Staying Asleep and Getting Back to Sleep Many people find that their sleep issue lies in being able to stay asleep during the night rather than in getting to sleep. In fact, you’re in plentiful company if you find that you can drift off happily and easily when going to bed, yet find yourself eyes-wide-open [...]
Trouble Falling Asleep We’ve all had problems falling asleep at some point in our life – but is yours a consistent issue each night? Is it causing you to miss work or school, or remain constantly tired throughout the day? If you’re having trouble falling asleep, you most likely feel alert and awake, when you [...]
Sleep Duration - Are you getting enough sleep? There’s a lot of confusion about exactly how much sleep you actually need. Some people swear by 8 hours and others boast about being able to get by on 5 hours. The fact is everyone has unique sleep needs and preferences. Official recommendations for sleep duration for adults 18–64 years is 7–9 hours and 7–8 hours for adults 65+ —recommendations do indeed leave the [...]
Lifestyle - What is it? Having trouble falling asleep lately? Or are you waking up again and again during the night unable to fall back asleep? There are many factors that can contribute to a sleepless night, but if it is occurring night after night it is time to look for the culprit. Many lifestyle factors [...]
Sleep Hygiene - What is it? Sleep hygiene is a variety of factors, practices, and habits that are necessary to getting quality sleep every night and achieving full daytime alertness. The term "hygiene" is often misunderstood as strictly being synonymous with "cleanliness," but it really means the practices aimed at preserving your health. It includes [...]
Sleep-Related Movement Disorders (SRMD) - What are they? Sleep-related movement disorders are conditions that disrupt your sleep by causing you to move while you sleep or as you are trying to fall asleep. They make falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting a quality sleep very difficult. These disorders range in severity of movement and detriment to [...]
Parasomnias - What is it? Parasomnias are sleep disorders in which strange or dangerous events occur that affect or intrude on sleep. These include nightmares, REM behavior disorder, confusional arousals, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleep eating disorder, sleep paralysis, sleep hallucinations, exploding head syndrome, and sleep talking. If you experience any of these parasomnias, then you [...]
Circadian Rhythm - What is it? Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour daily cycle, affected by environmental cues, like sunlight and temperature. This category of disorders includes conditions in which the sleep times are out of alignment. A patient with one of these disorders does not follow normal [...]
Hypersomnolence - What is it? Hypersomnolence is recognized as extreme daytime sleepiness even though a quality recommended amount of sleep at night is being obtained consistently. Narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2, and idiopathic hypersomnia are all different types of hypersomnolence. One cannot be diagnosed with hypersomnolence until they have experienced the excessive daytime sleepiness symptoms [...]
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders (SRBDs) - What are they? Sleep-related breathing disorders are categorized as a group of disorders that affect our breathing while we sleep, they disrupt our normal breathing patterns while we sleep and can range from a mild annoyance and disruption to a major health concern. The most common sleep-related breathing disorders are [...]
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