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  • Narcolepsy - Treatment

    Find out what you can do to manage narcolepsy and minimise its impact on your daily life. For example, ensuring good sleeping habits and talking to others can help. A number of medicines are also available.

  • Narcolepsy - Symptoms

    Read about the symptoms of narcolepsy, including excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, cataplexy and sleep paralysis.

  • Narcolepsy - Diagnosis

    Find out how narcolepsy is diagnosed by sleep observation and ruling out other conditions. You may have polysomnography and a multiple sleep latency test, and your hypocretin levels may be measured.

  • Narcolepsy - Causes

    Find out what causes narcolepsy. In many cases, it's thought to be caused by a lack of the brain chemical hypocretin, also known as orexin, which regulates sleep.

  • Symptoms of myeloma

    Find out about the symptoms of myeloma and when to get medical help. Including bone pain, feeling tired, shortness of breath, feeling thirsty and peeing more often.

  • Advice for new parents

    Babies with Down's syndrome are like any newborn babies. They'll be eating, sleeping, crying, and needing love and cuddles just like all babies.

  • How to help your autistic child with day-to-day life

    Advice about what you can do to help your child with communication, anxiety, eating, sleeping, staying healthy and friendships.

  • Narcolepsy

    Read about narcolepsy, including the symptoms, causes, and how it's diagnosed and treated.

  • About zopiclone

    NHS medicines information on zopiclone – what it's used for and key facts.

  • Common questions about zolpidem

    NHS medicines information on common questions about zolpidem.