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Like any the­ra­py, SLEEP­ex­pert does not work equal­ly well for all pati­ents. If pati­ents report no impro­ve­ment during the pro­gram, check whe­ther the sleep win­dow has been con­sist­ent­ly imple­men­ted to allow for chan­ge. Often, it turns out that the sleep win­dow was not regu­lar­ly adhe­red to (e.g., lon­ger time in bed on weekends or day­ti­me naps). As a rule of thumb, bedti­me rest­ric­tion should be imple­men­ted for at least 4 weeks. If the­re is no respon­se after this peri­od, pos­si­ble rea­sons should be eva­lua­ted and fur­ther dia­gno­stics made. This should include assess­ment for sleep apnea syn­dro­me, rest­less legs syn­dro­me, peri­odic limb move­ments and cir­ca­di­an rhythm dis­or­ders. Addi­tio­nal­ly, other soma­tic or psych­ia­tric dif­fe­ren­ti­al dia­gno­ses should be recon­side­red and spe­ci­fic tre­at­ments initia­ted if nee­ded. Accor­ding to tre­at­ment gui­de­lines, medi­ca­ti­on can be con­side­red in case of non-response.