hence the doctors have tried to rule out narcolepsy, which
causes excessive sleepiness. Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive day time sleepiness,
sleep paralysis, cataplexy where the person has episodes of loss of muscle function while awake, hypnogogic hallucinations and automatic behavior.
Narcolepsy is diagnosed by the sleep onset REM episodes (SOREMs), wherein the person goes into the dream phase or REM cycle soon after sleep onset.