I posted this on some of the other sleep forums, but thought I should post here also:

Anyone else see this article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050905/hl_nm/health_sleep_dc

I would love to see the actual research article to see how they defined EDS...to me sleepiness is different then fatigue. Personally I can do a lot of things when I'm fatigued but its a lot harder when I am actually sleepy and worried about falling asleep. I would also like to know how they determine who had apnea or sleep related breathing disorders- or rather who didn't. As we all know there are way too many people who have no idea they have apnea...and worse yet the ones who suspect they might but can't get their doctor to take them seriously & send them to a sleep specialist.

And how many people who are given antidepressants are actually clincally depressed? It seems all too often doctors would rather write a script for an antidepressant then try to find the actual cause of the problems. I don't think anyone can go through years of lack of restorative sleep and not get depressed at some point- especially when they have to stop participating in things because they are afraid they might fall asleep. But then they have a reason for your sleepiness, don't they?

Quote:

Excessive daytime sleepiness was more common in people younger than age 30, a finding that hints at the presence of unmet sleep needs and depression

I think a lot of people under 30 have small children and that makes for a busy life....that can sure make you have daytime sleepiness....I remember.


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I heard the famous Dr. Dement (founder of Stanford sleep lab, most popular professor at Stanford for many years) give a lecture recently where he argued that sleepiness and tiredness are the same thing, not two different things.  My experience says they're different, but I'd be interested to know in more detail why he thinks what he does.