Professionals working with people who have hypersomnias
such as idiopathic hypersomnia, narcolepsy types 1 and 2, and Kleine-Levin syndrome
Our website offers resources for medical professionals and researchers who diagnose, treat, and work with people who have hypersomnias (central disorders of hypersomnolence). Our medical advisory board has reviewed and approved these resources.
Diagnosis, classification, symptoms, and causes of hypersomnias
Learn how hypersomnias are defined and classified, and review their symptoms. We’ve summarized the diagnostic criteria from the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD-3-TR), and we review some of the major challenges in diagnosing and differentiating the full spectrum of hypersomnia disorders.
Treating people who have idiopathic hypersomnia or narcolepsy
Learn about treating people with idiopathic hypersomnia or narcolepsy, including detailed information on medicines, managing co-morbidities and drug interactions, and non-medicine treatment options. Find out how to address hypersomnia medicines interacting with hormone medications (such as birth control, hormone replacement therapy, and gender-affirming therapy).
Clinician planning for anesthesia, hospitalization, and medical emergencies
Learn how you can best help people with hypersomnias prepare for a hospitalization, anesthesia, and medical emergencies. On this page, we offer our PDF guide to what healthcare team members need to know about symptoms, common problems, and helpful accommodations. We also offer our care plan PDF that you can fill out together with your patients.
Clinician support for pregnancy and safe baby care
Learn how hypersomnias can affect pregnancy, nursing, adoption, and parenting babies, and how you can best help your patients who want to become pregnant or who are already parenting. You can help by becoming familiar with key questions like if hypersomnias are genetic, if symptoms will create difficulties during pregnancy, nursing, or child-rearing, and if hypersomnia medicines will affect the health of a fetus or nursing baby.
Join our International Directory of Healthcare Professionals
If you’re a healthcare professional already caring for people with hypersomnias, we invite you to join our directory. The hypersomnia community depends on this popular resource to find experienced local hypersomnia professionals. There are many communities in need, so please take a minute or two to sign up!
Get continuing medical education (CME)
Find CME programs to get credits for learning about hypersomnias, including their differential diagnosis and treatment. Learn about World Sleep Academy, which provides accessible training in sleep medicine to healthcare workers, particularly those in communities underserved by sleep medicine specialists.
Resources for researchers and sleep study centers
We offer resources for researchers and sleep study centers that work with people with hypersomnias (PWH). Learn about the unique challenges when working with PWH. Learn best practices for planning, conducting, and reporting results in sleep studies, survey research, clinical trials, and other types of clinical, behavioral, or social science research that include PWH.