Life with Sleep Disorders

If you are constantly tired or suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness, you may benefit from learning ways to conserve energy in extreme fatigue. Fatigue can be greatly debilitating. With careful planning and making some simple accommodations you will be able to conserve energy and thrive in spite of your extreme fatigue.

As with any medical condition, it can often be difficult coping with a sleep disorder. That's why it's important to commit to getting it diagnosed and treated. As part of this, many people learn their own methods of coping with their illness. How do you cope with your sleep disorder? What advice do you have to share with others who are afflicted? What support helped you the most?

For those with sleep disorders, there is a clear process of seeking recognition, diagnosis, and treatment. But it can be equally important to find support and alternatives when treatment fails.

It is not easy being diagnosed with a medical condition, especially one that can affect your life as significantly as a sleep disorder can. Fortunately there are many resources available to help you cope with your diagnosis and thrive in spite of your illness.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provides a brief introduction to sleep and sleep disorders.

Explore the fascinating world of sleep disorders on one of the best websites for information, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

This is a good resource for those who have been diagnosed with sleep apnea.

This is a good resource for those who have been diagnosed with narcolepsy.

Learn about how to prevent parasomnias from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

There are many potential causes to abnormal sleep behaviors, ranging from common parasomnias such as sleepwalking or sleep talking to strange behaviors such as sleep eating or sleep sex.

If you have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and have started to use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), you may have some concerns and questions, including, how does CPAP affect your sex life? Though you may initially worry about how CPAP will affect your romantic life, you may find that improvements in your energy levels and other...

If you use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat your sleep apnea, you may worry about how its use will impact your sex life. Read...

If you have encountered problems learning to tolerate your continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat your sleep apnea, you may be interested in reading about some possible solutions to improve your compliance with the therapy.

If you have encountered problems learning to tolerate your continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat your sleep apnea, you may be interested in reading about some possible solutions to improve your compliance with the therapy.

If you suffer from a sleep disorder, you may need to adjust your employment to accommodate your limitations. Excessive sleepiness and fatigue from insomnia or sleep apnea may leave you drained. Circadian rhythm disorders may require alternative schedules. Share with others how you managed your career while having a sleep disorder.

If you have sleep apnea treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), you may wonder how to get through airport security when you travel with CPAP away from home. It is important that you use your CPAP every night, even when away on business or vacation, and a few simple steps should make getting through security a breeze.

If you have discussed your sleep disorder with someone else, you may have been given some unsolicited and unwanted advice. Whether the other person has experienced your condition or not, this input can leave you feeling uncomfortable. How have you learned to handle unwanted sleep disorder advice?

If you suffer from excessive sleepiness from a sleep disorder or from simply not sleeping enough, you may wonder how to stay awake. Staying awake may be accomplished by following these 10 simple recommendations on how to stay awake.

If you have been invited to spend the night at someone else's house, you may be self-conscious about it if you have a sleep disorder. Whether it is snoring, bedwetting, or sleepwalking, you may feel inclined to tell your host. How do you adapt when you sleep over with a sleep disorder?

What is the most unusual place you have taken a nap? Share your experience and read about the naps taken by others.

If you or your partner have a sleep disorder, you may have found that it has a significant impact on your relationship and your ability to sleep together. Numerous sleep disorders can lead to someone being displaced to the couch, separate bedrooms, or even relationship discord. How has a sleep disorder affected your relationship? Share your...

For those with an interest in restless legs syndrome (RLS), the non-profit organization called the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is a helpful resource. Learn how the RLS Foundation provides educational materials, support groups, and opportunities to advance research into the condition.

What is the Narcolepsy Network? Learn about this non-profit organization and how it supports people with the sleep disorder called narcolepsy.

Abnormal behaviors that characterize parasomnias may be dangerous to the person who experiences them or to bed partners. Learn about measures you can take to ensure safety as well as ways to cope with parasomnias.