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insomniac

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in·som·ni·ac (n-smn-k)
n.
One who suffers from insomnia.
adj.
Having or causing insomnia.

insomniac
[insom′nē·ak]
1  n, a person with insomnia.
2  adj, pertaining to, causing, or associated with insomnia.
3  adj, characteristic of or occurring during a period of sleeplessness.


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He is an insomniac and functions at work and home as if he's sleepwalking.
Some insomniacs are described as the type of insomniac that is an able to go to sleep, and spends many late nights on the telephone other friends who are also insomniacs.
Sleep hasn't interested me since I was 14, so I often lie in bed, bored to tears" - Self-confessed insomniac, singer and actress Toyah Wilcox.
 
 
 
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