Sleep Disorders
What are Sleep Disorders?
Sleep disorders indicate that you have a problem with either the timing of your sleep, the amount of sleep you get, or your sleep quality. Sleep disorders impact your day, as well as your night. They can cause you to have impairments to normal functioning and distress during the day. Insomnia is a common sleep disorder. Other typical sleep disorders may include restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. In some cases, there have been links between other physical and mental problems. Sleep disorders can make mental health conditions worse.
If you have insomnia, you usually have a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep. If you have sleep apnea, you often have abnormal breathing patterns while you sleep. Restless leg syndrome includes discomfort in the legs and a desire to move your legs while falling asleep. Narcolepsy is when you suddenly fall asleep during the day.
Sleep disorder studies are tested to determine if you have a sleep disorder. These studies can help to create a plan for addressing a particular sleep disorder. Sleep disorder studies record numerous body functions while you sleep. This includes oxygen levels, heart rate, breathing, and brain waves. It records your leg and eye movements. This study is mostly performed overnight at a sleep center. It can be done during the day for those who work shifts and sleep more often during the day.
There are some typical signs of someone suffering from a sleep disorder. These include irregular breathing, sleepiness during the day, and a lot of movement while you sleep. Other signs include difficulty falling asleep and a poor sleep / wake cycle.
SLEEP WELL.BE WELL.
SLEEP APNEA
Snoring
Gasping for air during sleep
Breathing pauses at night
Tired/sleepy during the day
Drowsy driving
Morning headaches
Dry mouth
RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME
Sudden urge to move legs or an uncomfortable sensation in the legs
Worse during the evening or periods of rest
Relief from movement
NARCOLEPSY
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Uncontrollable sleep attacks
Sleep paralysis
Loss of muscle tone associated with strong emotion
Hallucinations while going to sleep or waking up
INSOMNIA
Difficulty falling asleep
Difficult staying asleep
Poor concentration during the day
Ruminating about sleep
Fear/worrying about not being able to sleep
Stress
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
Delayed sleep-wake phase
Advanced sleep-wake phase
Irregular sleep-wake rhythm
Non-24-hour sleep-wake rhythm
Shift work
Jet lag
PARASOMNIAS
Sleepwalking
Sleep terrors
Sleep eating disorder
Sleep paralysis
Sleep talking
Confusional arousals
