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Usually when people fall asleep they experience 90 minutes of non-REM sleep, followed by REM sleep. People with narcolepsy, enter REM sleep immediately and it occurs during every sleep attack.
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If Dexedrine or adderall don't work for narcolepsy will Vyvanse?
It would more than likely not work, since Vyvanse is closely related to Adderall. I am being treated by a Psychiatrist for Narcolepsy. I am prescribed 50mg of Vyvanse per day. While Vyvanse is still an amphetamine salt it is a completely different drug than Adderall.
What is narcolepy?
It is a sleep disorder. People that have it tend to feel sleepy all the time and can fall asleep during daily activities.
Involuntary episodes of falling asleep during the daytime while engaged in activity?
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) or Narcolepsy
Does narcolepsy generally take most of your energy?
Narcolepsy robs you of your energy. A study released at the annual conference for narcolepsy stated that a person without narcolepsy would have to stay awake for 32 hours straight to experience the same sensation of that of a person with narcolepsy who was awake for just 1 hour.
When was Narcolepsy - song - created?
Narcolepsy - song - was created on 1997-04-08.
Is narcolepsy a parasomnia?
No, narcolepsy is a dyssomnia. It involves the timing, quantity, or quality of sleep.
Approximately how many Americans suffer from narcolepsy?
Approximately one hundred twenty-five thousand to two hundred thousand Americans suffer from narcolepsy. Unfortunately, less than fifty thousand were improperly diagnosed.
What are the demographics of narcolepsy?
40% of patients with narcolepsy have or have had another mental disorder. 18% of patients with narcolepsy are 10 years old or younger. It is estimated that 0.02-0.16% of the general population suffer from narcolepsy. Men and women are equally affected.
How many people experience Narcolepsy?
About one in every one thousand people have narcolepsy.
Do you have narcolepsy?
Yes.
Can you use narcolepsy in a sentence?
Because he had narcolepsy, Joe seemed to fall asleep at inopportune times.
Is Narcolepsy a disease?
In about 8-12% of cases, people diagnosed with narcolepsy know of other family members with similar symptoms. Most people with the condition have no family members with narcolepsy.
