After the symptoms of drowsiness occur, the treatment methods that need to be taken include general treatment, psychological treatment, drug treatment and etiological treatment.
1. General treatment: Ensure a strict work and rest schedule, develop good living habits, and ensure a certain amount of sleep, and adequate sleep can help relieve fatigue.
2. Psychotherapy: It is often used to remove the adverse psychological factors associated with the disease, avoid mental stimulation, and help establish normal rules of life.
3. Medication: The main purpose is to control the symptoms and improve the quality of life. Modafinil can be used to treat idiopathic hypersomnia as well as episodic somnolence. Antidepressants that inhibit sudden onset, such as venlafaxine and fluoxetine, can also be used for episodic hypersomnia with sudden onset.
4. Etiologic treatment: Treatment for the primary cause of drowsiness. If caused by organic lesions, we should actively treat the primary disease.
In most cases, the symptoms of drowsiness can be improved by the above treatments. In addition, patients can participate in physical activities every day, which can effectively improve physiological functions, increase the body’s respiratory and metabolic functions, increase the oxygen supply to the brain, and relieve drowsiness.