  What
Causes Insomnia and Who Suffers From It?
It is commonplace for several people to suffer at least an
occasional night of almost non-existent sleep. The causes of
insomnia differ from person to person. What made a student
insomniac varies from what caused a shift worker or a traveler
or an employee to acquire such sleeping disorder.
Shift
Work Sleep Disorder, Are You Affected?
Shift workers really do get a raw deal when it comes to getting
enough sleep. They have to try and sleep when the rest of the
world is waking up and their body clocks have a hard time
adjusting.
What
do you need to know about sleeping disorders
Finally another strenuous day prowls to its end…hefty eyes die
to shut down and do not reopen till they bask in the fairytale
world, for when we live the rituals of the day, why not
terminate with the custom of the night…a wonderful sleep! But
seldom it happens that you get absorbed in the sleep that seems
as enigmatic as the hoary mummies in Egypt, for today seven out
of ten people suffer from sleeping disorders consciously or
unconsciously. The sleep chaos can be minor, slight
objectionable like restless leg syndrome to major nagged ones
such as snoring, kicking and insomnia etc.
Are
You Tired of Insomnia?
Endless hours of looking repeatedly at your clock while moving
around in your bed. It's mental and emotional agony that we can
do without. Having to stick it out the next day after another
sleepless night is not only difficult, it can be dangerous.
People just do not function well with little or no sleep.
Mistakes can and do happen when people are tired and, sadly
enough, they are not the ONLY ones that get hurt.
Sleep
Disorder - To Call The Doctor Or Not?
Experiencing difficulty in sleeping for any great length of time
may well indicate that you suffer from a common sleep disorder.
Sleep
Apnea - An Extremely Common and Dangerous Sleep Disorder
Sleep apnea refers to a sleep disorder characterized by the
interruption of breathing during sleep, such that respiration
stops for ten or more seconds, cutting off valuable oxygen
supplies to the brain. This interruption of the body's breathing
cycle can recur hundreds of times each night, with potentially
fatal results. Even more alarming, sleep apnea, the most
dangerous of all sleep disorders, also represents one of the
most commonly identified sleep disorders, affecting as many as
eighteen million Americans each year.
Narcolepsy
- The Management of a Common Sleep Disorder
Narcolepsy, a chronic and commonly diagnosed sleep disorder,
affects over a quarter of a million Americans each year
(approximately one person in every two thousand). Characterized
by the body's inability to properly regulate sleep, narcolepsy's
most obvious symptoms can include cataplexy (involuntary loss of
muscle control), "automatic" behaviors (performing regular,
mundane tasks by rote), hallucinations and paralysis during
sleep.
Insomnia
- Getting The Help You Need
Experiencing an occasional sleepless night every now and again
is normal and transient insomnia affects all of us from time to
time, especially when we are under personal or professional
stress, or our schedule changes significantly as a result of jet
lag or shift work. But prolonged insomnia, lasting for perhaps
six months or more, is another story.
Sleep
Apnea - Symptoms and Types
Sleep apnea is a disorder
experienced by many people in our community. Some estimates put
the figure as high as 10%. The symptoms of sleep apnea include
loud snoring, waking up often during the night, being
excessively tired, being irritable, and experiencing depression
during the day. The word apnea means without rest.
Are
You Too Snoring Like A Running Train?
Snoring is widely considered a sleep disorder; both for the
trouble that it (potentially) causes the snorer, and the trouble
that (almost always!) causes those around the snorer. Therefore,
an effective target in the battle against snoring is sleep
itself.
Sleep
Deprivation - What Are The Consequences?
Sleep is probably best described as the loss of awareness of
what is happening around us. The brain itself never sleeps and
still continues to function, although the brainwave rhythms are
altered and gradually slow as we approach the deeper stages of
sleep.
Are
you sleep deprived?
We live in a high tech world that simply operates 24/7, so a lot
of us are sleep deprived. Many cities such as my own city of
Portland, Oregon, now have supermarkets, drugstores, video
stores and restraunts that are open 24 hours a day. The people
who operate these stores plus the police, nurses, firemen,
factory workers often work a rotating shift.
Is
Your Insomnia Just a Bad Habit?
Many of us that suffer with insomnia can actually pinpoint the
time it started. It could be the death of a loved one, exams or
a stressful relationship. But ever since then we've not been
able to sleep well.
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