There is no cure for Idiopathic Hypersomnia and the medications that are used only partly help to manage symptoms. For many people, medications are often not effective long term and there are very few alternatives. There are no medications that help with the extreme di...

The terms 'hypersomnia of unknown origin' and 'excessive daytime sleepiness' are not synonymous with idiopathic hypersomnia (they do not mean the same thing). Idiopathic Hypersomnia is an unfortunate name. This is because the word “idiopathic” means ‘u...

The theme for this year’s Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week is “Research”. We share the theme of “Research” with this year’s Rare Disease Day. “Imagine going to see your doctor only to be told that they don’t know what is happening to your body, that they don’t kno...

One of the biggest frustrations for someone with Idiopathic Hypersomnia is that some people don't believe they actually sleep excessively, or worse that Idiopathic Hypersomnia isn't "real" ... So, do people with Idiopathic Hypersomnia really sleep lon...

Over the past four decades, Prof. Michel Billiard has published numerous articles on narcolepsy with cataplexy and other hypersomnias of central origin, particularly Kleine-Levin Syndrome and Idiopathic hypersomnia. I spoke with Prof Billiard for the tribute “Bedřich R...

We have learned a lot about Idiopathic Hypersomnia and about sleep medicine in general since Hypersomnolence Australia was officially launched in March 2013. We have learned that sleep medicine is a fairly young medical specialty in not only Australia but the rest of t...