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There are many other sleep disorders: narcolepsy, sleep apnea, REM sleep behavior disorder, chronic sleep deprivation, and restless leg syndrome. Narcolepsy is a condition of extreme tendencies to fall asleep whenever and wherever. People who suffer from narcolepsy feel refreshed after their random sleep, but eventually get sleepy again. To truly be diagnosed with narcolepsy, you have to stay overnight at a sleep center for analysis. During the stay the doctors ask for a detailed sleep history and sleep records. In addition to the sleep records the doctors give you an actigraph ( looks like a wristwatch and measures activity and rest). Once at the facility for the overnight stay the doctors will use a polysomnography. This test requires electrodes that are placed on your scalp. “The test measures the electrical activity of your brain (electroencephalogram) and heart (electrocardiogram) and the movement of your muscles (electromyogram) and eyes (electro-oculogram). It also monitors your breathing” ( https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcolepsy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20375503 ). Finally the doctors will do a multiple sleep latency test. In this test it measures how long it takes a person to fall asleep. The doctor requires the person to take four or five naps in order to observe sleep patterns to get the proper diagnosis. “People who have narcolepsy fall asleep easily and enter into rapid eye movement (REM) sleep quickly” ( https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcolepsy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20375503 ). Sleep apnea: could be a serious sleep disorder because it is when the breathing repeatedly stops and starts, throughout sleep. Three types of sleep apnea are obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, and complex sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea is when your throat muscles relax and your airways close while breathing. Central sleep apnea is when the brain does not send signals to the breathing muscles; complex sleep apnea is a combination of both obstructive and central. There is a list of possible causes as to why a person can get sleep apnea ( https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleep-apnea/symptoms-causes/syc-20377631 ). More often than not to be diagnosed with any sleep apnea you can do at home tests. If someone in the household can provide some history of the persons sleeping. Another way you can get diagnosed is from staying at a sleeping center and getting a nocturnal polysomnography(monitors your heart, lungs, brain activity, breathing, arm and leg movements, and oxygen levels). Most doctors will end up sending the client to an ear, nose, and throat doctor to further help with the sleeping habits. Doctors could also send the client to a cardiologist to get a further diagnosis of the sleep apnea.