6 Celebrities with Sleep Disorders
Jimmy Kimmel, American television late night personality, comedian, and actor, has a rare sleep disorder called narcolepsy. Narcolepsy causes extreme sleepiness during the day and can cause someone to fall asleep suddenly. Jimmy says that he has a mild case of narcolepsy with no other symptoms other than drowsiness. Sometimes, people with narcolepsy have more severe symptoms like numbness in the arms and legs.
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