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hi sue,
I wanted to fill you in on my cataplexy episodes. I tend to know I am going
to go down immediately on two types of occassions. I have it at other times
but the prime factors for me are pain--the type of pain you have when you
hit your funny bone or stub your toe pretty good. i can tolerate pain at
the dentist say or a backache won't bring it on only the unexpected i would
have to call it. the other is anger when i will become pissed off for lack
of a better phrase and my temper just flares. normallly i'm very laid back
and have worked at that but every once in a while someone or something gets
it to burn and that sends me to a couch if not the floor before i even know
it. i really worked hard at identifyng other times it would come and
figured out ways to make those times easier or do necessary things a
different way. I always used to worry at the grocery store that i would
have an episode at the checkout stand in public by myself. It took some
time but eventually i had a system in place that made it tolerable. that's
not to say i didn't leave carts of food in line without me. After a few
changes in markets i worked it out pretty well. It's still an uncomfortable
time for me. my brother has it whenever he sees a policeman at the door. i
think that goes back to his teen years having parties while my parents were
away. anyway was wondering how your visit to sleep dr went? mikey