Rein is diagnosed with narcolepsy—a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming, uncontrollable daytime drowsiness ...

Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream). The loss of muscle tone in the neck suggests rapid eye movement sleep. Most of us dream two to five times each night. Our dreams can be thrilling and beautiful, ...

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 ...

Nina Shand couldn’t stay awake. She had taken afternoon naps since she was a teenager to accommodate her “work hard, play hard” attitude, but when she was in her mid-20s the sleepiness became more ...

Julie Flygare was 21 when the symptoms started. First her knees would buckle briefly, but only when she laughed. She awoke one night to the sight of a burglar attacking her, while she lay paralyzed ...

(BPT) – It’s easy to ignore feelings of tiredness and sleepiness during the day. For many people, these feelings may be a result of a poor night’s sleep; however, for others, excessive daytime ...

You wake up out of a murky sleep and find that you’re unable to move your body, from your forehead all the way down to your little toe. You’re completely paralyzed! You also have a crushing feeling in ...

Ketamine, an anesthetic and mental health medication, is known for its rapid antidepressant effects. It significantly impacts sleep, often reducing REM and slow-wave sleep, and isn't typically used ...