Circadian rhythm sleep disorder

In the hypothalamus, there is a neural circuit known as the melanocortin system, which includes two populations of neuron located in the arcuate nucleus, that express the proopiomelanocortin propeptide (POMC) and agouti-related protein (AgRP) (Roseberry, Stuhrman et al. 2015). POMC propeptide is the precursor to the melanocyte-stimulating hormones (α, β, and γ-MSH) (Roseberry, Stuhrman et al. 2015). The melanocortin system plays a significant role in controlling feeding and body weight…

A Later Start Time “Sleep is a simple yet powerful potion with the ability to enhance learning, boost creativity, fight infection, fuel growth, and balance mood.” says Dr. Helene A. Emsellem, the author of Snooze...or Lose! Middle schools should change their start times to later in the day because more sleep means better academic performance, less sleep deprivation, and would positively affect athletic performance. People argue that a later start time will affect extracurricular sports, and that…

I woke up in the corner of my room where I had made a small bed on the floor last night, for the second time. I remembered the reason why I slept on the floor and looked over towards my bed to see the boy still sleeping. I got up and changed his bandages and moved his stuff and the towels from in the washer to the dryer. After I finished putting everything into the dryer and starting it, I went back into my room to grab my writing assignment that was assigned in class yesterday and I went…

studies to show that the average teenager needs a total of 8.8-9.5 hours of rest in order for them to function properly throughout the day. These early school days are causing middle and high school students, like me, to experience shifts in our natural sleep cycles. Our bodies’ inner clocks make it hard for us to go to bed before 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. Not only due to outside distractions, but primarily due to the large amounts of homework that we receive on a daily basis. The average teenager’s…

This paper illustrates how oscillations can affect different hormones and specifically focuses on how oscillations of glucocorticoid hormones play a vital role in the circadian activity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. To understand this concept, it is important to know what oscillations are and how they are impactful. It is widely accepted that all atoms oscillate or move. This occurs both in our environment and in our own bodies. Dynamic movement is actually necessary for us to…

In that moment, pain flooding into my body like a thousand tiny needles piercing my skin, I drop to the ground and everything went dark. * * * 3 hours earlier * * * A gentle shake rose me out of my slumbers. I opened my weary eyes; the light of the sun just starting to peek through my blinds. I stumbled out of bed and down the stairs. The sound of sizzling pancakes makes my ears perk up. The smell of melting chocolate and maple syrup pleases my nose. My mom greets me with a warm…

Waking up has always been difficult for me. I never wake up at a specified time, but I try. It's the thought that counts right? After hitting snooze about 5 times, I finally wake up around 7 everyday. I usually end up late to work and school but I like to think of it as my signature. I always skip breakfast, I'll have a coffee but I don't think that counts. I eat sparsely throughout the day because I'm so occupied with school, not to mention dealing with the stress doesn't help. I've never been…

Lewis booked in to see me today due to ongoing concerns over his issues with sleep. He continues to have significant sleep onset insomnia and is still unable to retrial CPAP therapy. He is still reporting some nocturnal wandering, but has not hurt himself or anyone else and does seem to be aware of these events compared to past events where he though they were parasomnias. Many thanks to Peter Marriot who has increased his Endep to 20mg and clonazepam to 1mg in the last week. He continues…

The Circadian Rhythm is your internal biological clock. It is how your body naturally reacts to the 24 hour day. When the morning approaches, your body temperature will rise and peak during the day, as the day comes to an end your temperature will lower. Last summer, sensing how close I was to college and knowing I would be in desperate need of money I decided to do what most students do, get a job. Luckily for me my local Target Superstore was hiring and after an application and a couple…

Although increasing efforts to lessen sleep deprivation for teenagers may lengthen the amount of sleep that students get, there will always be students who, despite later school start times and a lighter load of homework, still fail to get enough sleep. This may be due to their own procrastination or simply the speed at which they need to work to grasp the content presented to them. In order to help these students, households and schools can easily implement inexpensive, additional policies to…