Sleep

A dimly lit bedroom at night, representing the range of sleep problems connected to brain injury covered in this guide.

5 Sleep Problems After Brain Injury: A Complete...

Half of people with brain injury experience some sleep disturbance. But "sleep problems" covers five different issues, each with its own cause and its own answer. This walks through all...

5 Sleep Problems After Brain Injury: A Complete...

Half of people with brain injury experience some sleep disturbance. But "sleep problems" covers five different issues, each with its own cause and its own answer. This walks through all...

A single lamp lit in a dark bedroom, representing a caregiver lying awake at night.

Caregiver Sleep Deprivation: The Sleep Loss Nob...

Not the patient's sleep disorder. Yours. What chronic sleep loss actually costs a caregiver, and the habituation problem nobody names directly.

Caregiver Sleep Deprivation: The Sleep Loss Nob...

Not the patient's sleep disorder. Yours. What chronic sleep loss actually costs a caregiver, and the habituation problem nobody names directly.

Restless Legs and Periodic Limb Movements After Brain Injury

Restless Legs and Periodic Limb Movements After...

Some sleep disruption announces itself. This one is quiet enough that both people in the bed can sleep through it, every single night, and never know why the mornings feel...

Restless Legs and Periodic Limb Movements After...

Some sleep disruption announces itself. This one is quiet enough that both people in the bed can sleep through it, every single night, and never know why the mornings feel...

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness After Brain Injury

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness After Brain Injury

It's often mistaken for depression, apathy, or a medication side effect. Sometimes it's one of those. Sometimes it's a distinct, measurable sleep disorder with its own name. 

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness After Brain Injury

It's often mistaken for depression, apathy, or a medication side effect. Sometimes it's one of those. Sometimes it's a distinct, measurable sleep disorder with its own name. 

A clock blending into a night sky, representing circadian rhythm disruption and insomnia after brain injury.

Insomnia and Circadian Rhythm Disruption After ...

Wide awake at 2 a.m., asleep again by lunch. It looks like the household is running on two different clocks, because in a real sense, it is.

Insomnia and Circadian Rhythm Disruption After ...

Wide awake at 2 a.m., asleep again by lunch. It looks like the household is running on two different clocks, because in a real sense, it is.

A dimly lit bedroom at night, symbolizing the disrupted sleep patterns discussed in this article on night terrors and parasomnias in adults.

Night Terrors and Other Parasomnias in Adults

Almost everything written on night terrors is for parents of young kids. Here's what's actually documented for adults, and why the picture changes considerably after a brain injury.

Night Terrors and Other Parasomnias in Adults

Almost everything written on night terrors is for parents of young kids. Here's what's actually documented for adults, and why the picture changes considerably after a brain injury.