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Do you struggle to get out of bed without an alarm clock, then feel tired all day? You might assume this is caused by lack of sleep, yet for some people it can be a sign of idiopathic hypersomnia. ....
Between the caffeine and blue-light screens, it seems like everything we come into contact with is designed to keep us stimulated, awake and productive. And the pandemic has inevitably impacted sleep too. With no early morning commute or school drop-off to worry about, many were sleeping later for longer. Matthew Walker – professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University Of California, Berkeley, and author of Why We Sleep – calls this the “revenge of the night owls”. However, lockdown has been a time of increased anxiety and stress for many others. Nearly 70 per cent of respondents to a 2020 British Sleep Society survey reported that the pandemic had impacted their sleep pattern, with less than half saying they were satisfied with their current sleep quality or felt refreshed from sleep. ....