What is Non-24 Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome?

Non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome is when someone experiences no sleep for around 24 hours or more. Most times this becomes a daily pattern and sleep gets delayed each day from certain things going on. A lot of the ones that suffer with Non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome are mostly blind but people who are not blind can still struggle with this disorder.

Non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome Symptoms:

- Having delays daily with wakefulness being onset
- Having delays daily with sleep being onset.
- Your body thinks that the day is over 24 hours and will not sleep or get use to a night time cycle.

Non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome Treatments:

- Light therapy is vital.
- Acupuncture
- Chronotherapy
- Stimulants
- herbal supplements
- Melatonin supplements

Non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome usually comes from either psychiatric disorders or from a genetic basis. If it is a psychiatric disorder there might be a lot more therapy techinques used then from one who has it because of genetic basics.