Jet lag

released more at night to help with sleep. This is why individuals who work the night shift can use melatonin supplements to improve sleeping habits during the day. Melatonin supplements are also used to combat insomnia (the inability to sleep) and jet lag. (Nichols, Alper, & Milkin, 2007) Melatonin levels correlate to the circadian rhythm, which is a biological clock based on the 24 hour day. In 1987, Norman Rosenthal studied the effects of melatonin and discovered some important connections.…

are other factor that can play why a person would suffer from (CRSD) shift work type this is where a person would change work shifts let say from morning 9am till 5pm to third shift 12am till 12pm. This can take some time to get used too, also jet lag a condition where the body cycle are…

Visiting Paris, France have always been a great desire for me. There is not one specific reason to explain this desire, but rather a collection of things that draw my specific attention to Paris. Perhaps my first visit to Republic of Congo and the French language being their lingua franca got me intrigued. I love to experience the original French cuisine, the art, the fashion, the architecture, and everything Paris has to offer and their smooth language. Also I have always brought up this ideal…

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We all have a “sleep clock” in our brain, abnormalities related to this clock are called circadian rhythm disorders. These disorders include jet lag, adjusting to shift work, delayed sleep phase syndrome (waking up too late), and advanced sleep phase syndrome (waking up too early). Insomnia is often a temporary disorder that may be caused by stress, anxiety, depression, even drinking too much…

mom told it was not. She told me that we both fell asleep on the wrong side of the bed and that we were going to the Eiffel Tower another day. I was really upset for a couple of seconds and then quickly drifted back to sleep. Moral of the story: Jet lag sucks, don’t plan a lot on your first day, and don’t come to Paris on a…

I have a love-hate relationship with sleep. I love it but it hates me. Typically, I have no problem falling asleep. I have trouble staying asleep. I wake up numerous times throughout the night. Any little noise wakes me up. I usually remember waking up three or four times a night. These are the times I have trouble going back to sleep. My husband says I wake up 10 or 12 times throughout the night. Most days, I wake up feeling tiered. It is a good day when I don’t wake up tiered. Occasionally, I…

Circadian Rhythm – a cycle that tells the body when to rise, sleep, eat which regulates many physiological processes. The internal body clock is affected by cues. Like sunrise and temperature. According to Professor Russell Foster in 2007, an Oxford University Neurologist said that student would gain more if their classes start in the afternoon. Forcing a student who arrives in the morning could be a result of poor memory and stress. He also added that teenager's body clocks between two hours…

People might need time to gradually adjust when they first arrive to another country. Some people may need to recover from the jet lag and insomnia. According to Littlejohn (as cited in Smith, 2008), “It is a known and documented phenomenon that virtually everybody who crosses from one culture to another experiences to some degree” (p. 41). For example, when I first came to Canada…

Classification of Sleep Disorders Sleep is important for a person to become healthy the average amount of sleep is about 8 hours. Unfortunately more than half, America is diagnosed with a sleeping disorder making the average time to exceed, decline, or in some cases to not exist. Sleeping disorders are on a spectrum ranging from deadly to not harmful, so if a sleep disorder is not harmful then why is it a disorder? A sleep disorder manipulates someone’s sleep pattern affecting their health.…