What is the Cause of Disturbed Sleep?

What Causes Disturbed Sleep?

Disturbed sleep can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'minor' to 'life-threatening'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose disturbed sleep, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "disturbed sleep" as a symptom. Here are eight of many possibilities (more below):

Lack Of Sleep
Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia
Aspartame/Neotame Side-Effects
PMS D
Low Carbohydrate Diet Consequences
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Insomnia
Low Serotonin

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

being easily irritated

itchy skin

frequent bowel movement changes

constant thirst

being indecisive

sudden shortness of breath

daily morning stiffness

afternoon headaches

frequent unexplained nausea

frequent drowsiness

brittle fingernails

frequent rashes

... and more than 100 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of disturbed sleep:

Cause	Probability	Status
Lack Of Sleep	96%	Confirm
PMS D	23%	Unlikely
Low Carbohydrate Diet Consequences	20%	Unlikely
Low Serotonin	4%	Ruled out
Insomnia	2%	Ruled out
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder	2%	Ruled out
Aspartame/Neotame Side-Effects	2%	Ruled out
Chronic Fatigue-Fibromyalgia	0%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

In the Sleep-Related Symptoms section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™ will ask the following question about quality of sleep:

How is your quality of sleep generally, when you are able to sleep without interruption or pain?

Possible responses:

→ Usually broken up / disturbed
→ Sometimes broken up / disturbed
→ Average/sound / don't know
→ Generally deep
→ Always deep

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate disturbed sleep, somewhat disturbed sleep, being a normal sleeper or being a deep sleeper, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Andropause/Male Menopause

Anorexia / Starvation Tendency

Aspartame/Neotame Side-Effects

Chronic Fatigue / Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Based on doctors' estimates, sleep disturbances are experienced by approximately 75% of Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia sufferers.

Effects of a Low Carbohydrate Diet

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)

Insomnia

Lack of Sleep

Low HGH (Human Growth Hormone)

Low Melatonin Level

A history of light, anxious, restless sleep is often evidence of low melatonin levels.