The Man Who Fell Asleep Everywhere

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Mr. Prakash, 35, came in saying he couldn’t stay awake. He’d fall asleep at red lights, during meetings—even mid-sentence. His boss thought he was lazy. His wife thought he was depressed.

I ordered a multiple sleep latency test and polysomnography. The results were diagnostic: narcolepsy with cataplexy. We began treatment with modafinil and scheduled naps. His life changed.

He later said, “I thought I was broken. You gave me back my brain.”


The Lesson Learned

Unexplained fatigue isn’t always psychological or lifestyle-related. Narcolepsy hides in plain sight—ask, test, treat.

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