Cataplexy

Cataplexy

Sudden muscle weakness associated with narcolepsy. It is often triggered by emotions such as anger, surprise, laughter, and exhilaration. No loss of consciousness is involved – i.e. it is not a black out or a faint, and, despite the phonetic similarity of 'narcolepsy' and 'cataplexy' with 'epilepsy', cataplexy is not epileptic in nature. You are fully conscious, you just can't move.

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