Paradoxical problems with falling asleep and insomnia | Problems with falling asleep

Paradoxical problems with falling asleep and insomnia

Paradoxical insomnia is characterized by complaining about a sleep disorder without objective evidence of one. Here the perception of the actual sleeping ability is disturbed. The impairments of the daily experience and the daily behavior are not connected with the severity of the complained sleep disturbances.

The origin of the paradoxical problems of falling asleep and sleep through disorders is still unclear today. In individual cases, a conspicuous personality with hypochondriac features is found, especially with regard to night sleep. The symptoms are considered the However, the bed partner reports an undisturbed sleep of the affected person.

Occasionally there is a fixation of the affected person on the sleep problem. In contrast to other sleep disorders, the diagnosis includes the external questioning (of the partner) regarding the nightly sleep behavior as indispensable.

  • Complaints of difficulties in falling asleep and sleeping through the night, especially through descriptions of restless sleep and daytime tiredness.

Idiopathic problems with falling asleep and insomnia

Idiopathic insomnia is characterized by its onset in childhood with no apparent cause. Usually there is no identifiable trigger and it cannot be explained by any other disease. It is based on a lifelong inability to get enough sleep, probably due to an abnormality in the neurological or neurochemical control of the sleep-wakeful system. Symptoms: There may be shorter periods with a reduction in symptoms, but these soon reversed.

  • Pronounced difficulties in falling asleep and staying asleep
  • Reduced sleep phases
  • Reduced performance during the day
  • Chronic

Problems falling asleep and difficulty sleeping through the night in the context of a mental disorder

Insomnia and insomnia in the context of a mental disorder is a symptom of an underlying mental illness. It is named as such only if the difficulty in falling asleep and difficulty in sleeping through is the main symptom or a severe feature of the mental illness. They often occur in the context of a depressive illness and anxiety disorders. Symptoms:

  • Symptoms of difficulty falling asleep and difficulty sleeping through
  • Restrictions in the state of health
  • Limitations in daily performance
  • Frequently the daily symptoms are due to the psychological basic illness in relation to the severity of the nightly sleep problem clearly more pronounced
  • Particularly during the day, there is an increase in psychiatric complaints of depression or anxiety disorder