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Hypnagogia is the name given to the transitional state between falling asleep and waking up. This state can be described as a semi-sleep state and may involve visual, auditory, and sensory experiences similar to the beginning of a dream or a hallucination. Experiences during hypnagogia can vary from person to person, and this process may be associated with other states of consciousness, such as sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming.DefinitionHypnagogia is a state of consciousness experienced during

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, unstoppable sleep attacks and various accompanying symptoms. People with narcolepsy experience short episodes of sleep. The person may not be able to resist these sleep attacks.Narcolepsy, which occurs in approximately 0.02-0.05% of the general population, is more common in men than in women. It usually starts suddenly in the 10s or 20s. The diagnosis is based on history, polysomnography and Multiple Sleep Latency Test