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Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy affects sleep-wake cycles with daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, and hallucinations. Read science, diagnosis markers, and lived experience on managing this neurological condition.
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Sleep
June 2026 · 8 min
The Behavioral Side of Narcolepsy Treatment: What Scheduled Naps, Sleep Timing, and Light Actually Do
When someone is newly diagnosed with narcolepsy, the conversation moves fast toward prescriptions. Modafinil, sodium oxybate, pitolisant, the stimulant ladder.
By Emily Drayton · Read →
Medication
May 2026 · 5 min
Dexamphetamine vs Methylphenidate for Narcolepsy: An Australian Wake-Promoting Medication Guide
There is a quiet contradiction in Australian narcolepsy care: the cheapest, oldest, most heavily regulated wake-promoting medication on the shelf — dexamphetamine, a drug first synthesised in 1887…
By Megan Caldwell · Read →
Narcolepsy
May 2026 · 7 min
How to Actually Get Xyrem in Australia: A Procedural Roadmap for Patients with Narcolepsy
A woman in her early thirties sits across from me in a clinic room in inner Sydney with a printout in her lap. She has had narcolepsy with cataplexy since she was nineteen.
By Megan Caldwell · Read →
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