Many people suffer from a variety of sleep disorders that disrupt their sleep thus denying them a restful night. Some have long-term sleepless nights while others have disruptions only occasionally. There are various reasons for each of them.
Some of the more common causes for sleep disorders include snoring - but there are other reasons that might result in a sleepless night, such as:
Anxiety or depression triggered by any number of factors like financial problems or divorce that might trigger sleepless nights and could be short-term or lead to more frequent sleeplessness.
Poor sleeping habits like sleeping on your back thereby causing you to snore or become restless during the night.
Sleeping with a partner who snores thereby keeping you awake at night.
Drinking caffeinated beverages, foods or alcohol late in the evening before bedtime.
Being overweight thereby causing you to have difficulty breathing.
A cold or sinus congestion that clogs your nasal passages and hinders breathing.
Any of these can result in snoring or more severe health issues like obstructive sleep apnea or OSA. Some symptoms of this include excessive drowsiness during the day, high blood pressure, memory loss or depression along with snoring and restless sleep.
Being aware of the possibility of health issues is most important especially if the symptoms continue over a period of several months. Women who are pregnant might experience this during the last trimester of their pregnancy because of the excess weight they are carrying, but the symptoms usually dissipate after birth.
Mild cases of snoring occasionally are certainly not as serious as someone who is constantly snoring and having difficulty with breathing through the nose. Many people do not discover they have a problem unless or until a partner tells them that they are snoring and waking them up during the night. That is when you need to do something about it.