Sleep Symptoms
Although sleep is very relaxing and considered “resting” it is actually an active process where your body cycles through different stages. This sets off a cascade of events (hormonal and physiological) that repair physical and mental damage from the previous day. The purpose of sleep is to prepare you for optimal function the following day.
Sleep Tests
How do we work out what’s going on at night?
When a patient attends a doctor and describes a set of symptoms, the doctor will often have a reasonable idea about what may be going on. The doctor will often then refer the patient for a test in order to confirm whether their idea is correct or not, and to see how severe the disease is.