Doctors believe that Rem sleep is related to cateplexy because during cateplexy your eyes will blink uncontrollably. During REM sleep you tend to dream. Another reason Doctors think narcolepsy is related to REM is that during REM sleep you tend to dream. When Narcoleptic people hallucinate it is a lot like they are dreaming. Normal sleepers go from drowsiness, into light sleep then into deep sleep and finally into REM sleep.
Narcoleptic people go straight into REM sleep.
Must be very careful while using heavy machinery Treatments Narcolepsy is treatable but not curable. Many of the treatments for narcolepsy make people very very hyper and very moody. It makes the person feel as if they are wired. A new drug however has just came out called Provigil. This drug is non-addictive as so many other drugs are.