You lie awake in the middle of the night while everyone in the house is fast asleep.
You keep telling yourself to fall asleep but it just isn't doing anything but getting you mad.
And then you spot some light outside from the rising sun and now you know that you are not going to get proper sleep that day.
And are thinking to yourself how you will even be able to study or function properly at work that day.
Does this sound like you in any way because if it does then you could have a sleep disorder? You should not be concerned because almost 80% of Americans suffer from some form of a sleeping disorder at some point in their life.
These types of disorders also greatly vary case to case some disorders last a couple of days while some might last for years.
The first step should be to try to understand what kind of disorder you might be suffering from.
There are 4 types that affect the majority of people so you should learn in which category you fall in.
1.
Extrinsic- These are caused be exterior factors which you can almost always change and influence.
Such as the use of certain medicine may cause these or a poor or awkward sleeping environment.
2.
Intrinsic- These disorders are mainly caused by unknown factors and most of the time are not recognized by the person suffering from them.
Such as psychological disorders such as post traumatic stress and sometimes even physical ailments such as simple sickness.
3.
Circadian rhythm disorders- These are caused by factors that disrupt your sleeping pattern such as jet lag or late working hours.
4.
Parasomnias disorders- These disorders are basically physical occurrences which affect you at night and make it hard or sometimes impossible for you to fall asleep.
Some examples of these is bed wetting, sleep walking and a major sleep disorder insomnia.
Now that you know the basic types of sleep disorders you should be able to easily identify what kind of category you fall under and whether it's under your control or not if it is under your control you should most of the times be able to control and fix it.
Such as finding a better sleeping environment or changing your medicine to those that don't affect your sleep.
If you fall within the parasomnias disorders category you may have a serious sleep disorder such as insomnia.
Insomnia is a major disorder in which you have difficulty falling asleep or if you manage to fall asleep you have trouble staying asleep.
You keep telling yourself to fall asleep but it just isn't doing anything but getting you mad.
And then you spot some light outside from the rising sun and now you know that you are not going to get proper sleep that day.
And are thinking to yourself how you will even be able to study or function properly at work that day.
Does this sound like you in any way because if it does then you could have a sleep disorder? You should not be concerned because almost 80% of Americans suffer from some form of a sleeping disorder at some point in their life.
These types of disorders also greatly vary case to case some disorders last a couple of days while some might last for years.
The first step should be to try to understand what kind of disorder you might be suffering from.
There are 4 types that affect the majority of people so you should learn in which category you fall in.
1.
Extrinsic- These are caused be exterior factors which you can almost always change and influence.
Such as the use of certain medicine may cause these or a poor or awkward sleeping environment.
2.
Intrinsic- These disorders are mainly caused by unknown factors and most of the time are not recognized by the person suffering from them.
Such as psychological disorders such as post traumatic stress and sometimes even physical ailments such as simple sickness.
3.
Circadian rhythm disorders- These are caused by factors that disrupt your sleeping pattern such as jet lag or late working hours.
4.
Parasomnias disorders- These disorders are basically physical occurrences which affect you at night and make it hard or sometimes impossible for you to fall asleep.
Some examples of these is bed wetting, sleep walking and a major sleep disorder insomnia.
Now that you know the basic types of sleep disorders you should be able to easily identify what kind of category you fall under and whether it's under your control or not if it is under your control you should most of the times be able to control and fix it.
Such as finding a better sleeping environment or changing your medicine to those that don't affect your sleep.
If you fall within the parasomnias disorders category you may have a serious sleep disorder such as insomnia.
Insomnia is a major disorder in which you have difficulty falling asleep or if you manage to fall asleep you have trouble staying asleep.
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