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What Is Fatal Familial Insomnia?
There is a genetic condition, so it runs in families, that can cause you to lose your ability to sleep. As the need for dreaming started to break through into waking life, they were trying to dream even though they were still awake. Eventually, the ginnis book discontinued its record out of concern that people trying to break it would seriously hurt themselves. So randy gardner was the last one to set it. Since that time, there have been people who've tried to stay wake for longer periods,. but they haven't been closely monitored the whole time like he was. The disease has four stages. One, the person has increasing insomnia, resulting in panic attacks, paranoia and ph