10 Graves' Disease Symptoms
Symptom #4: Insomnia
Insomnia is a medical term that refers to sleeplessness. It is a sleep disorder where the affected individual has difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping long enough. Insomnia usually causes excessive daytime sleepiness, irritability, low levels of energy, and a depressed mood. It can also increase the risk of road traffic accidents, affect learning, and decrease concentration.
Depending on the duration, insomnia can be short-term or long-term (if lasting more than a month). Insomnia can be caused by many conditions such as Graves' disease, psychological stress, heart failure, chronic pain, heartburn, menopause, side effects of medications, caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine, treatment is based on the diagnosis of the underlying cause.
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