Welcome to part two of our two part series of “Don’t Sleep on Us” where Nicole covers the mechanisms of a chronic sleep disorder. In part one Lilah covered the testimonies of two gals who suffer from this disorder and now we learn how, why, and what the sickness is going on. Enjoy! 

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Cheers! 

Sources: 

National Institute of Neurological disorders and Stroke

Stanford Medicine: Center for Narcolepsy

History of Narcolepsy by Emmanuel Mignot 

Hypocretin/orexin system by I. O. Ebrahim

Why narcolepsy is an autoimmune condition by Ana Sandoiu

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