The associations between depressive symptoms and hypersomnia are complex and often bidirectional. Of the many disorders associated with excessive sleepiness in the general population, the most frequent are mental health disorders, particularly depression. However, most mood disorder studies addressing hypersomnia have assessed daytime sleepiness using a single response, neglecting critical and ...

EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS HAS A SIGNIFICANT DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL FUNCTION AND PERSONAL SAFETY, thus adversely affecting quality of life. Sleepiness is an important public health issue among individuals who work in fields where the lack of attention can result in injury to self or others such as transportation and healthcare. Hypersomnia of central origin...

SYNOPSIS A case of myotonic dystrophy accompanied by alveolar hypoventilation and hypersomnia is presented. Radiological studies and EMG examination of the intercostal muscles demonstrated that the respiratory muscles were affected by the disease, while polygraphic recordings showed that the alveolar hypoventilation and pulmonary hypertension worsened during sleep. The hypersomnia preceded the ...

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EXCESSIVE SLEEPINESS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLES FOR THE SLEEP CLINICIAN. Pathological sleepiness occurs in association with disorders and conditions such as narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, and sleep deprivation. It may occur due to the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, periodic limb movement disorder, a variety of other medical and neurological...

The Klcinc-Levin Syndrom!' (KLS), a type of periodic hypersomnia, typically occurs in young males presenting with episodes of somnolence, excessive eating and abnormal behaviour. In contrast to other hypersomnias, this is a 'long-cycle hypersomnias' with intervals of months of years between episodes (Lishman, 1987). Bonkalo (1968) alludes to Epimenides, a Cretan poet of the sixth century B. C ,...