Category Archives: Sleep Disorders

Do you suffer from sleep deprivation? You know by now how you feel without a good night sleep: tiredness, irritability and a loss of concentration are high on the side effects list for insomnia. Therefore, it is very important that you find your cause of insomnia and an insomnia cure as soon as possible. Sleep deprivation and sleep apnea affects our nervous systems by leaving us drowsy and u......

Lately, I’ve been having some awful problems with insomnia. One of my jobs involves staying overnight with a young man who has a Pervasive Developmental Disorder. I’m allowed to grab a few hours of sleep on a loveseat in the living room, but it’s not terribly comfortable. I shouldn’t complain, as the discomfort wakes me up early enough to finish the housecleaning. The......

If your sleep quality is in jeopardy due to sleep apnea, be aggressive about solving the problem. Dealing with life everyday on such little amounts of sleep can be very harmful and could put you in dangerous situations. In this article, we present methods of addressing sleep apnea to allow yourself to sleep well and live well. If you suspect that sleep apnea is affecting you, consult your p......

Are you reading this post in a state of tiredness and being in a semi-sleepy state trawling through the internet at 3am because you are not able to sleep again?Do you feel irritated and moody throughout the day because you didn’t have enough night’s sleep?You are not alone! Study shows that 1 out of 4 suffer from some form of Sleep disorder or Sleep deprivation, the most common ones being Sl......

It has been felt for some time now that inadequate or poor quality sleep in teens leads to a fall in performance at school, however it was not until quite recently that a study confirmed that teenage children with bad sleeping habits do indeed have lower grades. Below are 10 simple tips to make sure that an otherwise healthy child can get the level of sleep needed to perform well in school.*......

Many people suffer from sleep disorders, some minor and some major. Insomnia can take many forms, ranging from difficulty in dropping off to sleep, to waking in the night and being unable to drop off to sleep again. Sleep disorders have a range of causes, both physical and psychological, but there are a number of things that we can all do to help us have a good night’s sleep. Atmospher......

Today’s high stress world has been playing havoc with our sleep. Sleep Disorders increase as stress increases and as we age. Sleep comprises one third of our life, and controls everything from hormones to sell rejuvenation. Stress and anxiety are not difficult to manage. Relaxation practices may not sound realistic or viable. Many people do not understand how sitting on the floor and r......

Statistics point to the dangerously increasing number of road fatalities, common among drivers below the age of twenty five. Accidents are common during mid-afternoon and night hours, involving long monotonous drives on highways and expressways. Fatigued drivers are as dangerous as drunken drivers. Statistically researched data has shown that 40,000 people are injured in drowsy driver crash......

Treating Insomnia: Is having sweet dreams just a dream?” A person who is suffering from sleepless nights, someone who frequently wakes up at night and rises up early in the morning even though that person does not have enough sleep is having a sleeping disorder known as insomnia. Insomnia is a condition in which a person is not getting enough sleep. This person when awakened at night h......

Ten years ago, a former colleague of mine, a fine teacher and person, was tragically killed in a car accident in British Columbia. He was on vacation with his daughter who miraculously survived the accident. What happened was a classic case of sleep deprivation: my friend was anxious to make his way to a chosen destination and despite his fatigue and the fact that he had been on the road for......