Did you know that more than one Australian will die every day, or 394 a year, from falling asleep at the wheel of a vehicle, or from industrial accidents, due to lack of sleep?

Know the signs of drowsiness and stay safe on the road.

Signs of Drowsiness

• Eyes closin...

There is no one size fits all approach to managing chronic illness but there are things we can do that will help us make the most of living with a life altering condition. There are psychologists and counsellors that specialise in helping people build psychological res...

Hypersomnolence Australia holds the only patient registry of people diagnosed with Idiopathic Hypersomnia in Australia. It is used for the purpose of aiding research and and to assist us to identify key areas of concern that need addressing. It also gives you the oppor...

“I have to battle with my teenager every morning to get them out of bed and off to school.” Sound familiar?  Did you know adolescents have biologically different sleep and wake patterns compared to the preadolescent or adult population? In adolescents secretion of mel...

A specific enzyme in the liver breaks down modafinil/armodafinil, which is then eliminated in the urine. The same enzyme that is responsible for clearing the body of modafinil/armodafinil also breaks down contraceptives. Studies have shown that, when taken together wit...

One day your medication is 'working' and then the next you don't feel like it's doing anything at all. Or perhaps it has stopped 'working' all together or you never really felt it 'worked' at all. Sound familiar? In this post we look at...

Every year we say we have come a long way and I'm proud to say this year has been no different. I never expected HA to make the impact it has in such a short time. Some things have taken a little longer to achieve than others but we have come to appreciate that all...

Idiopathic Hypersomnia - “we CAN do normal activities from time to time” but please remember that we rely on inappropriate medications that do not target the cause and that only address some but not all our symptoms. Also, for many of us despite medication we stumble t...

What is Narcolepsy? What are the signs and symptoms? What are the facts?

This Nobel Prize is an exciting acknowledgment of sleep research that will hopefully lead to answers for those living with circadian rhythm sleep disorders. To honour this great achievement the slogan of World Sleep Day 2018 is ‘Join the Sleep World, Preserve Your Rhyt...