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Quinn Eastman

IH less rare than we thought?

A rare sleep disorder — idiopathic hypersomnia or IH, which I wrote an entire book about — may be not as rare as previously thought.

4 min readDec 20, 2023

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IH less rare than we thought?

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Quinn Eastman

Idiopathic hypersomnia has arrived

At the recent SLEEP 2022 conference in Charlotte, I saw signs that idiopathic hypersomnia had arrived, as a focus of both scientific…

6 min readJun 16, 2022

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Idiopathic hypersomnia has arrived

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Kleine-Levin syndrome: the fish that got away

For hundreds of people around the world, Kleine Levin syndrome (KLS) is a mysterious demon that periodically blankets their lives in sleep…

22 min readApr 27, 2022

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Kleine-Levin syndrome: the fish that got away

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Quinn Eastman

PTZ’s convulsive history

The pro-convulsant drug pentylenetetrazol or PTZ has a fascinating history. PTZ’s first medical uses in the 1920s predate the discovery of…

7 min readJan 18, 2022

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PTZ’s convulsive history

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Quinn Eastman

Q&A on narcolepsy/hypersomnia

In October, someone with idiopathic hypersomnia contacted me with a series of insightful questions. It reminded me why I started writing…

13 min readDec 6, 2020

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Q&A on narcolepsy/hypersomnia

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The downfall of “idiopathic recurring stupor”

In the spring and summer of 1997, residents of Camigliano, a community in Tuscany near Lucca, began falling asleep under mysterious…

20 min readDec 6, 2020

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Quinn Eastman

Quinn Eastman

Quinn was trained as a biochemist and then as a science journalist. His book on idiopathic hypersomnia will be published by Columbia University Press in 2023.

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