![]() In the multiple sleep latency test, your child takes four to five naps (one every two hours) on the day after the overnight sleep study. To diagnose narcolepsy, your child may need to undergo an overnight sleep study followed by a multiple sleep latency test. Your child may wear a wristband like device called an actigraph that makes 24/7 measurements of sleep and wake times over a period of one or three weeks. You or your child will keep a daily log of sleep and wake times over a specified period of time. This questionnaire will ask you to provide a detailed history of your family's and your child's sleep habits. If your child shows symptoms of narcolepsy, a pediatric sleep medicine specialist will make a detailed evaluation using the following tools and tests: Narcolepsy can also affect activities of daily living such as driving or operating machinery and could impact career choices for your child. Young children may show inattentiveness, emotional instability and hyperactive behavior. Children may also experience behavior and personality changes. It impairs or limits school performance, job choices and free-time activities. Narcolepsy can affect a child’s quality of life. Cataplexy (sudden loss of muscle control caused by emotions or actions such as pleasure, anger or laughter).Hallucinations just before or after sleep.If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your physician or 911 immediately. By using this Site you agree to the following Terms and Conditions. We offer this Site AS IS and without any warranties. Never disregard the medical advice of your physician or health professional, or delay in seeking such advice, because of something you read on this Site. We disclaim all responsibility for the professional qualifications and licensing of, and services provided by, any physician or other health providers posting on or otherwise referred to on this Site and/or any Third Party Site. MedHelp is not a medical or healthcare provider and your use of this Site does not create a doctor / patient relationship. ![]() It is not intended to be and should not be interpreted as medical advice or a diagnosis of any health or fitness problem, condition or disease or a recommendation for a specific test, doctor, care provider, procedure, treatment plan, product, or course of action. The Content on this Site is presented in a summary fashion, and is intended to be used for educational and entertainment purposes only. I don't think what most people are describing on here is a mild form of cataplexy as some have said, but whatever it is, these symptoms seem to be pretty widely reported (and left undiagnosed) online. At first, I swore it wasn't the case until losing oxygen became recurring and I could realize hyperventilation was the cause.) Wouldn't really explain why only some people have this kind of thing and not others-maybe it's just because of the way we laugh personally, I know I was the kind of kid to laugh way too much/hard. (I don't know about Milliepochet, who said it occurred even during light laughter, though sometimes you hyperventilate completely unwittingly. ![]() So based on my experience, I'd say it's a lack of oxygen because of particularly heavy laughter. Lately, I've had a few instances where oxygen wasn't able to circulate through my body well enough because I was hyperventilating and blood was pooling, and the first thing I would notice that would queue me in before I began to feel lightheaded was that same exact sensation in the fingers. I would laugh really hard at something to the point of giddiness, and then have fingers so tingly I wouldn't be able to grip a pencil well enough to write-it was more weird than it was frustrating. I've had this since I was young through my freshman year of high school, but lately not so much.
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