Alexithymia, impulsiveness, emotion, and eating dyscontrol: similarities and differences between narcolepsy type 1 and type 2

Abstract Non-sleep symptoms, as depression, anxiety and overweight, are often encountered in narcoleptic patients. The purposes of this study to evaluate mood, impulsiveness, emotion, alexithymia, eating behavior patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) 2 (NT2) compared healthy controls investigate possible correlations between clinical-demographic data, polysomnographic parameters, subjective questionnaires. Consecutive affected by NT1 NT2 underwent Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale, Barratt Impulsivity Scale-11, Difficulties Emotion Regulation Toronto Alexithymia Eating Disorder Evaluation Questionnaire. Daytime sleepiness was assessed using Epworth score. Data were controls. Fourteen NT1, 10 NT2, 24 subjects enrolled. Scale total score significantly higher than NT2. Compared controls, exhibited scores at Questionnaire-9 Scale. A positive correlation hypnagogic hallucinations emotion regulation found. share several psycho-emotional aspects, but whereas exhibit more depressive mood dysregulation alexithymic symptoms prominent Hypnagogic hallucinations, dysregulation, alexithymia appear be correlated, supporting the hypothesis mutual interaction above areas narcolepsy.