Comments on: The Sandman Cometh: Famous Narcoleptics

By: marshall livingtone

marshall livingtone — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:13:34 +0000

geeks

By: Raman

Raman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:04:06 +0000

I think the author here makes a couple of potential errors:

1.) Tubman could not have suffered “bouts” of narcolepsy, simply because narcolepsy is an ongoing, persistent condition – with persistent characteristics. A blow to the head may have caused a different condition, but it’s highly unlikely that it was narcolepsy.

2.) Ickes may in fact have been able to blame it on his genes (at least, somewhat). Many people who are in actuality narcoleptics are mistaken for being insomniacs…

By: Angela Wilkins

Angela Wilkins — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:04:21 +0000

I have Narcolepsy..It is hard to be a Musician and deal with sleep attacks.Catplexy sucks!!!Jimmy Kimmel??

By: Adam Villani

Adam Villani — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:57:34 +0000

I’ve heard that Jimmy Kimmel is narcoleptic. No joke.

By: moonablaze

moonablaze — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:16:59 +0000

I always was told that Harriet Tubman was written about as having “fits” which was the term used at the time for seizures…