Foreign accent syndrome, exploding head syndrome, werewolf syndrome, alien hand syndrome ... walking corpse syndrome? Have you heard of any of these baffling (but completely real) medical conditions?
Werewolf Syndrome: Hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome, is a medical condition that causes the excessive growth of body hair -- typically on the upper body, including the face. There are only 50 or so documented cases, and sufferers generally acquire it through genetic inheritance.
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Here's a weird one: Romberg's disease can lead to spontaneous shrinkage of half (just half) of your head, including muscle and bone. Hemiatrophy. Just one more thing you didn't imagine you'd have to worry about.
http://www.medicalassistants.info/blog/20-strange-and-mysterious-medical-syndromes
To make it short: I cannot stay awake without taking medicine. That's indeed strange, hm? ;)
It is a very rare disorder. Estimates say, that 0,04% of a population are prone to Narcolepsy.
The sad thing: it takes around 10 years until you are diagnosed because hardly any physician knows about the implications of this disease.
The good thing: there is medicine around, at least since a couple of years. ;)