Do you have narcolepsy? Take this test to screen for symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness

To know whether you have narcolepsy, it's important to recognize a few common symptoms, such as excessive daytime sleepiness. Here's how.
Rolling Out

Understanding hypersomnia and narcolepsy key differences

That overwhelming sleepiness dragging you down might not just be from staying up too late scrolling through TikTok. While everyone occasionally battles the afternoon slump, people with hypersomnia or ...
The Charlatan

‘Exhausted down to my very bones’: Michelle Weger’s journey towards a narcolepsy diagnosis

When entrepreneur and author Michelle Weger first started falling asleep in her university classrooms at 17, the teenager who ...
STAT

Alkermes drug helped narcolepsy patients stay awake in Phase 2 trial

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Alkermes’ investigational ...
PopSugar

She Thought Sleeping Through Class Was Normal. Then She Was Diagnosed With Narcolepsy.

Jay Cook, 24, was in high school when she started to experience sudden bouts of sleepiness. "I was taking community college classes, and I'd drive 20 minutes away to the community college and come ...
CNN

Life with narcolepsy: ‘It’s not a joke, it’s a very serious illness’

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Matthew Horsnell began ...