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Difficulty falling asleep

Difficulty falling asleep: Introduction

Difficulty falling asleep: Sleeping difficulty, called insomnia, can involve difficulty falling asleep when you first go to bed at night, waking up too early in the morning, and waking up often during the night. See detailed information below for a list of 33 causes of Difficulty falling asleep, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Difficulty falling asleep

Home medical tests possibly related to Difficulty falling asleep:

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Difficulty falling asleep: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Difficulty falling asleep, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Difficulty falling asleep and Sleeplessness (17 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Sleep disturbance (14 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Disturbed sleep pattern (13 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Behavioral symptoms (12 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Emotional symptoms (11 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Nerve symptoms (11 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Personality symptoms (11 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Society problems (10 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Fatigue (10 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Sleep symptoms (9 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Mental problems (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Sudden onset of disturbed sleep pattern (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Energy symptoms (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Muscle weakness (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Psychiatric symptom (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Sensory symptoms (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Sleeping problems (8 causes)
• Difficulty falling asleep and Cognitive impairment (7 causes)
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Difficulty falling asleep Treatments

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Stories from Users for Difficulty falling asleep

Real-life user stories relating to Difficulty falling asleep:

• Falling Asleep & Forgetfullness
• Foot and Extremeities Falling Asleep - want to make sure these are quasi-normal
• I forget to breathe before I fall asleep.
• strange sensations while falling asleep
• Falling asleep when sitting
• Past Bell's Palsy - Now thigh falling asleep when I lay down.
• Light headed to the point of my head bobbing like Im falling asleep...

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Difficulty falling asleep: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Difficulty falling asleep may include these symptoms:

• Sleeplessness
• Sleep disturbance
• Disturbed sleep pattern
• Behavioral symptoms
• Emotional symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Personality symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Insomnia (521 causes)
• Sleep symptoms (1476 causes)
• Sleeping problems (873 causes)
• Nocturnal symptoms (698 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Difficulty falling asleep

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Difficulty falling asleep:

• Aging
• Alcoholism or abruptly stopping alcohol after long-term use
• Anxiety (895 causes)
• Depression or major depression
• Enlarged prostate
• Cystitis
• COPD
• Arthritis (224 causes)
• Heartburn (163 causes)
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Difficulty falling asleep: Deaths

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Misdiagnosis and Difficulty falling asleep

RLS sleep disorder causing night-time leg sensations often misdiagnosed: A common but relatively unknown sleep-related disorder called Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)...read more »

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Difficulty falling asleep: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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Detailed list of causes of Difficulty falling asleep

The list below shows some of the causes of Difficulty falling asleep mentioned in various sources:

• Aging
• Alcoholism or abruptly stopping alcohol after long-term use
• Anxiety
• Arthritis
• CHF
• COPD
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How Common are these Causes of Difficulty falling asleep?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Difficulty falling asleep. Of the 33 causes of Difficulty falling asleep that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 4 causes are "very common" diseases
• 3 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 30 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 33 causes of Difficulty falling asleep

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Difficulty falling asleep:

The following list of conditions have 'Difficulty falling asleep' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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D

• Difficulty falling asleep ... problems falling asleep

G

• Generalized anxiety disorder ... trouble falling asleep

I

• Insomnia ... difficulty falling asleep

P

• Periodic limb movements in sleep ... trouble falling asleep
• Primary insomnia ... difficulty falling asleep
• Psychotic depression ... Difficulty falling asleep

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Causes of Difficulty falling asleep Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Difficulty falling asleep based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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Classifications of Difficulty falling asleep:

Medical Conditions associated with Difficulty falling asleep:

Insomnia (521 causes), Sleep symptoms (1476 causes), Sleeping problems (873 causes), Nocturnal symptoms (698 causes)

Symptoms related to Difficulty falling asleep:

Aging, Alcoholism or abruptly stopping alcohol after long-term use, Anxiety (895 causes), Depression or major depression, Enlarged prostate, Cystitis, COPD, Arthritis (224 causes), Heartburn (163 causes)

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Difficulty falling asleep

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