Insomnia Quiz

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Think you need an insomnia quiz or insomnia test? Find out how well you sleep and whether you have a problem.

If your sleeping habits seem a bit unusual, you may be asking yourself, do I have insomnia? The first insomnia quiz will quickly give you an idea of whether you need help. The insomnia test that follows actually tests daytime sleepiness, which can have non-insomnia causes, like sleep apnea. In the end these tests are only a guide, and if you have concerns about your health and wellbeing, consult a health practitioner.

Insomnia Quiz

Answer YES or NO about your sleep habits and health status.

1. You have trouble falling asleep at night?
2. It is normal for you to wake up in the wee hours several times a night?
3. If you wake at night, you have trouble getting back to sleep
4. No matter how tired you are, your mind is always busy and you lie awake at night worrying
5. You wake up very early despite sleeping late
6. It takes you more than 30 minutes to fall asleep
7. You are suffering from depression
8. You worry about tomorrow at night and then have trouble relaxing and falling asleep.

Scoring your results
If you answered YES to three or more statements in the insomnia quiz, you show signs of insomnia.

Daytime Sleepiness

A test used to measure excessive daytime sleepiness (a common symptom of sleep disorder) is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale:

Indicate your chance of dozing during the following situations. 
0 means no chance of dozing
1 means slight chance of dozing
2 means moderate chance of dozing
3 means high chance of dozing.

Score Results
Add all your points together. If you got:

Morning Larks and Night Owls

Still not sure? Wondering if you are just an “evening” or “morning” person?
The following questionnaire is based on a longer one known as the Horne-Ostberg test. It explores whether you have a tendency to function better towards the end of 24 hours a day or at the beginning. Consider each question and choose the response that best describes you. Then add up the scores. The final score will give you some indication of whether you are more of an “evening” person or a “morning” person.

1. Breakfast: How is your appetite when you first wake in the morning?

a.	Very poor	1
b.	Fairly poor	2
c.	Fairly good	3
d.	Very good	4

2. How do you feel for the first half hour after you wake up in the morning?

a.	Very tired	1
b.	Fairly tired	2
c.	Fairly refreshed	3
d.	Very refreshed	4

3. When you have no commitments the next day, at what time do you go to bed compared to your usual bedtime?

a.	Rarely or never later	4
b.	Less than 1 hour later	3
c.	1-2 hours later	2
d.	More than 2 hours later	1

4. You are staring a new fitness regime. A friend suggests joining his fitness class between 7am and 8am. How do you think you’d perform?

a.	Would be in good form	4
b.	Would be in reasonable form	3
c.	Would find it difficult	2
d.	Would find it very difficult	1

5.  At what time in the evening do you feel tired and needing sleep?

a.	8pm to 9pm	5
b.	9pm to 10:15pm	4
c.	10:15pm to 12:45am	3
d.	12:45am to 2am	2
e.	2am to 3am	1

6. If you went to bed at 11pm, how tired would you be?

a.	Not at all tired	0
b.	A little tired	2
c.	Fairly tired	3
d.	Very tired	5

7. One night you have to stay awake between 4am and 6am. You have no commitments the next day. Which suits you best?

a.	Not to go to bed until 6am	1
b.	Nap before 4am and after 6am	2
c.	Sleep before 4am and nap after 6am	3
d.	Sleep before 4am and remain awake after 6am	4

8. At what time of your day do you feel you are at your best?

a.	Midnight to 5am	1
b.	5am to 9am	5
c.	9am to 11am	4
d.	11am to 5pm	3
e.	5pm to 10pm	2
f.	10pm to midnight	1

9. Do you think of yourself as a morning or evening person?

a.	Morning type	6
b.	More morning than evening	4
c.	More evening than morning	2
d.	Evening type	0

10. Suppose you can choose your own work hours, but had to work five hours in a day. When would you like to START your working day?

a.	Midnight to 5am	1
b.	3am to 8am	5
c.	8am to 10am	4
d.	10am to 2pm	3
e.	2pm to 4pm	2
f.	4pm to midnight	1

Scoring:
Add up the number of points that you scored for each answer to find out just how much of a lark or an owl you are. The highest score you can get from this questionnaire is 46 and the lowest is 8. The higher your score, the more of a morning person you are. The lower your score, the more of night owl you are, and you probably function better in the evenings. Most people score somewhere between these two extremes.

Your scores on the insomnia quiz, sleepiness scale and sleep time questionnaire have hopefully helped you to learn something about yourself.