Difficulty staying awake can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'worrying' to 'needs attention'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose difficulty staying awake, we could:
Cause | Probability | Status |
---|---|---|
Low HGH | 93% | Confirm |
Stress | 68% | Possible |
Do you have difficulty staying awake after midnight?
Possible responses:
→ Yes, always→ Usually / I only stay up for special occasions → Sometimes / I'm about average / don't know → No, I regularly stay up into the small hours → Not at all, I'm a real "night person" |