With our changing lifestyles, sleep disorders are getting very common. Sleep disorders take the serious form when sleep problem begins to occur regularly. If you are regularly experiencing trouble in falling asleep or if you get awaked in the middle of the night due to some uncomfortable feeling – you may also be suffering with any of the sleep disorder.

Sleep disorder is not just trouble in falling asleep; it is far more than that. In fact, it adversely impacts normal functioning of human body. It negatively impacts your creative abilities and emotional balance. Analyze your situation to help yourself dealing with sleep disorders.

To identify if you are suffering with a sleep disorder or it is just an occasional disturbance, ask yourself the following set of questions:

· Do you feel sleepy or uncomfortable during the day?

· Do you feel sleepy while reading book or watching television?

· Do you feel tired while driving?

· Do you often told by others that you look exhausted?

· Do you have to depend high on coffee or tea to stay awake?

If most of your answers are “yes” then “yes” you have a sleep disorder. Some of the common sleep disorders and their symptoms are described below which will help you identifying your sleep disorder.

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder experienced by most of the individuals. Insomnia is the inability of sleeping. Due to insomnia, you do not awake in the morning refreshed. Instead you feel even more exhausted and tired. Other symptoms of insomnia include fragmented and restless sleep, waking up during the night and exhaustion during the day. There can be many reasons for insomnia. These include lack of activity or too much coffee. Insomnia also leads to other health problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression etc. The best thing about insomnia is it can be cured easily just with changing life style. Watch your sleeping habits and feel relaxed.

Another common sleep disorder is sleep apnea. In sleep apnea what happens actually is that you feel trouble in breathing due to blockage of upper airways. This trouble in breathing awakes you each hour. Although the person experiencing sleep apnea do not remember this troubled breathing in the morning, but its impacts are obvious in other ways such as exhaustion during the day, depression, headaches, chest pain and low energy. Sleep apnea can be a fatal disorder and should immediately be consulted with a doctor. It can be successfully treated through a mask like tool that provides regular air during sleep.

Restless legs syndrome is another common sleep disorder due to which the person feels a tempting urge to move his or her legs or arms. Due to this sensation, the person feels very disturbed and can not sleep properly.

Then there is another sleep disorder known as Narcolepsy in which the person feels excessive sleepiness during the day. It is basically caused by problems in brain mechanism due to which person can have sleep attacks during talking or working.

All these sleep disorders should be consulted with doctor for successful treatment.