How common is sleep paralysis without narcolepsy?

I have daytime sleepiness and sleep paralysis, but I don't think I have narcolepsy. My neurologist sent me to get a blood test because he suspects it....is there anyone else who has had this blood test and what can it tell? Isn't it possible to have these symptoms without having narcolepsy? I'm afraid this type of diagnosis will hurt me in my career.

Go to a sleep doctor. Let your neurologist be a neurologist and a sleep doctor diagnosis you with narcolepsy. Blood work is not a really good diagnosing tool for narcolepsy.

I'm not narcoleptic, but I suffered from sleep paralysis for a while, until I realize (or assumed I guess) that it was not dangerous at all.
There are always strange things happening around me during paralysis, and when I wake up, those are not there. Most people think of ghost, and that's why they try so hard to get out of it.

Now I don't even try to wake up. I know I'm safe, so I let myself taken into my imagination. Sometimes, you can even control it.
Next time, concentrate on flying, and you'll see, sleep paralysis is actually quite fun.

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