Insomnia

Sleep is very important for one's health. An eight-hour sleep is required for you to have the energy to face another busy day. Approximately one-third of the day is spent in bed. Whether you spent it sleeping soundly or not depends on solely in your mattress. A mattress has an effect in one's sleep according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine spokesman - Michael Decker. An ideal mattress is those that lessens the pressure points in your body when you lie down, therefore, giving you a better…

Hypnotherapy For Sleepwalking And Night Terrors Many people remember the popular comedy skit in the movie Step Brothers with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly were they both woke up in the middle of the night and start sleepwalking. While a large majority of people found that skit funny, there were others that were reminded of their experience of sleepwalking episodes and night terrors daily. Not just experienced by little children, adults also have doubts in dealing with this issue. This…

Strengths Migraine headache diagnosis was made according to strict ICHD-III criteria and, to the best of our knowledge, this is one of the few studies to compare sleep quality between migraineurs and healthy adolescents and, the first using Portuguese adolescent population. A further strength of our study is that sleep quality was assessed using three different tools, thus evaluating its difference domains: PSQI (sleep difficulties), CASQ (daytime sleepiness) and ASQ (sleep self-perception,…

Weinstein, A., Deuster, P., Francis, J., Beadling, C., & Kop, W,.(2009). The Role of Depression in Short- Term Mood and Faigue Responses to Acute Exercise. International Society of Behavioral Medicine (2010) 17:51-57. DOI:10.1007/s12529-009-9046-4 The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise has an effect on depressed moods and fatigue in depression patients and non-depressed participants. The participants included 14 patients diagnosed with major or minor depressive disorder,…

Serving in the Army has made me a horrible sleeper, after years of deployments and countless of hours and medevac duty where you have to be at the ready in case of a mission. I have a hard time falling asleep at night; this has been an issue for me for the last ten years. I usually don’t go to bed till about 23:00 to 01:00 depending on the kind of day I had. If it was a stressful day then it is harder for me to wind down and fell asleep. When I do fall asleep I tend to wake up periodically…

Once I had a sleepover with my best friend Rachel. We stayed up until 2am, talking and having fun. I knew I had a soccer game in the morning the next day, but I just wanted to have fun. I had to leave at 6am because my soccer game started at 7:30am and I had to be there at 7am. I only 4 hours of sleep that night. During my soccer I was so tired. I had no energy to play, all I wanted to do was sleep! Anyways, sleep is important because it will affect how your day will be and is especially not…

As our body engages in everyday behavior, so does our brain. Every single thing we do on a day-to-day basis essentially corresponds to a calculated process that takes place within us. Regardless of the activity or experience, signals are sent to the various areas in our mind in order to help us successfully carry the activity out. We are able to perform certain tasks because of the cells in our brain and the chemicals they release to various other cells. These cells are better classified as…

As we saw in our last post the very first thing recommended by doctors after a concussion is “rest and recovery,” including getting as much sleep as possible. Indeed, the best course of action for someone who has suffered a blow to the head and has concussion symptoms is to be evaluated by a brain injury specialist immediately and to implement a plan designed to give some the best chances for a successful recovery which starts off with maximizing sleep and restful activities. It’s well known…

Sleep has many affects on you and your everyday life. The article “sacrificing sleep? This is what it will do to your health” explains why sleep is important. To begin, If you do not get enough sleep it can have many affects on of which being your blood alcohol concentration level will rise. One would have to be up a certain amount of hours for it to happen. “ Studies show that after 17 to 19 hours without sleep, you'll be functioning as if you've been drinking enough to raise your blood…

The Sleep Benefits of Hydrotherapy If you’ve ever owned a hot tub, you’ve most likely experienced the soothing effect warm water can have on aching joints and muscles. You even may know some of the science behind hydrotherapy: how the heat of the water can improve circulation and lower blood pressure while the extra buoyancy takes the weight off strained joints. But most people haven’t even heard about one of the most amazing benefits using a hot tub can give: improved sleep. Lack of sleep…