Signs, Symptoms, and Effects of Sleep Disorders

Added Mon Jul 11 15:18:00 CDT 2011

Are you experiencing any of these symptoms? You may have a sleep disorder.

  • Excessive daytime sleepiness
  • Morning Headaches
  • Snoring
  • Bedwetting
  • Swelling in Legs and feet
  • Memory Loss and poor concentration
  • Depression or Irritability or Anger
  • Night time leg pains
  • Attacks of muscle weakness when laughing, crying, or during extreme emotions
  • Low blood oxygen levels
  • Increased heart rate and/or irregular heart rhythms
  • Increase in daytime blood pressure
  • Impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance - Diabetes
  • Mood changes
  • Disturbed sleep of the bed partner
  • Work Performance issues due to sleepiness
  • School performance issues due to sleepiness

These symptoms may lead to other health issues such as:

  • Increased risk of stroke
  • Higher rate of death due to heart disease
  • Increased risk of being involved in a deadly motor vehicle accident