Originally posted by DAL9000
Well, narcolepsy is more than just falling asleep... Very often victims of it are very concious while their bodies are paralyzed and have waking hallucinations... The fainting attacks are usually brought on by intense emotion of some sort, like laughter or fear, etc... It seems to be related to a lack of melatonin producing cells in the brain (at least I *think* that's the neurochemical), and they're pretty close to coming up with a treatment for it... It's kinda funny really, the neuroscientist that discovered the link had tried to find it for years without success, but immediately stumbled across it by accident when he tried to identify another neurochemical involved in eating while trying to develop a new diet pill...
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The only real complication with narcolepsy in my case, is that I will have many hallucinary attacks and not fall unconscious.
Otherwise, yeah, it would definitly sound like it.
Thanks for the "UselessInfoRant"!
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