Nonpharmacologic Management of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness.

Sleep Med Clin

Department of Neurology, Center for Sleep Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 425 East 61st Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2020

AI Article Synopsis

  • The article focuses on nonpharmacologic treatments for excessive daytime sleepiness that is not caused by other health issues.
  • It discusses optimal sleep conditions, such as sleep duration and needs, to provide a foundation for understanding daytime sleepiness.
  • The article introduces the concept of "banking sleep" as a behavioral strategy and proposes a new method for managing daytime drowsiness.

Article Abstract

Unlike other reviews written on this topic, the focus of this article is primarily on nonpharmacologic treatments for daytime sleepiness that is not secondary to other medical or psychological conditions. To provide an appropriate background on primary excessive daytime sleepiness, what is considered optimal sleep in terms of sleep duration, sleep insufficiency, and sleep need is discussed in detail. This discussion is followed by an examination of the behavioral strategy of banking sleep. After briefly discussing behavioral interventions for sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, a new behavioral method of treating daytime somnolence is proposed and described.

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