Circadian rhythm sleep disorder

Sleep is one of the most influential factors which contribute to an individual’s physical health. The restoration theory is one of the most commonly accepted theories which explains the connection between sleep and physical well being. The restoration theory is based on common knowledge; when we are tired at night we go home to sleep to feel restored the following day. For example, food and water serve as a homeostatic response to hunger and thirst, similarly to sleep in relation to exhaustion…

dinner: This sleepiness is typically caused by the amino acid tryptophan, which is found in turkey. Tryptophan increases the production of serotonin: Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that can affect a variety of things, including your mood, memory and sleep. When a food containing tryptophan is consumed with carbohydrates, even more serotonin is created, which is why sleepiness is common following dinner. While eating turkey and some kind of carbohydrate makes us feel tired, other foods can make…

really likes their sleep and I know there are many benefits of sleep such as playing a crucial role in immune functions. While this pill has zero effect on health, that is not the only thing sleep is good for. Having the ability just to rest and relax for several hours after a long day can be very refreshing and sleep gives our body time to restore energy to prepare us for the next day to come. While not having to sleep would leave more time in the day to get things done, no sleep would also…

essential because without an appropriate amount of sleep, the hours spent awake can become impacted. Unfortunately, sleep disorders can affect a person’s sleeping abilities. Narcolepsy is one example of a sleep disorder that will affect someone at night and through the day. Narcolepsy can be defined as a neurological disorder where the person experiences daytime sleepiness, usually at inappropriate times, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Researchers have recently…

social sleep; in other words, how do humans’ natural circadian rhythm conflict with their routine? Konnikova claims that it is better to wake up naturally than to hit the snooze button. Waking up after having just fallen back asleep is detrimental to one’s ability to perform basic functions as well as one’s long term health. The act of waking up suddenly causes sleep inertia; when the gradual process of waking up is forced or interrupted by an alarm, the worse the “grogginess” caused by sleep…

week’s assignment for the 2 page paper, I was really excited. From the website given I chose sleep disorders and restless leg syndrome as my two topics. I chose sleep disorders, because it has always interested me. I chose restless leg syndrome, because my dad has it. He suffers from it almost every night. I would love to learn more about it to be able to help him. There are many common sleep disorders. Most of them can be caused by stress, physical health, emotional health, physical…

Sleep is essential for all human beings like oxygen. It helps to refresh body and mind after working throughout the day. However, lots of people suffer from sleep disturbance. Most of them are aware of the fact that insufficient sleep can cause physical and psychological problems. But, the causes behind their disturbed sleep are ambiguous to them. They are unaware that their everyday behaviour, some personal choices or any underlying physical illness could be one of the major causes of sleep…

Some people may think that they have insomnia because they have trouble sleeping at night or they feel as if they can’t sleep at all. Insomnia is a complicated condition in which falling asleep or staying asleep is difficult. The word insomnia is Latin and means “no sleep”. Waking up often and having trouble going back to sleep characterize it. There are two types of insomnia, primary and secondary insomnia, in primary this means that an individual is having problems sleeping but it is not…

Improving Sleep by Lawrence Epstein, and Sleep Debt and the Mortgaged Mind by William C. Dement & Christopher Vaughan introduces the concept of sleep. Many people regard sleeping just waking up in the morning and going back to sleep at night, and feeling really tired around the afternoon, but sleep is more complicated than that. Sleep is what is going around your body physically and what is happening to your body while a person is sleeping. Whenever an individual does not get enough sleep, he is…

difficult to think when you're horizontal: alertness comes in plains and troughs rather than in peaks. None of my thoughts had any lift to them" (2015). Being sedentary for periods of time, whether short or extended, can cause the patient to form mental disorders such as anxiety or depression. It is also important to look at the monotony of a patient on bed rest, especially if it is limited. Charlotte Perkins writes a short story about a doctor who orders a patient to strict bedrest where the…