Posted by bimini on August 7, 2005, at 9:38:59
In reply to Re: Can Narcolepsy ADHD Co-exist?? » bimini, posted by zeugma on August 6, 2005, at 16:09:31
Thank you Zeugma,
> Cataplexy= paralysis accompanied by a dreamlike state intruding on a wakeful state, often triggered by emotion as noted above.
That is also an effect of shock, comlex partial seizures and maybe more.
> Hypnagogic hallucination= dreaming at sleep onset, when one is still partially awake, and so a state where dreaming and wakeful consciousness coexist, usually unpleasantly.
I do experience dream-like visuals, intense but not unpleasant, just going into sleep. Often just a single scene, sometimes lucid dream-like. I can open my eyes, move and all and go back to continue dream.
> my personal theory is that when ADHD is accompanied by sensory disturbances (e.g., not being able to perceive simple patterns, and being very prone to 'over-stimulation') it is more likely to be accompanied by serious sleep disturbances, of which narcolepsy is the most severe.
Sleep disturbance can well be caused by electrical discharges. Depending on location of the brain storms and how they dissipate. Sure explains wild fluctuations for me. There must be a reason it ends with -lepsy.
The ADD is a by-product of over-stimulation or under-filtering. Can you find relief by overtraining/desensitizing common triggers? Can you isolate triggers?
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