Types of Sleeping Disorders

Have you ever experienced lying wide-awake at night not being able to sleep while you partner is snoring away? I'm sure you have and can understand how frustrating it is. Almost everyone at some point in his or her life would have gone through this experience wondering why it was happening. The reasons might differ from person to person but no amount of sheep counting will help in these situations and put you to sleep! What you have experienced is probably some kind of a sleeping disorder. Our site provides you with a host of information on the different types of sleeping disorders that are prevalent. So if you are currently suffering from a disorder or know anyone else who is having a sleeping disorder, you can go through the various links to give you more insight and information on symptoms of these disorders and dealing with them.

Did you know that over 50% of adults who are over the age of 65 suffer from some kind of sleeping disorder? Research has still not found the cause for this occurrence though they say that it could be related to the natural process of ageing or even the medications that older people usually take. Some of the common causes of sleeping disorders can be linked directly to lifestyle. If you are on antidepressants or other kinds of drugs, drink too much alcohol, chain smoke or even have too much of caffeine in a day, it can all lead to lack of sleep in the night. People who travel frequently across different time zones also experience a phenomenon called jet lag. Others who have aches and pains especially concentrated in the neck and back regions also find it difficult to sleep.

But all the above are common disorders and can be controlled by making changes in lifestyle. We would like to go into a bit more detail about the major sleeping disorders that people suffer from. Ever heard of ASPS and DSPS? Probably sounds like mumbo-jumbo right now but I bet if you read the details of the disorder, you will be able to relate to it. ASPS is a fairly common disorder among older and post menopausal women where they lie wide awake at night but feel really tired and sleepy during the early evening hours. DSPS is the opposite of ASPS and is a chronic disorder where the people who suffer from this sleep the whole day and are awake the whole night.

Ever woken up in the night with a burning sensation in your gut? If you have, you had something called GERD. Then there are others like Hypersomnia, Narcolepsy, Night Terror, Parasomnia and PLMD to name a few. Each of these disorders is characterized by specific symptoms and arises due to various factors, which could be genetic, psychological or even emotional.

Random Sleeping Tip

Calculate the hours that you normally require during the day to sleep because you can easily judge that by the reaction of your body at the time when you are up in the morning. You can find that time by seeing at what time you went to sleep and at what time you were up and see that by having a six hour sleep your body was still tired and you were feeling to sleep more. Therefore you must add one more hour to your sleep to see the reaction of your body the next day and thus by that you can determine as to how many hours of sleep would be good enough for you.

You can browse the links on our site, which give more details on the abbreviations and causes and symptoms of these disorders. It can help you analyze your particular disorder if you have one. Once you have identified the disorder, it's just a matter of getting the right treatment and learning to deal with it.

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