Insomnia symptoms and diagnosis.

Insomnia symptoms and diagnosis.

These included initial difficulties in falling asleep. Often thisis linked to an anxiety disorder. Some people experience nocturnalawakenings or middle-of-the-night insomnia, which  is often connectedto pain disorders or illness.

Others awaken very early in the morning, known as early morningwakening and this can be a symptom ofclinical depressionIt is often difficultto get back to sleep or maintain a continuous sleep pattern during the night.

Diagnosis

If you have a problem in falling asleeporstaying asleepyour doctor can refer you to a sleep clinic where there are experts insleep medicine to help you.  Patients who have trouble getting to sleepmay have a Circadian rhythm disturbance. However, sometimes people arewrongly diagnosed with insomnia when what they in fact have isdelayed sleep phase syndromeor anothersleep disorder.