Sleep Disorders: Symptoms

While almost everyone deals with occasional sleeping problems, more frequent issues with sleeping are a strong indication of a sleep disorder. If you often experience one or more of these symptoms, discuss your sleeping problems or concerns with your health care provider:

• Excessive sleepiness or fatigue during the day.

• Difficulty sleeping, including trouble falling asleep, waking frequently during the night, waking too early and not being able to fall back asleep or waking unrefreshed

• Accidents or near miss accidents due to sleepiness

• Loud or frequent snoring

• Pauses in breathing or gasping for breath during sleep, as reported by others

• Difficulty concentrating or memory problems

• Morning headaches

• Nighttime leg discomfort or movement of your arms or legs while sleeping.

• Weakness or loss of muscle strength, often in response to a strong emotion.

• Sleepwalking or sleep talking (parasomnias).

• Hypertension, or high blood pressure.