Narcolepsy

Hypnotherapy For Sleepwalking And Night Terrors Many people remember the popular comedy skit in the movie Step Brothers with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly were they both woke up in the middle of the night and start sleepwalking. While a large majority of people found that skit funny, there were others that were reminded of their experience of sleepwalking episodes and night terrors daily. Not just experienced by little children, adults also have doubts in dealing with this issue. This…

Slept debt is the sleep lost building up overtime. In the case of Tina, she sleeps for three to four hours when she should be getting at least seven and a half hours of sleep. Due to this, it is causing sleep debt and will cause her to have mental and physical problems. REM rebound is when someone returns to the REM sleep more quickly and stays there often due to sleep deprivation. In the case of Tina, she is more likely to fall quickly in the REM sleep because she is sleep deprived. The five…

Serving in the Army has made me a horrible sleeper, after years of deployments and countless of hours and medevac duty where you have to be at the ready in case of a mission. I have a hard time falling asleep at night; this has been an issue for me for the last ten years. I usually don’t go to bed till about 23:00 to 01:00 depending on the kind of day I had. If it was a stressful day then it is harder for me to wind down and fell asleep. When I do fall asleep I tend to wake up periodically…

Lewis booked in to see me today due to ongoing concerns over his issues with sleep. He continues to have significant sleep onset insomnia and is still unable to retrial CPAP therapy. He is still reporting some nocturnal wandering, but has not hurt himself or anyone else and does seem to be aware of these events compared to past events where he though they were parasomnias. Many thanks to Peter Marriot who has increased his Endep to 20mg and clonazepam to 1mg in the last week. He continues…

2.0 STAGES OF SLEEP 2.1 Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) Sleep Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep can be characterized into three distinct stages, previously classified into four stages. NREM sleep can be differentiated from rapid eye movement (REM) sleep due to its lack of muscle paralysis and bursts of eye movement typically observed in REM sleep3. Additionally, NREM sleep demonstrates characteristic waves and spindles captured on electroencephalogram (EEG) readings that differ significantly…

As we saw in our last post the very first thing recommended by doctors after a concussion is “rest and recovery,” including getting as much sleep as possible. Indeed, the best course of action for someone who has suffered a blow to the head and has concussion symptoms is to be evaluated by a brain injury specialist immediately and to implement a plan designed to give some the best chances for a successful recovery which starts off with maximizing sleep and restful activities. It’s well known…

Aggression is usually defined as an act of causing unnecessary harm to another person (Krizan and Herlache, 2015). Aggressive behavior has many forms and has been distinguished according to its goal (to hurt someone or gain a specific reward), level of consideration (calculated versus implosive), target of attack, and arousal (angry tension versus calm cool-headedness) (Krizan and Herlache, 2015). Aggression and violence have been around for a long time and today is no different; bullying,…

Sleep eating disorder is one of the parasomnias which consists of the repeated episodes of the compulsive binge eating and drinking after waking up during the night. REM sleep behavior disorder occurs when one acts out vivid dreams while sleeping. These dreams are often filled with action which can be violent. The next one is paralysis which causes one to be unable to move the body when falling asleep or when waking up. It can make one feels anxious and afraid and some people also hallucinate…

Thank you for referring Michael Saracino, a 38-year-old factory hand and security screen installer whose work involves driving light trucks. Michael is a non-smoker and consumes alcohol on average one standard drink per week. Regular medications include Zoloft, amlodipine and Idaprex. Concerning his sleep, Michael typically retires to bed a 10.30pm with short sleep onset latency. There is a history of impressively load snoring to the point that his wife now sleeps in a separate room. He…

Sleep apnea is growing over to world and we don’t even know about it. We should be taking action on this disorder so it isn’t as big as a problem anymore and because we aren't taking care of this. Deaths have increased over the years. People that don’t have this disorder think it’s no big deal but it is. Sleep Apnea should be acknowledged more because too many people are being affected. Many people in america that have sleep apnea and they don’t even know about it. eighteen million americans…