. He's two inches taller than he was when we measured him in July. He's now 5'7" and taller than me. One night while my husband and I were trading bad narcolepsy jokes, I made this loaf of craquelin. It turned out beautifully, although it had a large air pocket in the middle. As the bread cooled the X collapsed into the cent ...
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