Narcolepsy can lead to excessive daytime sleepiness, as well as cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle tone. Other symptoms can include sleep paralysis and hallucinations that occur both during sleep ...

Sleep paralysis is a temporary sense of paralysis that occurs between stages of wakefulness and sleep. During an episode of sleep paralysis, you are conscious but unable to move or speak.One of the ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB) — Having trouble sleeping? You’re not the only one. New data shows that insomnia, sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, restless leg syndrome, and narcolepsy are some of the most ...

Sleep paralysis is a relatively common experience that can occur in people of all ages—about 8% of people will experience it at one point or another, with higher rates for students, people of color, ...

Paul P. Doghramji, MD, discusses the underdiagnosis of narcolepsy especially among younger individuals and how clinicians can address this.

You wake up out of a murky sleep and find that you’re unable to move your body, from your forehead all the way down to your little toe. You’re completely paralyzed! You also have a crushing feeling in ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My question to you is about an affliction I have struggled with since childhood. Apparently, it is called sleep paralysis. As explained to me in an old newspaper article, it is when ...

Sleep paralysis is feeling pressed down and unable to move or wake up while sleeping. Sleep paralysis is a condition where a person is conscious but unable to move during the transition between ...