Daytime sleepiness can severely affect the quality of your life and is often a symptom of a major sleep disorder. Daytime sleepiness symptoms are fairly straightforward and include

• Poor productivity
• Irritability
• Sleepiness during the day

Daytime sleepiness can severely affect the quality of your life and is often a symptom of a major sleep disorder. About 20% of adults in the United States report a level of daytime sleepiness affects daily activities. Daytime sleepiness symptoms are fairly straightforward and include…

• Sleep deprivation
• Sleep apnea
• Sedating medications including allergy medications
• psychiatric conditions

Treatment often depends on the sleep disorder, but typically lifestyle changes are a first line of treatment. For example, a daytime sleepiness specialist may suggest that you go to bed earlier, or eliminate alcohol or caffeine consumption. We may also suggest prescription drugs to treat hypersomnia. 

• Stimulants such as Ritalin or Modafinil
• Antidepressants such as Prozan, Zoloft etc.
• Sodium oxybate (Xyrem)