Re: Can narcolepsy or sleep paralysis be 'lethal'?

Hi,

Your questions are interesting ones.

The MadSci network is not aimed at addressing clinical issues that could be used in legal matters. The directness of your questions appear to be as such. If not and you are truly interested in such matters, then you might wish to view the medical search engine called Pub Med and use the key words: narcolepsy paranoia

The web address of PubMed is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi.

When I did this search, most of the articles were related to your questions. So it appears that indeed there can be some paranoia with narcolepsy, but if they are linked to criminal tendencies, I have no idea and have not seen a case report from my searches with Pub Med.

I hope this allows you some direction.

1: Arnulf I, Bonnet AM, Damier P, Bejjani BP, Seilhean D, Derenne JP, Agid Y. Hallucinations, REM sleep, and Parkinson's disease: a medical hypothesis.Neurology. 2000 Jul 25;55(2):281-8. PMID: 10908906

2: Fukuda K, Inamatsu N, Kuroiwa M, Miyasita A. Personality of healthy young adults with sleep paralysis. Percept Mot Skills. 1991 Dec;73(3 Pt 1):955-62. PMID: 1792147

3: Leong GB, Shaner AL, Silva JA. Narcolepsy, paranoid psychosis, and analeptic abuse. Psychiatr J Univ Ott. 1989 Sep;14(3):481-3. PMID: 2678193

4: Cadieux RJ, Kales JD, Kales A, Biever J, Mann LD. Pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic issues in coexistent paranoid schizophrenia and narcolepsy: case report. J Clin Psychiatry. 1985 May;46(5):191-3. PMID: 3988720

5: Schrader G, Hicks EP. Narcolepsy, paranoid psychosis, major depression, and tardive dyskinesia. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1984 Jul;172(7):439-41. PMID: 6144722

6: Chayasirisobhon S, Cullis P, Veeramasuneni RR. Occurrence of neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a narcoleptic patient. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1983 Jun;34(6):548-50. No abstract available. PMID: 6134661

7: Pfefferbaum A, Berger PA. Narcolepsy, paranoid psychosis, and tardive dyskinesia: a pharmacological dilemma. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1977 Apr;164(4):293-7. PMID: 845600

All the best,

Robin