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One significant difference is that people with narcolepsy experience a sudden onset of sleepiness, while people with hypersomnia experience increasing sleepiness over time.
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Social security disability decisions for narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia?
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What is difference between somnolence and sedation?
Hypersomnia is a general symptom and a category of sleeping conditions for those who have problems staying awake (more sleepy). Hypersomnia is experienced by those with narcolepsy and hypersomnolence (which are separated between those who experience R.E.M. and those who do not). Short answer: hypersomnolence is hypersomnia, but hypersomnia covers more than hypersomnolence like narcolepsy. Example: Invasive ductal carcinoma is a breast cancer, but not all cancers are breast cancers. Hope this clears it up, if not feel free to correct me.
What are the types of hypersomnia?
There are two main categories of hypersomnia: primary hypersomnia (sometimes called idiopathic hypersomnia) and recurrent hypersomnia (sometimes called recurrent primary hypersomnia).
What are the demographics of hypersomnia?
is more common in males. The number of people with primary hypersomnia is unknown, although 5-10% of patients in sleep disorder clinics have the disorder. Primary hypersomnia usually affects young adults between the ages of 15 and 30.
When does hypersomnia appear?
Hypersomnia generally appears when the patient is between 15 and 30 years old. It does not begin suddenly, but becomes apparent slowly, sometimes over years.
What is another term for hypersomnia?
Hypersomnia. This condition is sometimes called sleep drunkenness
How does hypersomnia occur?
Some causes of Hypersomnia are Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Sleeping sickness, trypanosmiasis, Glioblastoma multiforme, malnutrition/starvation, sleep apnea, schizophrenia, narcolepsy and sleep deprivation.
What is Hypersonia?
Hypersomnia is a condition which causes excessive sleepiness, not generally due to insufficient sleep at night. Generally the person with hypersomnia will feel the need to nap several times during the day, and may feel sleepy throughout the day. This condition may persist for more than two weeks and may be due to numerous causes. Difference in cause means that treatment varies for individuals with hypersomnia.
What is the medical term for extreme sleepiness?
Hypersomnia means too much sleep. Hypersomnia can be a symptom of depression.
How is recurring hypersomnia characterized?
Recurring hypersomnia involves periods of excessive daytime sleepiness that can last from one to many days, and recur over the course of a year or more.
What characterizes primary hypersomnia?
Primary hypersomnia is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness over a long period of time. The symptoms are present all, or nearly all, of the time.
Involuntary episodes of falling asleep during the daytime while engaged in activity?
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) or Narcolepsy
