When you're filling out a new patient neurological form from Emory and it doesn't list cataplexy anywhere, that's a problem. When you see a neurologist and they have to leave the room to look up cataplexy, that's a problem.
Narcolepsy Cataplexy is a hypothalamic disease, which means it is a neurological disease. Yes, laughing and being surprised, along with stress can trigger a cataplectic attack, but it is not caused by a psychological problem, it is caused by a diseased hypothalamus.
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