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- Narcolepsy
- John the clothes are done washing can you put them in the dryer!
- John?
- I'll schedule a doctors appointment for tomorrow just too make sure its nothing serious
- Thats odd Johns been sleeping a-lot as of late, he does look a little paler than normal, too.
- John?
- Ok john we'll perform a sleep study. as long as your ok with that.
- I've been extremely tired lately and my body feels heavy, often
- Yeah that sounds fine
- Hello John, Can you tell me whats been bothering you
- Ok, so it seems that john is having a hard time staying asleep, and when checking he seems to have a decreased amount of brain protein called hypocretin.
- With what he said earlier and how pale he looks it seems like he's probably suffering from narcolepsy type 1.
- Ok, my dad will be back later today
- Ok, John the results of that sleep study provided us some answers it would seem your suffering from type 1 Narcolepsy and the sudden loss of muscle tone or episodes of muscle weakness while you are awake is known as cataplexy. I'll see what i can proscribe to help you. I can give the prescription too your father just come by later today
- Im prescribing your son modafinil (Provigil) and armodafinil (Nuvigil) it one doesn't seem to work try the other if your son keeps experiencing issues please come back as soon as possible.
- Ok, thank you for your time Dr.Green ill be sure too come back if anythings wrong
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