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Hyperactivity in patients with narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia: an exploratory study.

Caroline DodsonKaren SpruytCiaran ConsidineEmily ThompsonOsman S IpsirogluKanika BagaiRosalia SilvestriBarbara CouvadelliArthur S Walters
Published in: Sleep science and practice (2023)
Patients with EDS express inattention and a need to move more than controls. However, hyperactivity was not verified by objective measurement, nor did the EDS patients express a need to move to combat drowsiness more than controls. Thus, a hypothesis to be further tested, is whether narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia may be more a model of the inattentive form of ADHD rather than the combined or inattentive/hyperactive form of ADHD. Further studies are needed to explore the relationship between EDS and hyperactivity.
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