Causes and remedies for oversleeping

Hypersomnia occurs when a person oversleeps and, particularly, experiences Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (Image: Shutterstock)

The same way that getting very little sleep is bad for your health, too much sleep is equally unhealthy. Sleep needs vary between individuals and the quality of sleep could be affected by age, pregnancy or simply the lack of enough sleep.

Hypersomnia occurs when a person oversleeps and, particularly, experiences Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS). People with hypersomnia have had it since childhood and they would typically need 10 to 12 hours of sleep to function optimally.