Kylie has been told by friends and family that she snores when she sleeps. At fi
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Kylie has been told by friends and family that she snores when she sleeps. At first, she didn’t believe it, but when a friend recorded her snoring, she had to accept it. She didn’t think this was a problem, but over time she found that she had a hard time waking up in the morning, feeling tired and hitting the snooze button on her alarm repeatedly. She started each day with a cup of coffee and was then able to go about her day. She often felt tired in the afternoon, but after another cup of coffee, she was good to go again. Over time, she found that her fatigue seemed to take over other parts of her life. She felt down and didn’t feel like doing things she used to enjoy. She became more and more withdrawn and also had more trouble sleeping as time went on, in a vicious negative circle.
Assuming Kylie went to see her doctor, what would help her doctor distinguish between a diagnosis of depression and a sleep disorder? Be sure to include in your answer what would help rule out depression and what would help rule out a sleep disorder.
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The symptoms of Kylie as:
The above given symptoms are symptoms of depression. Sleep problems are associated with depression, in some individuals sleep problems begin after the onset of depression, while in some others, its the sleep problems that begins prior to the onset of depression. In Kylie's case the depressive disorder began with sleep probem followed by the depression in a vicious negative circle.
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