Paroxysmal sleep also known as narcolepsy is the tiredness or sleepiness felt regardless of any time of the day. Some daily routines may be interrupted because of this disorder.
Paroxysmal sleep may cause an unexpected loss of muscle tone or cataplexy that exist through strong emotions. It is incurable. You can manage its symptoms with medications and by changing your daily habits. You can also manage it through moral support given by the people that surround you.
Paroxysmal attacks are usually triggered by loud noises and have been described as a specific entity, together with functional paroxysmal movement disorders. Differential diagnosis includes paroxysmal dystonia, a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by episodically-occurring involuntary movements of brief duration. It is been 0.76% of all movement disorders as recorded and can either be taken or be inborn. Most cases are acquired.
