Sleep resources
When To Talk To A Physician
- Experience heavy snoring
- Stop breathing or gasp for breath during sleep (sleep apnea)
- Regularly feel sleepy or doze off while watching TV, reading, driving, or engaged in daily activities
- Sleep problems persist more than a week and are bothersome
- Insomnia - have difficulty sleeping 3 nights a week or more
- Difficulties falling asleep, wake frequently during the night, wake too early and cannot get back to sleep, or wake unrefreshed
- Feel unpleasant, tingling, creeping feelings, or nervousness in your legs when trying to sleep (restless leg syndrome)
- Experience "sleep attacks" at any time (narcolepsy)
- Your sleep problems interfere with school, work, or relationships
- You rely on sleeping pills or amphetamines
- You feel a decreased need for sleep or sometimes go for several days without sleeping
- Your sleep is often disrupted by stressful dreams
- You are having sleep issues and have been diagnosed previously with depression, anxiety, or chronic pain
- Often scream or fight during the night but have no memory of the even the next day
- Sleepwalking
On-Campus Resources
There are many services available for students who are having difficulties managing sleep in their lives. Below are some links to on-campus resources as well as web-based resources:
- Counseling and Consulting Services
- Student Health Services
- National Sleep Foundation
- Sleep Management Center