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Cataplexy is the tendency to lose muscle control specifically during times of strong emotional response such as laughing or crying. Not all Narcoleptics suffer from cataplexy, but it is common. Cataplexy usually involves sudden weakness of muscles without loss of consciousness and of short duration. Cataplexy will usually respond well to medication.
