I think I have been experiencing Cataplexy, I haven't been diagnosed, but I had been wondering for a while what I was experiencing and after watching a documentary on Narcolepsy I discovered it might be Cataplexy. I don't have Narcolepsy, I have experienced symptoms, but nothing that's truly interfered with my life. As for Cataplexy, well, every time I experienced it my brother was getting in my face in either a very threatening way or was making me laugh really hard. I uncontrollably dropped to the ground, had trouble lifting my wrists, felt very weak and it was like my body just went limp, and my speech was very slurred. My brother would ask what the hell was wrong with me, but soon enough I'd stand back up and pull myself back together. This has only happened around my brother, so it happens from time to time, but usually I'm fine. This doesn't happen all the time, just when my brother get's in my face about things. I opened up to a friend about this because she has a brother who is narcoleptic, and she told me that he started experiencing small symptoms as a teenager and got it worse and worse over time, until he needed treatment. I am a sixteen year old girl, so now I'm worried I'm going to develop narcolepsy.
Any input? Since this doesn't really affect my life should I even bring it up to anyone? Is it at all possible that I could be developing anything?