“Are these the side effects of a video game addiction?”
I've been sleeping constantly. I can fall asleep at any time for hours yet I have a schedule where I sleep from 8 pm to 8 am. Even with the 12 hours of sleep, I take naps constantly and this past weekend slept over 30 hours straight. I have also been feeling weak randomly and nearly collapse anytime I feel too angry or excited or even when I laugh. Could this have anything to do with playing too many video games? I saw a doctor and he said he believes it might be narcolepsy and cataplexy. We did blood work and it all came out normal.
Male | 21 years old
Complaint duration: 4 months
Medications: none
Conditions: none
2 Answers
Sounds like narcolepsy with cataplexy to me. Cataplexy only occurs in narcolepsy, nothing else. Narcolepsy requires a sleep study with nap studies during the day...sleep latency test. Age 20 is the typical age of diagnosis.
See thus link...
https://www.unitypoint.org/livewell/article.aspx?id=ce341f2d-1bdc-49d1-9a4b-b524e782cbbe#:~:text=%E2%80%9CConsequences%20of%20video%20game%20addiction,even%20blood%20clots%2C%E2%80%9D%20Dr.
and
https://www.psychguides.com/behavioral-disorders/video-game-addiction/
https://www.unitypoint.org/livewell/article.aspx?id=ce341f2d-1bdc-49d1-9a4b-b524e782cbbe#:~:text=%E2%80%9CConsequences%20of%20video%20game%20addiction,even%20blood%20clots%2C%E2%80%9D%20Dr.
and
https://www.psychguides.com/behavioral-disorders/video-game-addiction/
