Difficulty falling asleep: Sleeping difficulty, called insomnia, can involve difficulty falling asleep when you first go to bed at night, waking up too early in the morning, and waking up often during the night. See detailed information below for a list of 29 causes of Difficulty falling asleep, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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RLS sleep disorder causing night-time leg sensations often misdiagnosed: A common but relatively unknown sleep-related disorder called Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is often misdiagnosed. The typical symptoms are night-time tingling, crawling, or burning sensations in the legs, with the irresistable urge to move the legs. This need for leg movement leads to tossing and turning, or getting up out of bed, all of which interferes with the ability to fall asleep. The sufferer then has the typical symptoms of sleep deprivation during the day: fatigue, tiredness, morning headaches, irritability, poor concentration and so on. This condition is sometimes misdiagnosed as other conditions such as ADHD, sleep disorders, other causes of insomnia, or other causes of leg tingling. Many patients also suffer from a related disorder called Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), which causes leg spasms or other jerky movements. See introduction to RLS or introduction to PLMD....read more »
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Medical Conditions associated with Difficulty falling asleep:
Insomnia (343 causes), Sleeping problems (758 causes), Sleep symptoms (1243 causes)
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Aging, Alcoholism or abruptly stopping alcohol after long-term use, Anxiety (701 causes), Depression or major depression, Enlarged prostate, Cystitis, COPD, Arthritis (61 causes), Heartburn (131 causes)
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