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Re: Can anyone tell me what this is???

Posted by student on May 03, 2002 at 10:43:01:

In Reply to: Re: Can anyone tell me what this is??? posted by Cydful on May 03, 2002 at 08:33:07:

Cydful--

Welcome to the forum--this place is a great resource. :)

I think that when your doc says "muscle atrophy" s/he is actually referring to the (infamous) condition known as "Cataplexy". (by any chance, did your doc refer to it as cataplexy?)

Hope that helps....

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