A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnography . Disruptions in sleep can be caused by a variety of issues, from teeth grinding ( bruxism ) to night terrors . When a person suffers from difficulty in sleeping with no obvious cause, it is referred to as insomnia . In addition, sleep disorders may also cause sufferers to sleep excessively, a condition known as hypersomnia . Management of sleep disturbances that are secondary to mental, medical, or substance abuse disorders should focus on the underlying conditions.
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Hi, I am a 24 year old male. And I have a rather unusual problem. I dont masturbate-but when I go to sleep, every now and then, during a half sleep/awake phase, I find myself moving against the bed, masturbating. This happens maybe once or twice...
Hi, My baby girl is 15 month old now. She is too stubborn and has a habit to shout if her wishes are not filled. Kindly advice.
Also second problem is she needs a continuous feeding during night, which becomes...
My head aches a lot, i feel lik someting sharp is pricking me from inside. and i am unable to sleep peacfully for 8 hrs. Please help me in this.
i sleep so heavey you could have a party in my room all night and i would not hear anything , this frightens me this has been a problem all my life now i am 62 and now live by my self
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my arms and hands feel like they are draining of blood when i lay down to sleep. even when i lay on my back with my arms to the side, they begin to get tingly and painful. so much so that it hurts, very bad. i have...
sir i m male23yrs. ..i am attractd to men since 4yrs. .i dint sleep with any. but i masturbate taking place of girl in porn. ...and i like to sleep with men. ...please help me. i dont want to be gay.
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can your heart stop during sleep and then restart?
I have been having episodes periodically where upon first drifting off to sleep it seems as if my heart stops or I stop breathing and my whole body jerks away...this only occurs within minutes of...
clogging I think I may have a clogged vain well 2 vains. I have 2 BB size. ball like bumps on each peck almost under my arm I got bite by a hobo spider in my belly then I noticedmy blood. flow has changed. and my heat beat and pusle hash...
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Feel jittery, just at night and also when taking a nap and in fact makes me wake up while trying to sleep. Been occuring the last couple of days. Menstruation time too. Age 42.
My husband hit his head on the latch of the bathromm at the Sydney airport 4 weeks ago.he was taken to the hospital had 18 stiches towards the back of his head. He came home to Florida 4 weeks ago.He seemed fine but...
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User : my friend suffreing from neck pain.. can you help us?
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User : i feel high and its making me sad but im not even doing any drugs
User : i have uncontrollable thoughts that will make it worse to
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User : i really dont know what to do i cant be patient with anybody any...
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User : i've a nagging lower back pain
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User : when i am workin, i am ok
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Dear Doctor Sir. My name is sheweta, i am new to this forum and i think this is my first question here. i am currently preparing for CAT, last year i tried for CAT but i did not scored decent numbers and missed my admission to MBA. this year it will be my 3 rd attempt for CAT. And, i am getting nervous. I am not able to concentrate and focus on...
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I seem to have twitches when im trying to get to sleep and when i am asleep my legs goes then my arm and its constant it keeps me and my man awake what is it and how can i stop it??????????
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i was with my wife in a resturant, after watching a movie we came there and was having our lunch. there was one couple also little middle aged, they had put there request and were waiting for the serve, suddenly the lady started screaming asking for help, we saw that her husband was having a fit, he was moving his legs and hands vigerously, and...
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I m sixteen years old and lately I ve been sleeping ALOT. When I do wake up, I feel like I need to go back to sleep.. and sometimes I do. Right when I get home from school I go back to sleep. I always have to pee. I am so pissed off sometimes for a reason I dont know why? I m nauseas(sp?) at random times. I feel sick to my stomach when I think...
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cause my sister in law pass away on wesday in her sleep . and she was only 42and left behide her husband and youngest daughter of 9 and other daughter age 25. so it be a hard week
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My arms and hands fall asleep and tingle when I go to bed or lay down. What is wrong with me? I need sleep!!? My arms and hands fall asleep and tingle when I go to bed or lay down. What is wrong with me? I need sleep!!?
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I was at a sleepover party not too long ago, and I don t usually wear a bra to sleep, because I think it seems uncomfortable. But, I noticed that some of my friends were wearing one to sleep. I m not sure if they regularly wear one, but I was wondering if it is normal for sleepovers? Also, I began feeling a bit self concious, because I felt like...
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I took my 3 month old little girl to the doctors 3 days ago. Found out she has crupe. Well she still has a bad cough and doesn't sleep all that well. She has been on antibiotics since I took her there. Should I take her to the ER to get rechecked?
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the exact problem is i lost my sleep years ago! and if i sleep i remember few things that happend in past but then iam seeing dreams where iam seeing people who were in my previous life and havent met before and also they come after my dream.and also iam confused about my life things are happening phoenominically(i can define it if u can forward...
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is it physically possible for a baby to be a month overdue? My son was born 2 weeks late, or so we thought but when we later found out that my boyfriend was not his father the only other option was the guy I had been seeing prior to sleeping with my current boyfriend. I didn\\\'t sleep with him at least 2 weeks before my estimated conception...
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