| Image = | Caption = | DiseasesDB = 16311 | ICD10 = | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D002385 | }}Cataplexy is a medical condition which often affects people who have narcolepsy, a disorder whose principal signsare EDS (Excessive Daytime Sleepiness), sleep attacks, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations and disturbed night-time sleep. Cataplexy is sometimes confused with epilepsy, where a series of flashes or other stimuli cause superficially similar seizures. The term cataplexy originates from the Greek kata, meaning down, and plexis, meaning a stroke or seizure. Presentation Cataplexy manifests itself as muscular weakness which may range from a barely perceptible slackening of the facial muscles to the dropping of the jaw or head, weakness at t

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