excessive daytime sleepiness
sleep apnea
Primary sleep disorder-- A sleep disorder that cannot be attributed to a medical condition, another mental disorder, or prescription medications or other substances
Circadian rhythm sleep disorder is a disorder that affects the timing of sleep. People with this disorder typically have issues waking up by alarm clock but can sleep and wake when they wake by their body clock. You can get more information about this disorder at the Wikipedia.
insomnia is what you called a person who is having trouble sleeping or staying asleep
Yes. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder, not a sleep disorder, although it can effect sleep, depending on the person. It is very individual and differs from person to person in how it effects them.
Sleep Disorder - 2005 was released on: USA: 2005
Sleep apnea
It is called sleep apnoea. (Pronounced ap-nee-ah).
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. This is the most common form of breathing-related sleep disorder
Hi! Yes sleep disorder is an illness, as an illness is a period of sickness that affect us physically and mentally too. Sleep disorder affects our sleep hours, we tend to sleep much less or very much. We feel distracted all the time, weakness, cannot concentrate, feel tired all the time. Therefore, sleep disorder is a sickness.
A somnologist is someone who specializes in sleep disorders. They study and treatment of sleep disorders and irregularities thus the term for a doctor who studies sleep disorders would be called a somnologist.
Polysomnography and Somnology are both used to describe the study of sleep and sleep disorders. A somnologist would be the best term for a scientist who studied sleep disorder, but he might not be a licensed doctor.