Dealing With The Many Kinds Of Sleeping Disorders
Published by Sandy Rutherforde on 2012-02-14 14:22:42
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Sleeping disorders, or what doctors and psychiatrists like to call Somnipathy, are disorders that affect the normal sleep patterns of a person. There are multiple kinds of these disorders. Some are as simple as snoring while some can really alter a person's lifestyle like obstructive sleep apnea where the victim experiences an obstruction in the airway during sleep. Some have treatments, while others will never be cured and can just be maintained. Some happen to children and some happen to adults.
Have you experienced feeling awake but been unable to move? This disorder is called sleep paralysis. It is characterized by a temporary paralysis of the body shortly after one falls asleep. For some people, it is accompanied by visual, auditory or tactile hallucinations. You might feel like someone is touching you, you may hear voices or strange sounds and you may see figures around you.
Dyssomnias are sleeping disorders that are characterized by insomnia. Insomnia is the inability to fall asleep when a person already feels exhausted. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that is characterized by an excessive need to sleep at inappropriate times like when at work or while driving. That is why people who want to get their driver's license need to say if they have any narcoleptic tendencies before being approved to drive.
Sleep disordered breathing, or SBD, includes snoring and different kinds of sleep apnea. Hypersomnia is defined as an excessive amount of sleepiness. Kleine-Levine Syndrome, or KLS, is popularly known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome. This happens when a person just sleeps the whole day except for eating and going to the bathroom. When they are awake, their demeanors are childish and they experience confusion, disorientation and, ironically, lack of energy.
Parasomnias are disorders that involve unnatural movement of the body parts. Sleep walking, sleep sex, sleep talking and bed wetting are examples of this disorder. If you have heard someone grinding their teeth while sleeping, that is called bruxism. If you suddenly wake up at night hearing loud voices in your head, you have the exploding head syndrome. Some sleep disorders may be secondary to a psychological disease. For example, mood disorders like bipolar disorder can cause someone to lack sleep when they are in the depressed state. Anxiety disorders or neurosis can also cause dyssomnias as a change in behavior.
Sleeping disorders may vary in intensity. Some are manageable while some need a lot of attention. If you experience any of these, make sure you check with your physician or psychiatrist on the causes so you can find the corresponding cure.
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