Upper Airway Obstruction (UAO) - What is it? Upper Airway Obstruction is a sleep-related sleeping disorder similar to OSA, but not as severe. In the case of least alarming to most alarming among snoring and OSA, upper airway obstruction would fall in the middle. It develops when mild snoring worsens, and you begin to experience [...]
Sleep paralysis - What is it? When sleep paralysis occurs you are unable to move your body either: When falling asleep (hypnagogic or predormital form) When waking up from sleep (hypnopompic or postdormital form) Everyone experiences temporary paralysis while they sleep. Your brain tells your muscles to relax, so you aren’t moving around, injuring yourself or [...]
REM Behavior Disorder - What is it? REM sleep behavior is characterized by either experiencing the normal temporary paralysis of your arms and legs or by physically acting out your dreams, often with vocal sounds and sudden, often violent arm and leg movements, during REM sleep. Most people imagine they are active during a vivid [...]
Narcolepsy - What is it? Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder recognizable by its sudden and extreme sleep attacks—moments of sleepiness that are so strong you can’t fight off the urge to sleep—accompanied by reoccurring periods of overwhelming daytime drowsiness throughout the day. When you have narcolepsy, you will find it very difficult to stay awake [...]
Hypersomnia - What is it? Hypersomnolence is recurrent episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness or prolonged nighttime sleep. Everyone will find themselves feeling sleep deprived or extremely tired during the day at different times in their lives. However, for someone with hypersomnolence, this feeling can be an everyday occurrence and comes even after they have slept [...]
Sleep comfort - What is it? Tossing and turning while failing attempt after attempt to fall asleep? Or do you find yourself frequently waking during the night and having difficulty falling back asleep? It could be as simple as the discomfort of your sleeping environment that is robbing you from a good night’s sleep. Many [...]
Sleep Environment Fact Sheet An important factor that we may overlook, when it comes to how well we are sleeping, is the bedroom. Is it inviting and sleep worthy? Does it help you fall asleep? Or does it help you stay awake? There are many factors that determine if you have a comfortable sleep environment. [...]
Dream Wellness Fact Sheet Having bad dreams lately? Or not remembering your dreams at all? You may not realize it, but your dream quality and ability to recall your dreams says a lot about the quality of your sleep. Dream wellness has a major effect on your sleep, which in turn, has a large impact [...]
Daytime Sleepiness - What is it? Daytime sleepiness is something many people encounter from time to time for a wide variety of reasons. Some of these reasons are as harmless as short-term sleep deprivation caused by staying out too late celebrating at a wedding to as serious as a life-threatening medical condition. It’s important to [...]
Waking Refreshed Fact Sheet Needing to hit snooze an extra time or two because you are waking up tired in the morning? Having trouble getting going in the morning lately? Your sleep wellness factors are more than just the duration or perceived quality of your sleep. How you wake up is just as important and [...]
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