Disrupted Nighttime Sleep
(DNS)
It’s normal to wake during the night once in a while. But when you have disrupted sleep associated with narcolepsy, it means you often fall asleep quickly but wake up frequently throughout the night. You may report poor-quality sleep. Disrupted nighttime sleep can sometimes be of major concern.
Disrupted nighttime sleep can have a major impact on patients’ lives.
The 5 major symptoms of narcolepsy:
Disrupted nighttime sleep in children and adolescents
Regardless of what causes them, sleep problems in children and adolescents can have a major impact on daily functioning and contribute to daytime sleepiness. Disturbed sleep affects children’s attention, memory, and ability to think and reason normally. Sleep problems are also a cause of distress for parents and may be one of the primary reasons for caregiver stress in families with children who have chronic illnesses.
Disturbed sleep in children can include:
- Waking frequently during the night
- Restless leg syndrome
- Nighttime breathing abnormalities
- Delayed sleep-phase syndrome
- Nightmares
- Sleepwalking
"Wake up, fall asleep, wake up, fall asleep, then I’d wake up feeling like I got hit by a truck."
Hear patients talk about drifting in and out of sleep all night and waking up exhausted.