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Narcolepsy disrupts more than sleep—it affects daily life. Learn about causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and the latest treatment strategies.

People with narcolepsy often enter REM sleep within minutes of falling asleep rather than the normal 90-minute delay, creating an unstable sleep architecture that prevents truly restorative rest.

Centuries later, historians have sorted through records and diagnosed people with illnesses. Some led to their deaths, such as the prominent political figure whose brain gradually turned to stone.

The two major subtypes of narcolepsy are Type 1 and Type 2. GlobalData epidemiologists predict 105,560 diagnosed prevalent cases of Type 1 and Type 2 narcolepsy in the US in 2025. Type 1 ...

People with narcolepsy do not slowly move through the stages of sleep as the average person does. Instead, they jump to REM sleep quickly, within 15 minutes of falling asleep.

Many people living with narcolepsy struggle with symptoms for years before getting the right diagnosis, often taking 8 to 15 years. For Lindsay and Matt, it was no different. The road to a diagnosis ...

For people living with narcolepsy, no amount of sleep alleviates the feeling of being tired. While most people are either awake or asleep, narcolepsy feels as if you're never really in either ...

For people with narcolepsy, the boundary between sleep and wakefulness can be blurrier. They often enter REM sleep within 15 minutes of falling asleep.

The paper, titled “Understanding the Patient Experience With Twice-Nightly Sodium Oxybate Therapy for Narcolepsy: A Social Listening Experiment,” was published in Brain Sciences.

A survey was then administered to people with narcolepsy to better understand their experiences with oxybate therapy. The survey was fielded to members of PWN4PWN from October 12 to November 6, 2022.