Causes of Hypersomnia

Contents

Hypersomnia: Introduction
Causes of Hypersomnia
List of Causes
Hidden causes
Causes of symptoms
News
Related cause information

Causes of Hypersomnia

Hypersomnia has many and varied causes, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, excess weight, drug or alcohol abuse, brain tumor and certain medications.

List of causes of Hypersomnia

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Hypersomnia) that could possibly cause Hypersomnia includes:

Sleep deprivation
Clinical depression
Schizophrenia
Narcolepsy
Substance-induced sleep disorder
Sleep apnoea syndrome
Proximal myotonic dystrophy - hypersomnia
Stress/Emotional event/Psychologic
Endogenous
CFS/Fibromyalgia/Chronic fatigue syndrome
Fibromyositis/Fibromyalgia syndrome
Seasonal affective disorder
Reactive
Depression/secondary to illness
Bipolar affective disorder
Glioblastoma multiforme
Atypical
Adjustment disorder/reaction/adolescent
Malnutrition/Starvation
Kleine-Levin syndrome
Sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis
Major depressive episode
Genetics
Brain damage
Uremia
Fibromyalgia

More causes:see full list of causes for Hypersomnia

Hypersomnia: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Hypersomnia, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Hypersomnia:

Clinical depression
Uremia
Fibromyalgia
Sleep apnea
Narcolepsy
Periodic limb movement disorder
Infectious mononucleosis
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Kleine Levin syndrome
Reticular formation
Schizophrenia
Substance-induced sleep disorder
Sleep deprivation
CFS/Fibromyalgia/Chronic fatigue syndrome
Sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis
Glioblastoma multiforme
Fibromyositis/Fibromyalgia syndrome

Hypersomnia: Causes and Types

Causes of Types of Hypersomnia: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Hypersomnia:

Primary Hypersomnia
Secondary Hypersomnia - due to an underlying cause
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Causes of Broader Categories of Hypersomnia: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

Hypersomnia as a symptom:

Conditions listing Hypersomnia as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Hypersomnia. Our database lists the following as having Hypersomnia as a symptom of that condition: