"Name: Excessive daytime sleepiness. Age: First described in 1976. Appearance: You, asleep in the clothes you went to work in. Surely it's natural to feel a bit sleepy during the day? Yes, but that isn't what this is. The important part of the equation is the excessive. If you're always falling asleep outside bedtime hours, that's a problem. Oh, you really do mean excessive. Yes. And it's a condition recognised by the NHS, with the medical name hypersomnia."
"Researchers from Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston have claimed that hypersomnia may have a lot to do with our metabolism. Worrying. Not really. The researchers say that the metabolite tyramine is a factor. Tyramine is found in overripe food, aged cheese, smoked meat and some alcoholic drinks. Wow, medieval kings must have been absolutely knackered all the time. It's suggested that if people feel constantly sleepy, they should ditch these foods and adopt a diet of seeds, nuts and vegetable oils."
Excessive daytime sleepiness, called hypersomnia, involves persistent drifting off outside normal bedtime and differs from narcolepsy, which causes sudden deep sleeps. Tyramine, a metabolite present in overripe foods, aged cheese, smoked meat and some alcoholic drinks, is linked to increased daytime sleepiness. Reducing tyramine-rich foods and favouring seeds, nuts and vegetable oils may relieve symptoms. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale can quantify daytime sleepiness levels. The NHS recommends consulting a GP when daytime sleepiness occurs too often. Snoring may indicate sleep apnoea, which prevents restorative deep sleep and can cause daytime sleepiness.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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