Late Insomnia WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Late Insomnia
Late insomnia -- also called terminal insomnia, sleep-offset insomnia, or end of night awakening -- is a type of insomnia where you wake up too early and cannot fall back asleep.1 This type of insomnia is often associated with depression and stress.1 It is also common among older people.2 Like any other type of insomnia, late insomnia results in daytime drowsiness, poor concentration, and the inability to feel refreshed and rested in the morning.3
Fast Facts
- Late insomnia generally results in less than six and a half hours sleep per night.4
- This condition is typical of advanced sleep phase syndrome.1
- Insomnia occurs more frequently in women than men.2
- You can take an OrganizedWisdom quiz on depression to help shed light on whether or not your late insomnia could be caused by this condition.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Revolution Health: Patterns of Insomnia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: Patterns Of Insomnia
- ↑ World Sleep Foundation: Insominia
- ↑ Mind Publications: Tips for Dealing with Insomnia
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- Contributor: Nicole Kinsey
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Nicole Kinsey
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: SLEEP-OFFSET INSOMNIA, END OF NIGHT AWAKENING, SLEEP OFFSET INSOMNIA, TERMINAL INSOMNIA
- Last update: Mar. 30, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
