Conditions That Can Cause Excessive Sleepiness Include:
Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders involve any difficulties related to sleeping, including difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at inappropriate times, excessive total sleep time, or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
More than 100 different disorders of sleeping and waking have been identified. They can be grouped in four main categories:
- Problems with falling and staying asleep
- Problems with staying awake
- Probl...
Expert & Community Posts
Secondary Insomnia and the Drugs Used To Treat It
By Michael Rack, MD , Health Expert...Administration (FDA) indications for the treatment of excessive sleepiness (ES) associated with... Read more »
Sleep Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis
By Dr. Gross , Health Expert...Disorders are divided into conditions associated with Hypersomnia or Excessive Daytime... Read more »
Mental Health and MS: Depression Symptoms
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...Significant change in weight or appetite4. Insomnia or excessive sleepiness5. Observable... Read more »
Fatigue and Sleepiness in Multiple Sclerosis
By Dr. Gross , Health Expert...asleep. There is a laundry list of causes for such hypersomnia; many such factors are linked to... Read more »
Taking Provigil for MS-Related Fatigue
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert...used to improve wakefulness in adults who experience excessive sleepiness due to one of the... Read more »
Health Guide
Narcolepsy
... Alternative Names Daytime sleep disorder Symptoms Persistent drowsiness (hypersomnia -- excessive daytime sleepiness) Difficulty for a young adult to stay awake... Read more »Narcolepsy: Treatment
...cataplexyDrug Treatments for SleepinessModafinil. Modafinil (Provigil) is a drug used to treat the excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy and other sleep disorders. (Modafinil does not... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis
...80% of cases.Measuring SleepinessThe Epworth sleepiness scale uses a simple questionnaire to measure excessive sleepiness during eight situations.THE EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALESITUATIONCHANCE OF... Read more »Insomnia: Risk Factors
...because they stay mostly indoors and do not receive adequate sunlight.Lack of sleep at night can lead to excessive sleepiness during the day. A 2006 study reported the following risk factors for... Read more »Restless Legs Syndrome and Related Disorders: Diagnosis
...periods of sleep.Sleepiness ScaleThe Epworth sleepiness scale uses a simple questionnaire to measure excessive sleepiness during eight situations.THE EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALESITUATIONCHANCE OF... Read more »
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