Sleep disorders are conditions that affect the quality, timing, and duration of sleep. They can disrupt the normal sleep pattern, leading to difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, or experiencing restful sleep.
- Do you have Insomnia? It can be a short-term issue or become chronic, and it often leads to daytime fatigue, irritability, and impaired concentration.
- Sleep Apnea: The most common type is obstructive sleep apnea, where the airway becomes partially or completely blocked, causing pauses in breathing.
- Narcolepsy: Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness. Some people have uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the day.
Do you suffer from body movement when you sleep?
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Symptoms usually worsen during periods of rest or inactivity.
- Parasomnias: These are abnormal behaviors that occur during sleep. Sleep walking , night terrors, and sleep-related eating disorder would be some good examples.
- Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders: These disorders involve disruptions in the normal sleep-wake cycle. Conditions like jet lag, shift work sleep disorder, and delayed sleep phase syndrome fall into this category.
- REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) is a condition where a person acts out vivid and often violent dreams during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. This can result in injuries to the person or their sleep partner.
- Sleep-related movement disorders are conditions like periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), where a person involuntarily moves their limbs during sleep, potentially disrupting their rest.
If you suspect that you have a sleep disorder, a brain map can assist in understanding where and what kind of dysregulation is occurring and how it contributes to a patients symptoms
Treatment approaches vary depending on the specific sleep disorder, a brain map can assist is targeting the correct treatments.