All disorders, allergies, and diseases affect sleep, but some are more worse than others. For example, the common cold or runny nose may have you staying awake a little later or usual, but ADHD might have you miss as much as 2 hours of sleep.
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder if you didn't know. Almost 1/5 of America's population have either ADD or ADHD. People with ADHD tend to be more active frequently, and they also have a problem paying attention to details. ADHD is a major conflict with sleep is that because the hyperactivity part creates loss of sleep that builds up. All of this time needs to be payed back, so there are chances that people might fall asleep during the day. This also develops insomnia which means you have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. A recommended action for people with ADHD is to create a routine before you sleep, and this will hopefully allow you to fall asleep . Another recommended action is to find a very comfortable, dark, good smelling place in the house/apartment. |
Depression is one of the most common disorders people suffer. When you have depression, you might feel sad, hopeless, unfocused, and other negative emotions. This affects how your work turns out because your mood distracts you. How might this affect sleep? They both go along with each other. Depression could possibly start sleep problems such as insomnia and sleep apnea. Lack of sleep will result in the worsening of depression symptom such as loss of appetite, sadness, memory loss, etc.
Epilepsy is also a very significant problem with sleep that is somewhat common. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which the patient has seizures that repeat. The person may go unconscious, have violent shaking, have a blank stare, have tumors, and/or strokes. This relates to sleep because sleep produces electrical impulses which are the cause of seizures. Seizures can also happen during sleep which is called focal epilepsy, and the person would suffer in the daytime with fatigue and concentration problems. Epilepsy causes sleep disturbances, too. Epilepsy doesn't just affect your sleep, but your social and educational life as well. Students would start to have learning difficulties, behavioral problems, and short-attention span.
Obesity doesn't really affect sleep, but it could be caused by sleep. When people don't get enough sleep, they don't get enough energy, so the body regains the energy in the morning. What does it resort to? Eating. The body will increase two hormones and decrease one. The hormone ghrelin is increased, so that means it send signals to the brain to eat. The body also decreased in leptin which controls the appetite. Another hormone that increase is cortisone which elevates heart rate and blood pressure.
There are also some sleep disorders that develop if you don't get enough sleep. Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (also known as Circadian Rhythm Disorder) is when the person is unable to sleep at the desired time wake up at the desired time. Another sleep disorder would be REM Behavior Disorder where the person would act out their dream. For example, they might talk, walk, punch, and other actions done in the dream, but the person would have no recollection of ever doing that. A major sleep disorder is narcolepsy. In this disorder, the body has trouble regulating the sleep/wake cycle, and the body automatically dives into REM. People with narcolepsy can suffer cataplexy, excessive daytime sleepiness, paralyzed muscles, and hypnagogic dreams. Most of these symptoms develop when a young adolescent has a lack of hypocretin.
Epilepsy is also a very significant problem with sleep that is somewhat common. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which the patient has seizures that repeat. The person may go unconscious, have violent shaking, have a blank stare, have tumors, and/or strokes. This relates to sleep because sleep produces electrical impulses which are the cause of seizures. Seizures can also happen during sleep which is called focal epilepsy, and the person would suffer in the daytime with fatigue and concentration problems. Epilepsy causes sleep disturbances, too. Epilepsy doesn't just affect your sleep, but your social and educational life as well. Students would start to have learning difficulties, behavioral problems, and short-attention span.
Obesity doesn't really affect sleep, but it could be caused by sleep. When people don't get enough sleep, they don't get enough energy, so the body regains the energy in the morning. What does it resort to? Eating. The body will increase two hormones and decrease one. The hormone ghrelin is increased, so that means it send signals to the brain to eat. The body also decreased in leptin which controls the appetite. Another hormone that increase is cortisone which elevates heart rate and blood pressure.
There are also some sleep disorders that develop if you don't get enough sleep. Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (also known as Circadian Rhythm Disorder) is when the person is unable to sleep at the desired time wake up at the desired time. Another sleep disorder would be REM Behavior Disorder where the person would act out their dream. For example, they might talk, walk, punch, and other actions done in the dream, but the person would have no recollection of ever doing that. A major sleep disorder is narcolepsy. In this disorder, the body has trouble regulating the sleep/wake cycle, and the body automatically dives into REM. People with narcolepsy can suffer cataplexy, excessive daytime sleepiness, paralyzed muscles, and hypnagogic dreams. Most of these symptoms develop when a young adolescent has a lack of hypocretin.