Sleep Disorders Career Guide and Counseling

Question: Sleep Disorders? Im doing a presentation on sleep disorders & I wanted to get as much info as possible from anyone.

Answer: I had major sleep problems about 10 years ago. I actually was diagnosed with narcolepsy and underwent a sleep study. The best information on falling asleep that I found was to establish a bed time routine. Like training Pavlov's dog by feeding him when a bell rang, you train your body that when you start your routine, it knows it's getting time to fall asleep. On sleep disorders, this is one that I never knew about until it happened to me. When I hadn't slept and the sudden urge to sleep would come over me, I would fall into a chair and immediately be asleep (narcolepsy). Unfortunately, I would wake up almost right away - at least my mind would wake up. Apparently, when you enter a dream state, your body is paralyzed from the neck down. It would take about 5-10 minutes before I would be able to move again after awakening. One other personal note, although I haven't found this in any literature: when I underwent the sleep study, they found that I woke up when my blood oxygen was low. Usually, I do wake up with a stuffy nose. When I clear my nose and do some deep breathing, I can often fall back to sleep again. Not sure why, but it seems to help me. Good luck with your presentation.

Question: What percent of people in the world suffer from chronic sleep disorders? Also, how about America? I'm doing a speech on sleep disorders tomorrow and I can't find the percentages anywhere.

Answer: it is between 10 and 20 per cent. depending on the disorder for the world, and for America web sites below.

Question: Can Coffee cause anxiety and sleep disorders? Can Coffee cause anxiety and sleep disorders? And does Coffee increase your metabolism ? Thank you.

Answer: Coffee increases the basic metabolic rate, which helps burn more calories. It increases mental clarity, as well as muscular coordination, can help to increase respiration rates and gives also a boost to low blood pressure. Indeed, several studies have concluded that metabolic rate or energy expenditure is positively affected by coffee consumption. For example, a study in the American Journal of Physiology in 1995 showed that energy expenditure increases by about 10% in response to caffeine ingestion. Caffeine is the world’s most popular psychoactive drug. It boosts metabolism and energy levels, making you feel more alert by interfering with the action of drowse-inducing adenosine in the brain. It also manipulates the same channels in the brain as amphetamines, activating the brain’s pleasure centers. A recent study from Brazil finding that people who drink coffee with milk each day are less likely to have depression. Also, studies have shown that coffee drinkers have a lower incidence of suicide than the rest of the population. Caffeine is a stimulant which, in moderate amounts, helps with fatigue associated with depression. Coffee has been shown to contain small quantities of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), which are natural antidepressants. Just make sure you drink GOOD coffee and not the cheapest stuff you can get your hands on! Coffee should be handpicked, and best are Arabica beans. Order coffee farm direct, and you'll be surprised how well it tastes, let's you sleep, and you'll never go back to the regular supermarket shelves for it.

Question: Has anyone gone to Mayo Clinic for sleep disorders? Was it affective? I am being referred to Mayo Clinic for a sleep disorder ( RLS) has anyone gone there for treatment and was it affective? Did you get the same information that you would have from your specilist at home?

Answer: I went to standford's sleep clinic since it was supposed to be the best place in the world for it and I have "insomnia," and my parents were upset about it. It was a pretty bad experience, I discovered one of the glues they used was toxic, and I was kept awake all night by electodes on me generating a field, not being permitted to move at all, and people running down the halls screaming or something. Afterwards I was diagnosed with sleep apnea since I was unable to sleep for long peroids, and reccomended some drugs. I had been living with someone who had sleep apnea for about 2 weeks prior to this, and thus I knew what sleep apnea was. (When you lie down your windpipe collapses so you choke hence you can't sleep, and this guy was up almost all the time and really messed up by sleep deprivation). Because of that it was pretty clear to me this diagnosis was false (and possibly a catch all to diagnose people that don't sleep after you pay for lots of expensive tests). Standford has one of the best sleep labs so I'd wager some of this is applicable to your story. Sorry about the other question. I wanted to give it a serious answer, but with Qs like that, they tend to get mobbed with short 2 line answers, and by the time you get a real response done 8 are ahead of yours and no one ever reads it, so I basically cheated, put 1 line in, and then edited to say the full thing :P It's done now.

Question: Does anybody know about sleep disorders when first starting MMT? I started MMT almost a week ago and have not been able to sleep for more than 45min - 1hr at a time. I wake up all through the night and can't go back to sleep for about 30min or so. Yesterday I did take a 1 and 1/2 hr nap. But that's been about it. I am really really tired. Should this go away soon?

Answer: You are not stable your dose yet. Are they still increasing you say 5mg every other day? Once you reach your dose (everybody's varies) that is one way you know is because of your sleep. That is one question my clinic always asked me when started was "How is your sleep?" As long as it was meed up they increased my dose until I reached 80mg and I was stable for a few weeks then I started hang trouble with my stomach again and they increased me to 85mg. This was the magic number for me but for some is much higher. My clinic doesn't like to go much higher which goes against research but fortunately isn't too much of a problem for me. So, Yes, it will get better. The best part for me was not waking up in withdrawal. What a bless! Good Luck!

Question: What is the record time of someone staying up without sleep. (Normal people, no sleep disorders)? What is the record time of someone staying up without sleep. (Normal people, no sleep disorders) Please don't lie, I am tring to prove a friend wrong!

Answer: I don't know, but I know that if you stay awake for 72 hours or more you begin to suffer effects similar to Paranoid Schizophrenia. Scary. Go to sleep people!

Question: How common are sleep disorders related to prostaglandin malfunction? This protein's receptor is the G-protein D2, and one of it's functions is the awake-asleep time control.

Answer: here are some sleep answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…

Question: What is the branch of neurology involoving sleep disorders/patterns called? I need to know, as I am interested in this. also, does anyone know if I would have to become a neurologist first?

Answer: Neurologists are only one of the many kinds of players in this field. Whether you need to become one depends on what you want to do. See the first reference for a good idea of what goes on in the field. Pulmonologists treat those sleep disorders related to breathing. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors treat those related to emotional difficulties and disorders. A patient with a sleep disorder would likely first consult a diagnostician to help figure out which of many possible causes is the likely culprit. For some, it's as simple as not drinking coffee after 4pm. The overall field is sleep medicine. Part of neurology is one part of that field.

Question: Whats the best cure for insomnia or sleep disorders? I have a terrible habit of sleeping during the day and staying up all night wondering what the fck to do. Any suggestions? And no, I don't drink blood.

Answer: Insomnia is often caused by fear, stress, anxiety, medications, herbs, caffeine, depression or sometimes for no apparent reason. Make sure your bedroom is quiet and dark. Soak a tablespoon of mint leaves in a cup of water for an hour, drink every night. Check out http://useinfo-insomnia.blogspot.com/ for more info

Question: How can I measure if I have sleep disorders? For example running an overnight camera would require leaving the night light on which would bother my sleeping itself. Letting the camera collect more light per picture would leave too seldom pictures to read movement. It would probably be less complicated to record sounds for snoring. Please give me all your ideas if you think of any.

Answer: Go to the doctors and request for something that monoters your brain while you sleep. I had one done, they found abnormalities but said it was nothing to worry about. I would recomend it because it's free and you get the advise of a professional.