Dr. Douglass is a psychiatrist and also a fully-qualified specialist in sleep disorders medicine.
During over 30 years of practice, he has assembled a series of patient histories showing that some patients with narcolepsy have psychiatric symptoms.
Narcolepsy is a treatable but rare neurological disorder of the brain’s sleep-wake control system. The illness usually starts suddenly in boys and girls between the ages of 13 – 18 and can be mistaken for depression, attention deficit disorder, or even schizophrenia in its early stages.
Fortunately, accurate laboratory diagnosis and effective medication treatment are available.
During over 30 years of practice, he has assembled a series of patient histories showing that some patients with narcolepsy have psychiatric symptoms.
Narcolepsy is a treatable but rare neurological disorder of the brain’s sleep-wake control system. The illness usually starts suddenly in boys and girls between the ages of 13 – 18 and can be mistaken for depression, attention deficit disorder, or even schizophrenia in its early stages.
Fortunately, accurate laboratory diagnosis and effective medication treatment are available.