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Sleep disorders - Symptom

Symptoms:

  • Awakening in the night
  • Difficulty falling asleep
  • Excessive daytime drowsiness
  • Loud snoring
  • Episodes of stopped breathing
  • Sleep attacks during the day
  • Daytime fatigue
  • Depressed mood
  • Anxiety
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Apathy
  • Irritability
  • Loss of memory (or complaints of decreased memory)
  • Lower leg movements during sleep
The symptoms may vary with the particular disorder.

Signs and tests:

  • Polysomnography (recording brain activity, muscle activity and breathing during sleep)
  • Multiple sleep latency test -- a daytime test that uses polysomnography during multiple brief nap periods
  • Reviewed last on: 7/25/2006
  • Paul Ballas, D.O., Department of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.