05-12-2019, 02:51 PM
Narcolepsy?
I know this might be a question for another forum, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge of narcolepsy? I have sleep apnea and use a BiPAP (I'll post more info on another thread) but am still pretty tired. Also one of the symptoms that stuck out at me about narcolepsy is cataplexy....which I think I sorta have. When something make me laugh really hard, I get all weak. But I thought all people did this for the longest time. You know "ROFL"? ..I have literally done that. No joke, I remember one time in 6th grade I was on the floor I guess in the fetal position and a few of my friends were standing around me...some girls stopped and told them to stop beating me up. They weren't beating me, what happened was one of them had made a joke and funny face and it just slayed. I was literally on the floor in the fetal position "dying" of laughter. I since learned to you know, try to control myself more, because you know, it looks weird, but if someone makes me laugh really hard I might sloop in my chair, arms fall to my side, or I might need to bend down, or I might need to "take a knee". On rare occasions, extreme anxiety or sadness can cause quasi-cataplexy. I don't fall down or anything, but I might need to lie down...THEN and THERE...like on the foor, or maybe, again "take a knee". Any thoughts?