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Irregular sleep

Sleep patterns in the young and aged

• Awakening in the night
• Difficulty falling asleep
• Excessive daytime drowsiness
• Loud snoring
• Episodes of stopped breathing
• Sleep attacks during the day
• Daytime fatigue
• Depressed mood
• Anxiety
• Difficulty concentrating
• Apathy
• Irritability
• Loss of memory (or complaints of decreased memory)
• Lower leg movements during sleep

• Polysomnography (recording brain activity, muscle activity and breathing during sleep)
• Multiple sleep latency test -- a daytime test that uses polysomnography during multiple brief nap periods

Review Date: 07/25/2006
Reviewed By: Paul Ballas, D.O., Department of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.