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Mar 31 2010

What is the sleep/eat disorder that causes you to fall asleep after eating?

Posted by: Alan in Sleep Disorder, tags: After, Asleep, Causes, Disorder, Eating, Fall, sleep/eat

what is the disorder called it where you eat and immediately you have to sleep ?Not nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder (NS-RED) i have suffered from that.Like i said the person eats and then falls asleep.Thank you

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One Response to “What is the sleep/eat disorder that causes you to fall asleep after eating?”

joemoser1948 says:

March 31st, 2010 at 1:42 am
Sounds like a variety of narcolepsy.

I really don’t know why I got a thumbs-down on this one. See the following:
http://www.nisfornarcolepsy.com/2009/12/narcolepsy-post-meal-sleepiness-and.html
http://www.healthline.com/adamcontent/narcolepsy
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/the-voices-of-narcolepsy/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000802.htm

And here’s some sites with suggestions of how to combat the situation:
http://www.raysahelian.com/narcolepsy.html
http://www.doctorslounge.com/primary/forums/backup/topic-6028.html
http://www.healthcentre.org.uk/sleep-disorders/narcolepsy-treatment.html