article_snippet: Claire sleep became disturbed, leaving Claire exhausted in the day.
article_snippet: Then Claire began to suffer from hallucinations at night, thinking there were demons in Claire bedroom.
article_snippet: — Claire wasn’t sleeping at night, and sleeping and crying all day,’ says Claire.
article_snippet: Nearly every time I turned round in the day, Claire was asleep.
article_snippet: Claire was slurring Claire words.
article_snippet: Claire could not walk in a straight line, Claire suffered excruciating leg pains.
article_snippet: Claire also became incontinent.
article_snippet: Then Claire developed cataplexy, where she’d become temporarily paralysed for seconds by emotional triggers such as happiness or surprise, though staying conscious.
article_snippet: Claire brother would say a joke and Claire would fall down,’ says Claire.
article_snippet: Claire was taken to a children’s hospital for what Claire calls ‘a series of failed visits’.
article_snippet: Initially, doctors thought Claire had a brain tumour, but after tests doctors ruled that out.
article_snippet: Rarely does Claire experience hallucinations.
article_snippet: Claire sleep in the day is condensed to two naps, Claire no longer collapses when Claire is happy nor does Claire slur or wobble when walking.