| Oversleeping may not be seen as too harmful but it | | | | conditions brought about by nerve injuries, head |
| is still considered as a sleeping disorder. Oversleeping | | | | traumas, and presence of tumors can also trigger the |
| is medically termed as hypersomnia. Most of the time | | | | symptoms of hypersomnia. Taking prescription |
| people who have it may not be able to realize it | | | | medications and abruptly stopping it can also cause |
| immediately. Usually, people with hypersomnia would | | | | symptoms of hypersomnia. Some medical conditions |
| tend to oversleep at night and at the same time | | | | such as epilepsy, depression, multiple sclerosis, |
| having a long sleep during the day. Taking a nap in | | | | encephalitis, and obesity may also cause hypersomnia. |
| the afternoon is not necessarily a sign of | | | | Experts have linked genetic problems with |
| hypersomnia because people with hypersomnia would | | | | hypersomnia, although sometimes the cause remains |
| often sleep unusually even during at work or while | | | | to be unknown. The problem of hypersomnia is |
| doing something. | | | | commonly found in people ages 20 years to 30 |
| Narcolepsy is common among people with | | | | years. The website of the National Institute of |
| hypersomnia. Narcolepsy can cause a problem and | | | | Neurological Disorders will provide you all the |
| danger because sleeping may occur while doing things | | | | information that you need to know about this |
| like cooking and even during driving. If sleeping occurs | | | | disorder. Through learning hypersomnia, you will be |
| while doing things that require alertness, then the | | | | able to understand the disease process itself so that |
| person might meet an accident and get injured. Often | | | | you will be able to know when to seek treatment |
| times, you will witness people with hypersomnia to | | | | from a medical professional. |
| just sleep even during having conversations with | | | | Once you feel that you are experiencing symptoms |
| other people and would then wake up as if nothing | | | | related to sleeping disorders, it would be best to |
| happened. Taking a short sleep during the day | | | | consult your doctor immediately so that adequate |
| can’t resolve the symptoms associated with | | | | treatment would be immediately provided. Early |
| hypersomnia. The problem of hypersomnia does not | | | | treatment is very much advisable because if a |
| stop from there because patients with hypersomnia | | | | condition is not treated immediately, it might result to |
| may also experience other manifestations such as | | | | other conditions. For patients who are obese, it would |
| anxiety, exhaustion or fatigue, disorientation, | | | | be necessary for them to lose weight. However, it |
| hallucinations, low energy, restlessness, loss of | | | | will be a little problem because decreasing the length |
| appetite, memory problems, and speech problems. | | | | of sleep would affect the metabolic rate. It can also |
| People who are suffering from hypersomnia may | | | | trigger hunger; thus, losing weight will be a little |
| have poor social interactions because they appear | | | | difficult. |
| too restless to mingle with other people. Establishing | | | | Because of this, people who are overweight or |
| good relationships may also be poor in these patients. | | | | obese will tend to eat more than their usual diet |
| Hypersomnia is often associated to other sleeping | | | | because of the disrupted sleep-wake cycle that will |
| disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy. These | | | | increase their hunger. In general, obese patients who |
| sleep disorders can be caused by consumption of too | | | | need to lose weight would definitely have a hard |
| much alcohol and substance abuse; thus, affecting | | | | time to achieve their goal because they would feel |
| the autonomic nervous system. Underlying neurologic | | | | restless which could lead to eating more. |