sleep inertia

March 12, 2018

sleep inertia

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Sleep inertia includes feelings of grogginess and sleepiness that occur upon awakening, which can result in impaired alertness and may interfere with the ability to perform mental or physical tasks. A form of severe sleep inertia, commonly found in idiopathic hypersomnia, is called sleep drunkenness.

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