It is important to distinguish night terror from nightmare. The word nightmare comes from the old Saxon word mara, meaning demon. Nightmares are true dreams that is, they occur during rapid eye movement sleep, not during deep sleep. Thus they tend to occur later in the night, usually do not produce much physical reaction as [...]
Cynthia was a perfectly normal, happy child at least during the day. Like most seven years old, she was cheerful and bubbly with a natural inquisitiveness, and she greeted each day with enthusiasm and energy. Her parents were both grateful and amazed that Cynthia had brought such joy into their lives. But there was no [...]
If you sleep with a sleepwalker, you must know how to handle it. First, if the sleepwalker is a child, you must realize that occasional sleepwalking is quite normal and of no great concern. It does not imply and underlying psychological problem, stress, or other maladaptive behavior. Children simply have more deep sleep than adults [...]
Most sleepwalking episodes, particularly in children, are short lived and innocent and need no specific treatment. All that is necessary is to protect the youngster from harm. One should be very careful to lock the doors leading outside, using a child proof mechanism. Similarly, an alarm system that is triggered by the opening of the [...]
In the sleep lab, researchers noted that sleepwalking occurs during the end of a period of deep sleep, just as the sleeper is rising in to the lighter twilight zone of transitional sleep. For this reason, sleepwalking is considered by many to be a disorder of arousal. Sleepwalking, and its cousins sleep walking and night [...]
Sleepwalking is a spectacular and frightening event to witness. The blank expression, the seemingly purposeful movements, the automatic behavior, the overwhelming sense that the person is not in touch with reality all the lead and eerie, out of this world aura to the occurrence. Often, it is your loved ones that you observe in this [...]
In these entire examples, the ability to minimize the effect of jet lag might very well mean the different between success of failure, winning or losing, life or death. Because three out of four travelers who cross three times zones or more have significant symptoms of jet jag an understanding of its causes and of [...]
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) You feel sleepy or fall asleep at inappropriate times and places, regardless of how much you sleep you have had. You experience sleepiness or sleep attacks on a continuing, daily basis and not just once in a while. You almost fall asleep during passive situations like watching TV, reading, waiting, etc. [...]
Narcolepsy is incurable. However, it is not hopeless. Drug treatment is helpful to a degree, but overall it can be rated as only moderately effective. Therefore, e narcoleptics must learn to live as best we can with this monster that threatens to gobble up our most productive waking hours. Coping skills for us equate to [...]
Research on narcolepsy, conducted primarily in university and hospital related facilities, continues to research for the causes and ultimately a cure for the disorder. The major areas of focus are: Familial Trait (Inherited) Narcolepsy is a genetic disorder. The predisposition for narcolepsy can be inherited. Anyone diagnosed with narcolepsy should make information available to relatives [...]
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