What Causes Disturbed Sleep?
Disturbed sleep can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'minor' to 'life-threatening'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose disturbed sleep, we could:
- Research the topic
- Find a doctor with the time
- Use a diagnostic computer system.
The process is the same, whichever method is used.
Step 1: List all Possible Causes
We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "disturbed sleep" as a symptom. Here are eight of many possibilities (more
below):
- Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia
- Aspartame/Neotame Side-Effects
- PMS D
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Pinworms
- Insomnia
- Low Carbohydrate Diet Consequences
- Zinc Need
Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist
We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:
difficulty falling asleep
depression with some fatigue
unsound sleep
major fatigue for over 12 months
panic attacks
brittle fingernails
being easily irritated
past ecstasy use
history of tinnitus
constant fatigue
frequent confusion/disorientation
heroin/morphine use
... and more than 110 others
Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause
A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of disturbed sleep:
Cause |
Probability |
Status |
Low Carbohydrate Diet Consequences |
97% |
Confirm |
Pinworms |
28% |
Unlikely |
Zinc Need |
19% |
Unlikely |
Insomnia |
5% |
Ruled out |
Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia |
2% |
Ruled out |
Aspartame/Neotame Side-Effects |
1% |
Ruled out |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
1% |
Ruled out |
PMS D |
1% |
Ruled out |
* This is a simple example to illustrate the process
Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis
The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.
In the
Sleep-Related Symptoms section of the questionnaire,
The Analyst™ will ask the following question about quality of sleep:
How is your quality of sleep generally, when you are able to sleep without interruption or pain?
Possible responses:
→ Usually broken up / disturbed
→ Sometimes broken up / disturbed
→ Average/sound / don't know
→ Generally deep
→ Always deep
|
Based on your response to this question, which may indicate disturbed sleep, somewhat disturbed sleep, being a normal sleeper or being a deep sleeper,
The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:
Low Melatonin Level
A history of light, anxious, restless sleep is often evidence of low melatonin levels.
... and also rule out issues such as:
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