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20-September-2008 10:08:30 - Excessive daytime sleepiness daytime hypersomnia Classification and external resources ICD-10 F51.1, G47.1 ICD-9 291.82, 292.85, 307.43-307.44, 327.1, 780.53-780.54 eMedicine med/3129 MeSH D006970 Excessive daytime sleepiness EDS is characterized by persistent sleepiness, and often a general lack of energy, even after adequate night time sleep. Sudden involuntary sleep onset, and microsleeps are common complications. EDS is one of the two forms of hypersomnia, the other being prolonged nighttime sleep. Persons with EDS are compelled to nap repeatedly during the day; fighting off increasingly strong urges to sleep during inappropriate times such as while driving, while at work, during a meal, or in conversations. As the compulsion to sleep intensifies, the ability to competently complete tasks sharply diminishes, which often mimics the appearance of intoxication. Contents 1 Diagnosis 2 Causes 3 Coping 4 External links Diagnosis Napping on a train Napping on a train An adult is considered to have excessive daytime sleepiness, if he or she is compelled to nap repeatedly during the day. One diagnosis tool is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, which helps determine the extent of EDS in a subject. A self test is available from Stanford University Medical School. The MSLT measures sleep onset latency. Causes EDS can be a symptom of a number of factors and disorders. Specialists in sleep medicine are trained to diagnose them. Some are: Insufficient quality or quantity of night time sleep. Misalignments of the body's circadian pacemaker with the environment eg. jet lag, shift work or other circadian rhythm sleep disorders. The symptom of an underlying sleep disorder, such as narcolepsy, sleep apnea, hypersomnia or restless legs syndrome. Disorders such as clinical depression or atypical depression. Tumors, head trauma, anemia, kidney failure, hypothyroidism or an injury to the central nervous system. Smoking, drug or alcohol abuse. Genetic predisposition. Coping Some people lose the ability to adequately function in family, social, occupational, or other settings. A proper diagnosis, and treatment, of the underlying cause can help mitigate such complications. It is often extremely difficult to accept that EDS is beyond a person's control. The unaffected see sleepiness as an insult, a rejection, or as evidence for lack of interest. Family members equate pathological sleepiness with their normal experiences of sleepiness, and mistakenly assume that, if the person really wanted to, they could fight it off. As a result, family members with even a rudimentary understanding of the disorder, often conclude they're just not trying hard enough. What must be clearly understood, is that EDS is often totally beyond a person's volition. To further confuse things, during occasional unique and/or stimulating circumstances, a person with EDS can sometimes remain animated, awake and alert, for brief or extended periods of time. Such circumstances can include unusual guests, experiences, or situations. This lends credence to an observer's assertions that, the alertness is simply a matter of self control, and that EDS can be 'willed away'. With EDS, the normal correlation between interest and wakefulness simply does not hold. Asserting someone can 'fight off' EDS, is as illogical as concluding no one needs sleep simply because nearly all people can fight off sleep during unique or emergency situations. EDS needs to be defended as the manifestation of a disorder, and not signs of a willful lack of effort. Without firm and knowledgeable counseling on the part of the physician, family members can easily fail to accept EDS as part of an illness. People with EDS also may sleep for a full night of sleep and still wake up feeling exausted, no matter what the circumstance. Staying up for a full night and sleeping a couple of hours could have them feeling refreshed as well; their sleeping patterns are totally random. One with EDS can also engage in activity one finds enjoyable and not feel any onset of sleep until said activity ends. EDS may also be a manifestation of a bizarre component of Atypical Depression called Mood Reactivity wherein the sufferer experiences a partial or total remission of some or all of their symptoms in response to certain external stimuli, but only so long as the stimuli are present. External links NODSS: Overwhelming Daytime Sleepiness Sleep Disorders Guide: Excessive Sleepiness Postgraduate Medicine: What is causing excessive daytime sleepiness? UK Narcolepsy Association UKAN on EDS v d e Sleep Sleep stages Rapid eye movement sleep · Non-rapid eye movement sleep · Slow-wave sleep Brain waves Beta wave · Delta wave · Gamma wave · Theta wave Sleep disorders Advanced sleep phase syndrome · Automatic behavior · Bruxism · Circadian rhythm sleep disorder · Delayed sleep phase syndrome · Dyssomnia · Excessive daytime sleepiness · Hypersomnia · Insomnia · Narcolepsy · Night terror · Nocturia · Nocturnal myoclonus · Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome · Ondine's curse · Parasomnia · Sleep apnea · Sleep deprivation · Sleepeating · Sleeping sickness · Sleeptalking · Sleepwalking Benign phenomena Dream · Exploding head syndrome · False awakening · Hypnagogia · Hypnic jerk · Lucid dream · Nightmare · Nocturnal emission · Sleep paralysis · Somnolence Related topics Bed Bunk bed, Four poster bed, Futon, Hammock, Mattress · Bed bug · Bedding · Bedroom · Bedtime · Bedtime toy · Bedtime story · Chronotype · Dream journal · Jet lag · Lullaby · Nightwear · Polyphasic sleep · Power nap · Siesta · Sleep and learning · Sleep debt · Sleep diary · Sleep inertia · Sleep medicine · Sleepover · Snoring · Sleep and creativity Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Excessive_daytime_sleepiness Categories: Sleep disorders Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page This page was last modified on 14 August 2008, at 16:42
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