Apparently, when they fall asleep, folks with narcolepsy go directly
into REM (dream sleep).

This is perhaps why I have a hard time committing to going to bed ---
-- basically I start dreaming (hallucinating) while I am still awake or right at the edge of sleep.


It was scary before old sleep doc explained it a year and a half ago.
He told me to realize that I was not hearing or seeing real things --
I was dreaming.



I would rather stay awake than deal with that.
Hypnagogic Hallucinations. About Hypnagogic Hallucinations | Patient

IT FREAKS ME OUT AND HAS MY WHOLE LIFE.



Sleep - Sleep Disorders - Narcolepsy