article_snippet: Cataplexy causes a sufferer's muscles to completely relax, rendering a person unable to move, while remaining fully conscious.
article_snippet: Cataplexy is a co-existing condition which brings on episodes of muscular weakness triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, anger and surprise.
article_snippet: Cataplexy is an episode of muscular weakness triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, anger and surprise.
article_snippet: Some people have repeated attacks of cataplexy which persist for up to 30 minutes.
article_snippet: Cataplexy may be most severe when the subject is tired rather than fully alert and can lead to considerable anxiety although anxiety itself is not a trigger.
article_snippet: My cataplexic episodes are triggered by strong emotion. '