Or if they are present, they may be very subtle (a barely noticeable drooping of the eyelids, for example).
Other symptoms usually show up later. Particularly in the early stages of the illness, more unique narcolepsy symptoms (such as cataplexy, which means experiencing sudden episodes of muscle weakness) often don’t appear until later, anywhere from weeks to years after someone gets the disorder.Thus, the common symptoms many people with narcolepsy have that are related to inadequate sleep - mental fogginess, memory problems, trouble focusing or paying attention, or lack of energy - can look like the typical signs of the sleep deprivation that can come with having a packed schedule or being stressed. People are used to feeling tired on a routine basis. “Daytime sleepiness could be a symptom of many things, even just not getting enough sleep,” says Shelley Hershner, MD, a clinical associate professor of neurology and the director of the Collegiate Sleep Clinic at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, who has worked on narcolepsy quality metrics for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).While excessive daytime sleepiness (persistent sleepiness during waking hours regardless of how much sleep you get the night before) is a key early symptom of narcolepsy, many people who have extreme fatigue during the day may not initially suspect that they have the condition.
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