People diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia can get 12 hours of deep slumber and wake up feeling as tired as ever.
Michelle Chadwick has an insatiable need for sleep. Despite getting a solid 12 to 15 hours of slumber each night, the 52-year-old never feels well rested. It’s not like she’s a light or restless sleeper, either. Once she nods off, there’s “no alarm clock in the world” that can wake her.
Despite how tired she is during the day, Chadwick tries not to nap. Given how difficult it is for her to wake up from a snooze, and how long she can nap, she prefers to avoid them. Later, she went from struggling at school to struggling in the workforce. She’d often sleep until lunchtime, wake briefly, then nod off again. “Fronting up to work the next day, after not ringing in sick the day before, had me full of anxiety. And it happened a lot.”Despite these challenges, Chadwick married and had two children. But the strain left her an emotional wreck. She resented the pressure of having to keep up with “normal” people and often felt angry and sad at her situation.
So, what is IH? Sleep physician Dr David Cunnington from Sunshine Coast Respiratory and Sleep says that people with IH sleep “much longer than would be considered normal”, often 14 to 16 hours a night. Despite getting good-quality sleep, they experience sleep inertia and are also excessively sleepy during the day.According to Sleep Disorders Australia, IH is “quite rare” and its cause is not well understood.
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