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Re: asymmetric cataplexies...

Posted by Shadow on August 13, 2003 at 11:30:52:

In Reply to: Re: asymmetric cataplexies... posted by sleepydreamer on August 11, 2003 at 12:33:10:

Hi!

Difficult! It's possible to have C's in such a mild way that you barely notice. I often have such a slight momentary decrease of my muscle tone that I only notice it as C because I KNOW it can be C. The stronger C's are easier to be noticed. For example on my wedding day I was so excited and happy and nervous that I had C's with my facial muscles (with my muscles trying to smile but again and again lacking sufficient tone, feeling weak and starting twitching) and at one moment with my hands and arms as well (I just couldn't grip my flowers properly because my hands wouldn't close strong enough and when I gave my flowers to somebody to avoid them falling I nearly couldn't lift my arms because theywere so much heavier than usual). Or sometimes when I hear a good joke my jaw drops and I can't close my mouth for a second or get slurred speach.
It's more probable to get C's when being tired and sometimes the association with emotions is not that obvious. Sometimes C's can also be triggered by some kind of emotional thinking, kind of internal or remembered emotions...

There are some more description of C on a web-site I found when doing a google-search on the subject. I will try to find it again and tell where to find it.

Greetings!
Shadow

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