Archive for November, 2007

Depression and Insomnia

Individually, they are known to be contributing factors towards sleep deprivation that people experience today. But together, a person can just imagine the impact and discomfort that they can make.

Insomnia is a symptom not a separate disorder. A complaint of this needs a clinician to inquire further to disclose the underlying etiology of the complainant. Depression, conversely, is a serious medical condition that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. The main three depressive disorders are Major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder. Source: Depression and Insomnia Relationship

With this in tow, we can see how people have to deal with having to deal with factors of sleep deprivation. Both have a lot of factors to consider such as the mental and environmental factors of where they are sleeping.

We all think we know everything about insomnia and depression. But put them together in one case and you will find complications on conclusions and looking for alternatives on how to deal with sleepless nights we all hear of.

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Sleeping and TV Sleep Timers

There are some people who love to watch television to lull them to sleep. While this is a known practice to help put most of us to get drowsy and sleep, leaving the TV set on may not be the best solution after all.

Other than using up electricity, there is a hazard of potential fire coming from overheating or electrical malfunction. To avoid them, there is an option that is usually present in TV sets and this is the sleep timer which can be set at various times such as 30 minutes to 2 hours.

Knowing how well fast you can sleep, most people would do well to consider it so that they can sleep and not worry about leaving it on. It may sound simple to most but if you really practice it, then perhaps we would see less problems and worries today.

Read more: TV Viewing and Sleep Problems

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Asperger Syndrome

Sleep is something important and this covers all people of any race. While we all know of the growing concern for this issue, some are tied up with actual problems going on around kids. One is that of Asperger Syndrome, a known autism spectral disorder.

While we see autistic children differently, they are still human and experience the same problems we normally encounter. Just like us, they have their own share of sleep deprivation problems, probably worse if they are not given the same attention that we put for normal people with sleep issues.

Asperger Syndrome (AS) is one of several autism spectrum disorders characterized by difficulties in social interaction and by restricted interests and activities. With AS, there is no general delay in language or cognitive development. Researchers from Italy looked at sleep and children with AS. It is the first known study of its kind.

For the study, researchers focused on eight children with AS, 10 children with autism and 12 healthy children. Parents filled out several questionnaires and the children underwent several sleep tests.

Researchers report 50 percent of children with AS were reluctant to go to bed, 75 percent needed the television or a light on in the bedroom, 87 percent had difficulty getting to sleep and 75 percent fell asleep sweating. Study authors also found half of the children did not feel refreshed in the morning and 87 percent had difficulty waking up in the morning and 87 percent felt sleepy during the day.

Source: Sleep Problems Prevalent in Children with Asperger Syndrome

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Sleep Study

Logically, we believe that our minds rest while we are sleeping. However, based on some studies from the United States, our brains work while we are snoozing, storing the various events that took part in the day and registering them in our minds thus strengthening our memory.

If you look at it, it is like downloading videos from you video camera. All the events that have transpired are replayed and stored, making your memory storage entirely wider. This is perhaps one reason why sleeping is a good time to rest for the body but not the brain. It still functions without our knowledge and it does some things we least expect.

Researchers in the United States have carried out a study and found while you sleep, your brain remains busy in strengthening the memories of what you did during the day and it does it in quick spurts, as if your day was being replayed in fast-forward.

“The brain’s medial prefrontal cortex replays daytime activities during sleep six to seven times faster than real time,” the WebMD reported, quoting lead researcher Dr David Euston was quoted as saying.

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Big Yawn

This is something interesting for all sleep deprived patients out there. Walnuts have been found to help you sleep better. And by all means, it does seem to be effective.

We all know that taking in various food intakes may eventually contribute towards our hard times of being able to sleep and based on a study on walnuts, its monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats have been found to be the healthful properties contributing to allow people to sleep safer.

Walnuts have a number of healthful properties. They contain monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats to help your cholesterol levels. There also seems to be an element of truth to the idea that walnuts can help you go to sleep. Walnuts have a substance similar to the body’s melatonin, which is a hormone involved in inducing and regulating sleep. A “dose” of walnuts could be 4 to 5 halves, equal to about 100 calories. It might be worth 100 calories if it helps you sleep, and it certainly would be a more healthful snack choice than chips, cheese puffs or candy.

Source: Walnuts can help you sleep

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