An overview of sleep disorders in adults 23 Articles

by Diane Quinn.

You've been lying in bed, sleepless, for over an hour. You know this because every ten minutes you open your eyes and stare at your digital clock. Your body is trying to rest, but your mind continues to recycle the event...read more

by D. J. Poe

Sleep is essential to "keep us going". Our neural pathways have a natural circadian rhythm that allows the brain to reset itself through complete and uninterrupted sleep cycles. Sleep disorders cause us to have problem...read more

by Natalie A Kennedy

"To sleep perchance to dream" Here's the rub, sweet dreams coming from a restful and restorative sleep seem to elude most people. More than a fifth of all adults will experience sleep problems at one stage of their life. S...read more

by Paul Lines

Are you dreading the approaching nighttime? Do you fear the demons of sleep? If so, you are not alone. There are literally thousands of people throughout the world who suffer from one or more of the dozens of sleep disorde...read more

by Dustee Mourning

I am an example of sleep disorders, plagued since childhood and it continues through adulthood. Years ago, I spent time researching the biggest part of my mother's nightmare me as a sleepwalking toddler. She learned to be...read more

by Ndifor Abongnifor

ARE YOU GETTING THE SLEEP YOU NEED? What do you understand by sleep? What triggers the body to demand sleep? How much sleep do you need? What are the consequences of not getting the right amount of sleep? Are these any...read more

by Bella Cooper

The world would be a happy place if we could all get a good nights sleep. Unfortunately, almost 40% of Americans experience a sleep disorder at some point in their lives. Among these, the most prevelant are insomnia, sle...read more

by Mona Gallagher

Did you know that there are over 100 different sleeping disorders? Insomnia is the one we hear about most often but there are many more. Sleeping problems can signify a number of different problems both emotional and physi...read more

by Darlene Prickett

Do you find yourself tossing and turning at night? You may have a sleep disorder. Millions of Americans suffer from various types of sleep disorders such as insomnia, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, and slee...read more

by Marissa Hockaday

Sleep Disorders: The causes and effects of sleep disorders and who can help Introduction "Hush little baby, don't say a word. Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won't sing, Mama's gonna bu...read more

by EMSalem

An inability to sleep may mean only that we have not programmed our bodies to sleep. Learning how to turn off the day and to quietly go toward night and a restful night's sleep could be what the doctor orders. But unless...read more

by John Hale

"Golden Slumbers fill your eyes. Smiles awake you when you rise. Sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullabye." For too many people, these Paul McCartney lyrics ring only in their daydreams. Insomnia, sl...read more

by Ndahse

As summer grinds down those unfortunate enough to be stuck in humid areas of the Heartland of America, there are cruise ships leaving American shores on a daily basis taking the fortunate to destinations of their choice. H...read more

by Jane Allyson

An International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) lists over 84 different types of sleep disorder that a person can suffer from. Now that is a lot of different ways that you cannot get to sleep! We spend a third...read more

by Maria Ganado

What is the point of writing an informative article on-line, when informative sites about sleep disorders are so numerous that they can keep you awake over a number of nights? I want to write of my own experience for the s...read more

by Laura Lytton

Your eyes are getting tired, you are feeling very sleepy. No? For many, day time yawning is the norm. As you attempt to make sense of what is written here you may already be finding that all your eyes really want to do i...read more

by Ray Fauteux

Medical science has made huge advances in the past century, but it's still not really fully understood exactly why we require as much sleep as we do. However, it's clear that without it we can't function. Our bodies can...read more

by Darian Peters

There are a wide variety of sleep disorders that can afflict adults with symptoms ranging from the embarrassing to the dangerous. Here I will give an overview of a number of sleep disorders including bruxism, central sleep...read more

by Elizabeth Kelley

Sleep disorders. What an all inclusive category. Well I will do my best to describe different types of disorders and possible solutions to some of them. First, the most common "disorder" is called Sleep Hygiene. What it m...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

Sleep is needed in our body to function as normal and as a healthy human being. But, time to time, as we grow older, we develop abnormal pattern of sleep. What could be the main cause? Stress, anxiety, frustration, problem...read more