Insomnia: Forms of Insomnia
Normal
- Waking early.
- Difficulty in getting to sleep for a period of time.
- Prolonged, disturbed and light sleep.
- Sleep which is interrupted by shock and fear on sudden waking (night terror).
- Sleep which is interrupted by nightmares.
- Small amounts of sleep with cat napping at other times.
- Occasional complete absence of sleep.
Not so normal
- Any of the above which becomes chronic (i.e. lasts for an extended duration or occur in repeated bouts over a long time).
- Sleep which has a radically disordered rhythm.
- Disturbance caused by shift work.
- Seasonally affected sleep e.g. excessive sleep in winter.
- Sleep disturbance associated with feeling depressed (or having Chronic Fatigue or ME).
- Jet-lag.
- Apnoea (a sort of snoring but with a breathing lapse involved).
- Snoring problems.
- Teeth grinding.
