Pineal gland, ultradian drives in Narcolepsy

My ultradian cycle seems to be adjusting itself, my epilepsy med was increased and I have been practicing the relaxation techniques the therapist is showing me.
I didn't have daytime sleeping episodes this week. last week I was totally out one complete day and night.
Anyway people are telling me I look much better now.

Narcolepsy is characterized, beside other features, by excessive daytime sleepiness and disturbed sleep at night. The pineal hormone melatonin may affect the sleep characteristics. The aim of the study was to compare the circadian rhythm in salivary melatonin in narcoleptic patients with that in control healthy subjects; 18 patients and 21 age- and gender-matched controls were involved. Narcoleptic patients exhibited a nocturnal increase in salivary melatonin similar to the one in control subjects. The morning melatonin decline in the narcoleptic group, as opposed to the control group was, however, not significant, as 8 out of 18 patients exhibited elevated melatonin levels also during the day. In these patients, the mean daytime value of the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) was decreased when compared with that in patients with undetectable daytime melatonin levels. The results suggest that in some narcoleptic patients the circadian rhythm might be disturbed.

Narcoleptics showed an ultradian distribution of SWA with periodic emergence every 4 h during DT and N2. Our data confirm that a homeostatic mechanism is evident in narcoleptics when stimulated by diurnal sleep deprivation, while circadian and circasemidian mechanisms are less evident during DT and N2. These findings suggest a different coupling between homeostatic sleep regulating processes and circadian drives to sleep in narcoleptics. Ultradian drives to sleep seem to be predominant in these patients, thus probably acting as a means for the avoidance of stressful attempts to counteract a weaker waking state maintenance mechanism.