What is Hypersomnolence Disorder?
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2018
- The video describes Hypersomnolence Disorder. Hypersomnolence Disorder is characterized by excessive sleepiness even when the main sleep period has been at least seven hours. There are several symptoms for Hypersomnolence Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual including recurrent periods of sleep or lapses into sleep, a main sleep period of nine hours or more without feeling refreshed, not feel fully awake after being abruptly awakened (sleep inertia, sleep drunkenness). The symptoms cannot be better explained by another sleep disorder, medical condition, or another condition like substance use. The prevalence of Hypersomnolence Disorder is about 1%.
I wake up and feel like I'm still dreaming. I get stuck in a "dreamy state" . Accompanied by a sense of fear, altered awareness and visual disturbances for up to 30 mins at times. Have you heard of this?
When I'm in a bad state of anxiety and depression (both of which I'm diagnosed of) or on the verge of that, I usually sleep for longer hours and will still be sleepy in betweens sleeps. When I was still working full-time, I was sleepy the whole day and my eyes seem to be always blurred eventhough different opthas and their machines say I'm 20,25. Now that I work from home, my anxiety and depression would bound me to bed, sleeping in the mornings and only having confidence to get up around midnight. I sleep at around sunrise, wake up at noon, try to keep awake but eventually sleep again and wake up around 6. I think it's my form of escape from the depression and overthinking. Also during these times, I do not leave the house because of irrational fear or something like that.
You seem to introduce me to more of my faults every day.
What’s the difference between this and idiopathic hypersonmia? And isn’t idiopathic hypersomnia considered to be a sleep disorder similar to narcolepsy, not a mental health disorder? Or is narcolepsy also considered a mental health disorder? And isn’t the treatment mainly stimulants, to alleviate the physical symptoms, rather than some sort of mental health treatment?
It is a mental health disorder, as is narcolepsy. The DSM-V is categorized into a number of sections that cover a broad range of issues having to do with abnormal functioning having to do with the brain. It's often believed that mental health disorders are more about things we hear about such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia. It is easier for a layman to understand mental health disorders as "abnormal functioning" (or atypical - either are used by me only for purposes of illustration here and are NOT technical terms). There are several categories that many may not realize are considered mental health disorders such as neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum, learning disabilities), sexual dysfunctions (e.g., erectile disorder, female orgasmic disorder, premature ejaculation disorder), neurocognitive disorders (e.g., disorders due to Alzheimer's, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's), and sleep disorders including hypersomnolence, narcolepsy, sleep apnea (and others). This is by no means a complete list of disorders and it should be understood that "disorder" shouldn't be confused with what people think of as "crazy". The brain does all kinds of things that are more often than not completely out of our control without getting treatment.
Treatment options vary depending on the clinicians and doctors involved. Stimulants are typical, but there will be an emphasis on the client taking steps to stabilize their sleep routine. Routine is often something people bristle at, myself included, but when our brains are chronically ill, we need to give them special care. It would be great if it weren't that way, but then I am sure some people without a leg would have an easier time if one grew spontaneously. This could lead into a massive conversation about disabilities/differently abled persons and what that means in life. But undeniably, people have to work with what life gives them, whether we want to accept it or not.
Another interesting video! This could possibly be what is going on with me. I am currently seeing a sleep doctor and I've already had one sleep study done and was diagnosed with mild Central sleep apnea but the doctor doesn't think that's necessarily why I am so tired all the time. I need to go back and get tested for narcolepsy in the future. But it seems like my symptoms may better fit into this category. I'll be interested to find out.
Thanks for the info, doc! 🙏🏻
I’d rephrase this to review it as “hypersomnia”. The DSM-5 doesn’t provide enough conclusive evidence that psychopathology is present.
A referral to a sleep specialist is generally the best option so the patient can have access to better diagnostic tools & overall, receive adequate treatment from physicians
Is hypersomnolence and non-24 circadian rhythm disorder? Will you be doing any videos about rarer sleep disorders like non-24?
What difference between this and mild narcolepsy. Mine does have vivid dreams. Like every few hours feel sleepy. I wake up 30 minutes later my eyelids droop. disoriented cant think. like mild drunk.
I sleep short less than 8. even them cut off. Vivid dreams, sometimes at napping.
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