Sleep disorders are very common and many people do not realize that they have this problem.  If you are wondering why you cannot sleep at night, but want to sleep during the day, you may be one of these people. You may find that friends and family are expressing concern over how tired you look. They may experience mood changes, suffer from irritability, or become overly emotional. Other signs include forgetting important things, lack of concentration and an ability to pay attention. These are all symptoms of sleep deprivation, and possibly a sleep disorder.

If you are suffering from an undiagnosed sleep disorder, ask yourself what is the problem with your sleep. Do you suffer with any of these problems:

• Difficulty in falling asleep
• Difficulty staying awake
• Hard to wake up in the morning
• Unusual behavior in your sleep

The particular answer chosen, helps to narrow down the possibility of a specific type of sleep disorder. If you can’t fall asleep it can mean a few things. There could be a problem when first going to bed, or after waking up in the middle of the night, or in the early morning hours.

Many people have the problem of not being able to fall asleep when they go to bed and find help from an end tiredness program. Not being able to fall asleep is a condition known as sleep latency. Sleep latency can be a very serious symptom of certain sleep disorders, including sleep onset insomnia, delayed sleep phase disorder, shift work, restless leg syndrome, or paradoxical insomnia.

The problem is usually sleep fragmentation which is  when you cannot stay asleep.  Sufferers do not find it difficult to fall asleep, but wake up constantly throughout the night. Shift workers find it particularly hard to develop a sleep pattern and their disorder is called maintenance insomnia. If you wake up very early in the morning and find it impossible to go back to sleep it is a possible sign of sleep phase disorder or sleep maintenance insomnia.

If you can’t stay awake and you fall asleep at inappropriate times, there are numerous sleep disorders contributed to this, such as narcolepsy, obstructive or central sleep apnea, periodic limb movement disorder, restless leg syndrome, shift work or advanced sleep phase disorder.

Those that say ‘I can’t get up in the morning’ and take an hour or more to fully wake from their sleep, may suffer from excessive sleep inertia. It is also referred to as excessive daytime sleepiness. They also have difficulty making the transition from sleep to being awake. Sleep disorders that could be responsible for excessive sleep inertia, are sleep apnea and delayed sleep phase disorder.

If you do strange things in your sleep, it may include some of these actions.

• Sleepwalking
• Sleep terrors
• Confused wakenings
• REM sleep behavior disorder
• Nightmares
• Eating disorder, sleep related
• Bruxism – grinding your teeth

People who do strange things in their sleep have a disorder known as parasomnia and they can sleep walk, wake up confused, have nightmares and generally have a sleep full of surprises. An end tiredness program review of your situation can help deterine if you have a sleep problem. As always if you are concerned with your health you should visit your medical practitioner for a full diagnosis.

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