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Narcolepsy
( Friedmann's disease,
hypnolepsy,
hypnopathy
)
Individuals with this Dyssomnia believed to result from brain orexin deficiency suffer repeated sleep attacks in which they are unable to resist falling asleep suddenly. They also experience cataplexy and/or recurrent experience during the period of transition between sleep and wakefulness of paralysis, hypnopompic and/or hypnagogic hallucinations.
Diagnostic criteria for 347.00 Narcolepsy (Obsolete)