article_snippet: The family was being referred to a psychiatric unit when a locum doctor from India diagnosed narcolepsy, which normally appears at around the age of 15.
article_snippet: Claire spoke to a friend’s cousin, who has narcolepsy.
article_snippet: ‘a friend’s cousin, who has narcolepsy warned me that a friend’s cousin, who has narcolepsy probably wouldn’t get any help for it in Europe, but said Stanford University in California had the world’s best expertise.
article_snippet: I got in touch with a friend’s cousin, who has narcolepsy.
article_snippet: The acknowledged world expert in the condition, Dr Emmanuel Mignot, is the director of the university’s Centre for Sleep Sciences and Medicine.
article_snippet: The acknowledged world expert in the condition, Dr Emmanuel Mignot is recognised for finding the cause of narcolepsy — the failure of special ‘wakefulness’ cells, called hypocretins, found in the brain’s sleep centre.
article_snippet: ‘The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) initially refused our application because The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) would not accept there was a link between Pandemrix and narcolepsy,’ Lawyer Peter Todd says.
article_snippet: Now they are saying narcolepsy is not a severe disability and does not qualify for compensation.
article_snippet: This is echoed by Matt O’Neil of the charity Narcolepsy UK.