Find up-to-date and accurate information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC website and feel free to reach out with questions. April 4, Posted on April 4, By: Susanne Elsebrock. Needing more sleep might be built into your DNA. Research suggests genetics may play a role in why some people need those extra hours.
Adolescents are also generally prone to sleep longer and have a harder time waking up. It might be a sign of a sleep disorder. Your mental health might be a culprit. An underlying medical condition might be to blame. Thomas Dowling Dr. Laurence Mermelstein Dr. Hargovind DeWal Dr. Sushil Basra Dr. Christopher Frendo Dr. Daniel E. Sleep apnea is a disorder in which people's breathing becomes blocked during sleep. It's often seen in people who are overweight or have enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
Sleep apnea leads to lower blood oxygen and long, fitful sleep cycles. Sleep cycles seem to have a genetic component. For instance, certain people with a specific genetic mutation can function perfectly fine on as little as four hours of sleep a day.
Other people may come from families where everyone needs ten hours of sleep a night. In those cases, doctors suspect a genetic influence even if they haven't yet isolated which gene is causing this long sleep pattern.
Finally, some people have a specific disorder that causes them to require ten to twelve hours of rest a night. People with Long Sleeping Disorder experience what appears to be deep and uninterrupted sleep, but they may show signs of sleep deprivation throughout the day. This disorder interferes with daily life. Some people affected with it take on less to allow themselves to sleep up to half the day away.
Others stick to a more typical 8 hour sleeping schedule and are chronically sleep deprived, having marathon 15 hour snorefests on the weekend to catch up. During, a neurologist and psychiatrist specializing in sleep medicine at Stanford University.
Research suggests the syndrome affects only one in a million individuals. Research shows there may be a link between depression and sleep disorders , frequently associated with cases of insomnia and hypersomnia. Certain medications used to treat conditions can also result in a general grogginess and longer sleep.
Traumatic brain injuries can result in long sleeping patterns, During said. One study found that people who recently suffered traumatic brain injuries often slept much more than healthy volunteers. Sleep is also strongly linked to recovery for trauma victims, with research showing that brain function improved with sufficient sleep.
That said, compensating for sleep debt through sporadic naps or longer sleep does not always produce the desired effect. People tend to view sleep as a fund so they try to sleep less one night and think they can make up for it with a long snooze later, Chervin said. Bottom line: If you feel consistently fatigued despite getting enough sleep, check in with a doctor, During said.
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