Middle Insomnia WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Middle Insomnia
Middle insomnia -- also called sleep-maintenance insomnia -- is a sleeping disorder that is characterized by waking up in the middle of the night and being unable to go back to sleep. Depression, restless legs syndrome, and sleep apnea can all cause sleep-maintenance insomnia.1 A person can also wake frequently during the night due to a need to urinate.2 Treatment of the underlying disorder is the main key to managing middle insomnia.3
Fast Facts
- Other types of insomnia include onset insomnia and late insomnia.2
- One person can exhibit mulitple types of insomnia.4
- Melatonin can sometimes be used to treat insomnia.3
- You can take an OrganizedWisdom quiz on depression to help shed light on whether or not your middle insomnia could be caused by this condition.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: Insomnia: Why Can't I Stay Asleep?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Revolution Health: Patterns of Insomnia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Merck Manuals: Insomnia
- ↑ SleepChannel: 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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- Contributor: Nicole Kinsey
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: SLEEP-MAINTENANCE INSOMNIA
- Last update: Apr. 7, 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.
