Symptoms of this neurological disorder include creepy-crawly leg sensations and an uncontrollable urge to move legs.

They worsen at night, and moving the legs relieves them temporarily.

“Walking up and down the stairs sometimes eases the sensations long enough for me to get to sleep.

But there are times when they wake me up every hour all night long.”

Massages, hot baths and regular exercise offer relief to those with mild cases.

Anxious thoughts can also keep you up nights or wake you up midsleep.

“About what others around me think, about people judging me.”

“There are times I can calm myself down,” she says.

“But other times, I can’t, and I’ll have severe anxiety all day.”

These disorders disrupt sleep cycles, though experts don’t fully know why.

White eventually sought treatment and was prescribed Zoloft for her anxiety.

She also does yoga and posts positive affirmations around her house.

Now early-morning panic attacks happen only a few times a year.

If you suffer from anxiety, theAmerican Psychological Associationcan help you find a therapist.

Sleep eaters get up in the middle of the night and chow downwithout waking.

Often, the only clue to their munching comes the next morning in the form of crumbs.

She blamed pregnancy hunger, but the habit didn’t go away after her baby was born.

Treatment can involve behavioral approaches (not having food in the house) and drugs (Zoloft).

Perrine takes Clozapine, an antipsychotic, and sleep-eats less often.

Snoring and fatigue are major signs of this breathing disorder.

It comes up whenever the muscles and soft tissue in the throat relax, blocking airways.

“By late afternoon, I wanted desperately to sleep,” says the writer from Kitchener, Ontario.

Then six years ago a boyfriend mentioned the little snorting noises she made while sleeping.

“No one had ever told me I snored!”

Kovacs now sleeps with a CPAP machine and reports needing fewer naps.

The baby was fine, but she broke her left arm.

Three weeks later, she fell asleep while standing again and broke her right arm.

Soon she was having 10 to 20 sleep attacks a day.

How to fix itMost narcoleptics have low levels of hypocretin, a neurochemical that keeps the brain alert.

Treatment involves strict sleep schedules, to regulate the sleep cycle, and meds (usually stimulants).

Xyrem, a nervous system depressant Baker takes, is the only FDA-approved drug that treats cataplexy.

“It works,” she says.

“I don’t fall over anymore.”