### diseases | sleep disorder:

Insomnia
* Take a walk several hours before bed.
* affects all age groups and both males and females
  - groups, but is more common in the elderly
* affects approximately one-fourth of the general population in Germany
  - one-third of the general adult population
  - many adults every year
  - most people at least once or twice in their lives
  - nearly everyone at some point in their lives
  - one third of the adult population
* also contributes to traffic accidents and other injuries.
* becomes a serious problem when it affects daytime performance and behaviour.
* broad term for a wide range of sleep disorders, or disturbed sleep patterns.
* can affect anyone, regardless of gender, social class or nationality
  - children's young brains and mental development
* can also be a side effect
  - mask serious mental disorders
* can be a difficult sleep disorders to treat
  - problem when it occurs every night and effects our health
* can be a symptom of another disorder
  - both anxiety and depression, as well as excessive stress
  - temporary, occasional, or chronic problem
  - short-lived, lasting only one to two nights
* can become a problem, however, when it happens often
  - circular
  - cause indigestion
* can lead to a host of Psychological problems and Physical ailments
  - daytime fatigue, irritability and trouble concentrating
  - many serious health problems
  - reduced concentration, decreased memory, and impaired task performance
  - make driving unsafe as well
  - mean a problem with getting to sleep or a problem with staying asleep
* can result from stress, jet lag, diet, or many other factors
  - in irritability, fatigue, and problems with concentration
* common complaint among older people
  - shift workers
  - during peri-menopause
  - of women in perimenopause or menopause itself
  - initial side effect of adrenergic drugs
  - reaction to stress
* common side effect of interferon therapy
  - many drugs containing pseudoephedrine
  - sleep disorder and it can last for only a few weeks or become chronic
* condition in which falling asleep or maintaining sleep is difficult or impossible.
* crisis of todays hectic lifestyle.
* disorder that exists for long periods of time and has serious consequences.
* disturbs a person's waking hours as well as their sleeping hours.
* does strange things to people.
* exists when melatonin levels are low or when it is produced at the wrong time.
* falls into one of three categories, based on how long it lasts.
* frequent symptom indicative of overt or underlying depression.
* frequently occurs in chronic fatigue syndrome
  - occurs, although some de pressed people sleep too much
* has different forms.
* has many causes, including physical and mental conditions and stress
  - different causes, including physical and mental conditions and stress
* increases the risk of psychiatric disorders along with alcohol and drug abuse.
* induces a state of depression, lost productivity, and a shortened life span.
* is America's most prevalent sleep disorder
  - actually a symptom rather than a disease in and of itself
  - age dependent
  - already common in people with chronic illness
  - an inability to fall or to stay asleep
  - another frequent complaint of women during menopause
  - associated with dramatic impairments of psychosocial function and quality of life
  - caused by different factors
* is considered to be chronic if it occurs on most nights and lasts a month or more
  - transient if the problem lasts for two days to two weeks
* is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep that results in daytime problems
  - asleep, staying asleep, or awakening too early
* is difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up too early in the morning
  - initiating or maintaining sleep
* is either difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep or both
  - the inability to fall asleep, or difficulty in staying asleep
  - frequently stress related
  - inability to sleep prematurely interrupted by periods of wakefulness
  - more common in women and older adults
* is more common in women than in men, and it tends to increase with age
  - men, although older men have more disrupted sleep than women
  - men, and increases with age
  - nonpsychotic conditions in and of themselves
  - often transient in nature, responding to brief treatment with sleeping pills
* is one of mankind's most common afflictions
  - many areas in which the company is working
* is one of the easiest conditions to treat with hypnosis
  - emotional and behavioral responses to stress
  - part of both the arousal and burnout phase of the whole stress response
  - perhaps the second most prevalent health complaint after pain
  - prevalent among shift workers
  - rife
  - serious and can be treated with medical application
  - sleep disturbances three or more times a week
  - temporary or short-term
  - the chronic inability to sleep well
* is the inability to fall asleep and stay asleep
  - get enough sleep
* is the inability to sleep or even sleep satisfactorily
  - when it is the time to sleep
  - sleep, or to sleep satisfactorily
  - most common of all sleep disorders
* is the most common sleep complaint of all
  - of people who are blind
  - symptom encountered in the general population
  - plague of college students
  - triumph of mind over mattress, as one joke has it
  - wish to be immortal, granted by an ass
* is trouble falling asleep or staying asleep and affects one in three adults
  - unsatisfactory sleep
* is usually a symptom of a serious medical problem
  - temporary condition
* is very common in our culture
  - people with pinworms
  - common, as is depression
* lasting from a single night to a few weeks is referred to as transient.
* leads to decreased feelings of well being during the day
  - fatigue and napping, adversely affecting daytime functioning
* major threat to quality of life.
* often results from such imbalances.
* persists beyond a week.
* plays a major role in fibromayalgia.
* prevalent and serious condition that is often missed or dismissed.
* problem only when it becomes chronic.
* ranks near the top of smokers' complaints.
* really has many different causes, including physical problems, and, yes, stress.
* recognized risk factor for the development of depression.
* results in daytime symptoms, too.
* strikes millions with sleepless nights and interrupted sleep.
* tends to increase with age, is more common in women than men, and increases with illness.
* usually occurs in people who are guarded and sensation avoiders.
  * ' is when people cannot sleep. A person with this problem is called an 'insomniac'. Insomnia can mean a problem with getting to sleep or a problem with staying asleep. Insomnia and not a disease or illness.
* very common symptom of depression.