- SOUND is a support group for people who developed Narcolepsy as a result of the 2009/10 H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine, Pandemrix.
- It's run by a very small team of volunteers who's family have been impacted.
- What is Narcolepsy?
- Narcolepsy comes in two forms, Type 1 with Cataplexy, and Type 2 without Cataplexy.
- Cataplexy is a muscle tone weakness that is usually triggered by emotion.
- Other common symptoms of Narcolepsy include...
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
- Very disturbed nighttime sleep, with vivid dreams know as hypnapompic and hypnagogic hallucinations
- Sleep Paralysis
- Automatic Behaviour
In today's Sleep Review journal:
www.sleepreviewmag.com/2019/11/swine-flu-vaccine-case-settled-narcolepsy/
Swine Flu Vaccine Case Settled But Hopes for Legal Precedent Dashed - Sleep Review
www.sleepreviewmag.com
The Irish government has settled a legal case with a woman who said she developed narcolepsy because of a swine flu vaccine.More from today's Irish Daily Mail:
This is the ‘no fault’ vaccine compensation scheme’ that the Irish government has planned for us. 😰😰
Ridiculous and shameful.
Listen to Aoife Bennett talk about Narcolepsy, Pandemrix and the high court case from Today with Sean O'Rourke on RTE Radio 1
In the Irish Examiner today:
www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/aoife-bennett-shocked-at-adversarial-nature-of-swine-f...
Aoife Bennett shocked at 'adversarial' nature of swine flu court case
www.irishexaminer.com
The woman at the centre of the swine flu vaccine case, Aoife Bennett, has told of her shock at the “adversarial” nature of the court case which lasted 21 days.In The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/swine-flu-vaccine-case-settled-but-hopes-for-legal-preceden...
Swine flu vaccine case settled but hopes for legal precedent dashed
www.theguardian.com
Woman says she developed narcolepsy after receiving Pandemrix vaccine at schoolThis is the ‘no fault’ vaccine compensation scheme’ that the Irish government has planned for Ireland. 😰😰
I believe it’s close to 100 who are affected here in Ireland not dozens as the article suggests.
I lived with daytime sleepiness all my life , we never knew why.. in 2009 I had my swine flu shot in the states .. 5 months later .. I had full blown Narcolepsy symptoms with cataplexy. My neurologist suspects I had a mild case of it, and the swine flu possibly triggered it to fill blown! Took my normal life away! This makes me so angry!
On BreakingNews today:
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/its-just-a-mess-father-of-teenager-who-suffers-narcolepsy-after-swine...
www.breakingnews.ie
The State has “totally mismanaged” the issue of children who claim to suffer from narcolepsy after being vaccinated for swine flu, according to the father of one such patient.In the Irish Examiner today:
www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/i-dont-know-how-the-minister-has-let-this-go-on--aoife...
www.irishexaminer.com
Prior to the vaccine, she enjoyed a 'very active life, a very active social life and school was no bother'.He let it go on in the hope that you'd either give up the claim or die of old age !
Keep strong Aoife ❤
In the Irish Sun today:
www.thesun.ie/news/4796386/narcolepsy-victim-aoife-bennett-swine-flu-vaccine/
Narcolepsy victim Aoife Bennet can't see herself 'living a normal life'
www.thesun.ie
A WOMAN who claimed she developed narcolepsy after she got the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine has said that she can’t see herself “living a normal life”. Yesterday, Aoife Bennett, 26…In The Journal today:
www.thejournal.ie/i-knew-there-was-a-fight-in-them-woman-at-centre-of-narcolepsy-case-shocked-at-...
www.thejournal.ie
Aoife Bennett (26) settled her case in the High Court with no admission of liability for an undisclosed sum yesterday.In today's Irish Mirror:
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/narcolepsy-sufferer-who-settled-swine-20922272
Narcolepsy sufferer who settled swine flu case speaks out for first time
www.irishmirror.ie
Aoife Bennett, 26, said her life "changed drastically" following her narcolepsy diagnosisFrom the RTÉ Newsroom today:
www.rte.ie/news/health/2019/1120/1094043-swine-flu-narcolepsy/
Vaccine induced narcolepsy made woman 'like a sloth'
www.rte.ie
A student, who claimed she developed the sleep disorder narcolepsy after receiving the swine flu vaccine a decade ago, has described how she was 'like a sloth' when the effects of the disease first hit.In today's Herald:
www.herald.ie/news/courts/its-a-disgrace-familys-anger-at-how-state-wasted-millions-fighting-slee...
'It's a disgrace' - family's anger at how State 'wasted millions' fighting sleep disorder case
www.herald.ie
The family of a young woman who sued the State and drugs giant GSK after contracting the sleep disorder narcolepsy when she was given the Pandemrix vaccine has slated as "a national sca