Causes For Excessive Sleepiness
Health Encyclopedia: Narcolepsy
Daytime sleep disorder
Symptoms
- Persistent drowsiness (hypersomnia -- excessive daytime sleepiness)
- Difficulty for a young adult to stay awake during classes or work
- A sudden, uncontrollable need to sleep during the day (sleep attack)
- May occur several times during a day
- Usually happens after eating, but may occur at any time
- Each sleep episode lasts about 15 minutes
- Awake and refreshed feeling after each episode
- Hallucinations, visua...
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