Circadian rhythm sleep disorder

• Do you have any pain? (If so, I would use the O.L.D C.A.R.T. to determine his pain assessment). What was the amount medicine given to your son last night and today? Did he take other drugs such as acetaminophen products (Tylenol)? • It appears that Brandon is tired and has a wet cough. How long has he been expressing this symptom? Does he have a past history of Asthma, liver disease, glaucoma, chronic bronchitis? • Do he have any allergies to any medications? • Were any other medications…

4 Tips to survive Daylight Savings with Children “Daylight Savings”… are curse words for moms along with “Time Change” and “Fall Back”. Two times a year, we feel the need to mess with our sleep schedules that we spend the rest of the year working to perfect so that mommies can have alone time, or clean up time, or even wine time., no judgment! I’m originally from the Saskatchewan myself, one of the few places in the world next to Hawaii that does not observe daylight savings. Our reason was…

why humans sleep? Some might think what is sleep? When we think of sleep we think of it as something our bodies naturally do when we close our eyes, lay down and go unconscious, and we are correct. It has been proven that sleep is very essential to a human body because sleep affects our how our brain functions mentally and physically. When we sleep, our brain doesn't completely shut off, our brain is very much active when asleep. When asleep humans usually go through four stages of sleep…

passing out during meetings might be a problem for him also. Instead of an interviewer, I surprisingly became a doctor for Mr. Cortes. It was very difficult for him to keep his eyes open. Unfortunately, I informed him that he suffers from extreme sleep deprivation, possibly destroying an alarming amount of brain cells. It was also hard to ignore the hundreds of dried acrylic paint drops of rainbow colors stained all over his LA Dodgers cap, hooded sweatshirt and jeans. Charlie explained, "I…

Sleep constitutes a major portion of our daily lives. During each night, the average person cycles through Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM sleep multiple times before waking. However, hours before we succumb to sleep, our bodies are already hard at work producing hormones that encourage sleep. Many biological factors influence the quality of sleep we experience and one of significant importance is the hormone melatonin. Melatonin plays two major roles in the physiology of sleep. Its first role is to…

knows those people who dread waking up in the morning or those “Don’t talk to me until my third cup of coffee,” type of people. They are usually grouchy and show little signs of life until around lunchtime. Especially on the weekends when they can sleep as late as they want, and no matter the method, one cannot get them up. These people are particularly messy, mean, and extremely lazy and try to push other activities out of the way so they can get a…

Daylight Savings Time is bittersweet for me. I love the extra hours of daylight in the evening, but I hate losing precious hours of beauty sleep. During this time change, it gets extremely difficult to wake up early and on time in the morning, let alone fall asleep at a decent time. I have every intention of going to sleep earlier each night, but my mind is still going a million miles an hour and it never ends up happening. I have experimented with quite a few ways to go to bed earlier over the…

It’s Time to Start Waking Up, the Right Way. Whether you get six hours of sleep, or nine, waking up and crawling out of bed is difficult for everybody. It is clear to everyone that we can’t do it ourselves, we need a boost. This boost is caffeine. For centuries caffeine has been consumed as a certain beverage. Not till recently has this beverage been challenged as the best way to consume caffeine. These two most popular ways to consume caffeine in the United States are clearly energy drinks and…

simply being lazy and stagnant. Within our 24-hour days, several psychologists strongly recommend that 8 of those hours be devoted to sleep, and unfortunately, many people today compromise those hours to carry out other tasks, which can deal great harm to their bodies. Two popular theories that stand in the science world today that defines our habit of going to sleep are known as the adaptive theory and the restorative theory. The adaptive theory serves primarily as a survival function, as it…

drinking enough water, sleeping, and minimizing stress. 2. I would really like to improve my sleep schedule by going to bed and waking up at the same time every day. This semester, none of my mornings start at the same time, so some days I get to sleep in a little bit. Knowing that I am able to sleep in means that I stay awake later, and I really do not get any extra sleep. 3. I think my lack of sleep stems from all of the other aspects of living a healthy lifestyle. There are only so many…