- EXCESSIVE SLEEPINESS -
and Sleep Apnea
Do you get too much sleep in daytime? Do you sometimes feel sleepy while driving? Excessive sleepiness is the most common sleep complaint of people with sleep apnea.
Sleepiness appears normally during the process of falling asleep, when your body "feels" that sleep is approaching. But an abnormal situation is when sleepiness is excessive and interferes with daytime activities.
Medicine called this symptom excessive daytime sleepiness or EDS.If you have this symptom for a long time, you don't realize what does excessive really mean, or how much sleep is enough. You don't know what is normal if you lived with your symptom all your life But now you will find that it's not normal to have to struggle to stay awake at work, at theatres, at parties, while driving or watching a sport game on the stadium.
What are the causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness?
EDS results mainly from sleep fragmentation, or frequent awakenings from sleep.The cause of these awakenings (to a person with sleep apnea disorder) is repeated apnea episodes. That's why your sleep quality is so poor, and that's why you want to sleep more in the morning and through all day.
If you don't have sleep apnea, but you are still tired during the day, then I believe this
book can really help you to get the energy back into your life.
Another causes of excessive sleep are: working during the night, insomnia, restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy. Fortunately these sleep disorders can be easily diagnosed and effectively treated. Don't forget to check the page about the
sleep test
to find how to diagnose the cause of your symptom.
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