Sleep Problems

[bestsynd]

How do you sleep?

Does your spouse snore? Do you get a full nights sleep and do you feel sleepy during the day?

[Betty Nice]

I sleep deeply now, I use to be a light sleeper....don't know what happened. As far as I know, I don't snore. My husband does, only when he's on his back though....so I push him to his side.
The more I sleep though, the more tired I am the rest of the day.
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[theLIBERTARIAN]

[SLK230]

I have had a sleep problem most of my life. I have a problem falling asleep and staying asleep.

3-4 hours a night is about it. It was really bad when I would travel as what is worse then being in a hotel room wide awake at 2 am.

About 2 years ago I started taking Ambien and have switched over to Lunesta.

My life has changed. I get 5-6 hours and sometimes even 7 of hours sleep every night.

It really works well.
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[BubbleBrain]

For the last 5 years or so I wake up almost every hour on the hour with hot flashes, cold flashes and the urgent need to pee....

After a lifetime of being able to sleep anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances for a full 8 to 10 hours, I am exhausted and miserable with this crap. Every night. All night long.

My motto is I don't get up in the morning: I GIVE UP!!!

I am afraid to try a sleeping pill, because I don't want to wet the bed!!!



Yes, I'm menopausal. UGH!!!
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[Evil Ash]

When I was a kid I liked to sleep on the floor. I don't know why but I enjoyed sleeping on the floor right next to my bed. When I married my wife she would sleep on the floor with me sometimes but soon broke me of the habit compromising by getting us a hard mattress (well as hard as could get). Now maybe I can blame this on years of excruciating work on the docks but my back has been in so much pain. I blame the new bed my wife bought. Its too soft or something. Almost every morning I wake up and my back hurts like hell and it usually wakes me up in the middle of the night and as early as 4:30 a.m. Other then that I sleep like a rock.
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[bestsynd]

Sleep Study shows sleep more Debilitating than Deprivation – like being drunk

.January 10th 2006



Mysteries of sleep

If you feel groggy in the morning you are not alone. Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder found that sleep causes a loss of cognitive abilities immediately after waking. Lead author and assistant Professor Kenneth Wright compares the sleep effect to “alcohol intoxication”.

The Colorado researchers call the grogginess “sleep inertia.” There were eight men and one woman included in the study, with an average age of 29. For three weeks they all got 8 hours of nightly sleep at home. Next participants spent a week of sleep in a sleep lab.

All of the participants avoided alcohol, medications, nicotine, recreational drugs, and caffeine. During the days they spent some of their time adding double-digit numbers together.

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[bestsynd]

Sleep Disorders and Headaches Connected – Children that suffer Headaches might have Sleep Problems
January 29th 2006

Children - headaches and sleep
Many children that suffer from daily chronic headaches also suffer from sleep disturbances, especially a delay in sleep onset. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic believe there may be an association. The findings will be presented at the 24th Annual Conference on Sleep Disorders in Infancy and Childhood in Rancho Mirage, California.

Kenneth Mack, MD, PhD, pediatric neurologist specializing in headache and the senior study investigator said "What's novel in our study is the finding that a high percentage of patients with headache have sleep disturbance." One-fifth of the children with episodic headaches also had sleep problems. The children “also have the same sleep disturbances: a delay in sleep onset."

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[d@mien]

What time do you think an 8 year old should go to bed? One of my stedents gets headaches once in a while and he tells me he goes to sleep at 10 or later . . . maybe there is a connection. I'll have a talk with his mom.

Anywayz . . . you parents out there, what do you think a proper bedtime is for say

Infant to 1 year . . . any?
1 year to 3 . . . 7 or 8pm-ish?
3-5 . . . same
5-10 . . . I would say 8:30
11-13 . . . 9 or 10?
13-16 . . . 9 or 10?
16-18 . . . ???

I'm gonna go through all these ages so I could use your input . . .
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[theLIBERTARIAN]

What you say makes sense. Our daughter is 6 and we try to get her and her younger brothers to bed at 8PM. We get her up about 6:30AM.

The article is interesting because it says teenagers have it worse. Here is the rest of it:

The study involved 100 children, ages 6 to 17 with chronic daily headaches. The researchers consider a child with 15 or more headaches per month as having chronic daily headaches. The study also included 100 children in the same age category with episodic headaches. These headaches are less frequent. They found that teenagers had the highest level of risk. Dr. Mack says that teenagers typically need about 9.5 hours of sleep per night.

The time of year and stress level also appear to impact headache risk. A family history of headaches will also raise the risk in children. Children that awaken during the night or too early in the morning are at a higher risk. Many of these children do not feel refreshed after sleeping.

It is not know whether the headaches cause the sleep disorder of vice versa. They could also have a common cause, or one problem could be an early sign of the other. According to Dr. Mack "They feed on each other: sleep problems make the headaches worse, and the headaches make the sleep problems worse."

The researchers believe the treatment must be simultaneous for both conditions. The use of medicine and non-medicine approaches may be needed. Key to the treatment is “attention to maintaining routine in the child's schedule and developing good sleep hygiene. Dr. Lenora Lehwald, M.D. says "Educating the patient and family on things like good sleep habits may in and of itself help to improve the sleep quality and thus the headaches in the long run."

Good sleep hygiene involves “basic and simple practices” in the evening routine. "A child should use his bedroom for just the types of activities that would be sedating and relaxing," she says. "TVs, video games -- things that are exciting and get the child interested, motivated and activated -- should not be in the bedroom. Also, it's important for children to have a routine for calming down and preparing for sleep the last hour they plan to be awake. They should choose activities that make them drowsy, like reading."

Girls are more likely to have to have chronic daily headaches. Chronic daily headaches occur in up to 4% of girls and 2% of boys. Episodic headaches are believed to affect between 10 to 20% of all children. The preferred medication is migraine medicine that also helps with sleep, according to Dr. Mack.

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[bestsynd]

Blue Light may Improve Alertness – Journal Sleep study Found that Color of Light Affects Performance

February 1st 2006



Blue Light

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard Medical School compared the effects of different colored lights on alertness and performance. They found that people exposed to blue light rated themselves as less sleepy, with a quicker reaction time than those exposed to green light. They also claimed to have fewer lapses in their attention than the others.

According to the researchers light may improve “people’s health”. Dr. Steven Lockley, the lead author of the study that appears in this issue of the journal Sleep said “Subjects exposed to blue light were able to sustain a high level of alertness during the night when people usually feel most sleepy, and these results suggest that light may be a powerful countermeasure for the negative effects of fatigue for people who work at night,” according to ABC News. He is a researcher at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Sleep Medicine.

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[bestsynd]

Epworth Sleep Scale May Help Determine Sleep Disorder - Treatments for Sleep Apnea May Save Your Life

February 27th 2006


Drowsy Eyes

There is more to sleep than just getting to bed early. There are certain conditions that cause sleepiness during the day besides not getting enough sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition where the airway narrows as the throat relaxes during sleep. The sleeper is usually unaware of the obstruction because he is asleep, even though he may momentarily awaken to catch his or her breath.

The NBC show Today asked the question “Do you easily doze off while watching TV?” Answers to some simple questions that can help determine if you have sleep apnea or other sleep disorder. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale can help you decide whether to visit a sleep doctor.

These sleep doctors typically are cardio-pulmonary specialists that offer sleep studies. Ask your doctor for a referral or for a recommendation to a specialist. Sleep apnea has been associated with heart disease, stroke and early morning spikes in blood pressure.

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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Caused By Allergies Rhinosinusitis Deviated Septum And Obstructed Nasal Passages


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(Best Syndication) People with nasal problems are more likely to suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), according to a study from Japan. Certain conditions, including obstructed nasal passages and sleep-disordered breathing, allergies, rhinosinusitis, or a deviated septum are possible reasons why people have trouble staying awake during the day.

The research, published in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, involved 6,790 patients. Although these breathing maladies are not life threatening, the condition can “severely impact a person’s quality of life by negatively affecting their work and social activities.”

More on Sleep Apnea and Daytime Quality of Life

[Fnord Fred]

I have a problem getting asleep and then with getting back up. Both take forever, unless I'm really tired to the point where I just collapse. Then I usually get up in about 6 hours and ready to go. Funny how it works...