Comments for "Rusty the narcoleptic daschund; classic psychology course clip; cute, and just a little sad" Video at VideoSift.com

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:23:32 -0700

Something of an infamous viral video now. Posted here to keep Skeeter (the narcoleptic poodle) company on The Sift.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:42:42 -0700

Cross-link http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=3586

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:52:12 -0700

As a side note, this complete fall indicates Rusty has more classic narcolepsy. Skeeter, the Narcoleptic Poodle, most likely has narcolepsy with cataplexy symptoms ('cat'-aplexy being a little ironic in his case). Cataplexy is common in narcoleptics, and can be described as a slower, longer onset of narcoleptic paralysis when angered or excited.

Oh sweet. Wikipedia rules. This link says all that and more (gives a picture of a kid with cataplexy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataplexy

Apparently cataplexy is treated in an interesting way (with GHB, a widly abused euphoric intoxicant).

By swampgirl

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:59:59 -0700

How old is this?

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:33:38 -0700

early 80's i'd assume