Sleep Disorders

Is it hard for you to fall asleep or stay asleep through the night? Do you wake up feeling tired or feel very sleepy during the day, even if you have had enough sleep? You might have a sleep disorder. The most common kinds are

• Insomnia – a hard time falling or staying asleep
• Sleep apnea – breathing interruptions during sleep
• Restless legs syndrome – a tingling or prickly sensation in the legs
• Narcolepsy – daytime “sleep attacks”

Nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, sleep talking, head banging, wetting the bed and grinding your teeth are kinds of sleep problems called parasomnias. There are treatments for most sleep disorders. Sometimes just having good sleep habits can help.

• Changing your sleep habits (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Drowsiness (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Idiopathic hypersomnia (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Irregular sleep-wake syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Isolated sleep paralysis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Medicines for sleep (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Narcolepsy (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Nightmares (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Sleep and your health (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Sleep disorders (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Teenagers and sleep (Medical Encyclopedia)

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