Sleep medicine

Bianca was referred for counseling by her son’s insistence due to her visible tremor, slow thinking, slurred speech, and sleep problems. She came to the office with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Angel. The client is currently taking various types prescribed medications which might be life threatening. This assessment was requested to identify possible sources of Bianca’s problems and make recommendations for treatment. Section Two Background Information M.Q is a forty-seven-years-old, middle…

In recent years I’ve come to terms with the fact that I need at least 8 hours of sleep to be able to function normally during the day and ideally between 9 and 10 to feel fully rested and energised all day. On average, in the past six days I got 8.8 hours of sleep, one night I only got 7.5 hours, the lowest in my recording, and the most I got was 10 hours. The night I was able to sleep for 10 hours (9/23), I felt fairly happy, not stressed, and quite energized even though I was fairly anxious…

When I was ten years old, my mother and I went on a month long trip to Quito, Ecuador to visit my father and other family. One day my abuelo (my grandfather) told my mom and I that he was going to take us on a trip to the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Although this probably sounds really interesting, I was against this trip from the first mention of it. However, since I was ten, my objection meant nothing and the trip happened as planned. We got up very early the day of the trip, a factor…

first-hand experience that one of our most common mistakes when caring for our brains is depriving it of a proper night 's sleep. Between assignments, social lives, and all of college’s other responsibilities who really…

Sylvia Plath has written poetry that fully explores the profound depth of the human psyche. Through her use of confessional poetry and psychic landscape, her poetry delves into the multifaceted layers of the human condition. Plath herself came across as a very complicated and perplexing individual, and in her style of writing, she conveys the inner state of her mind. To read her poetry without the context of her mental state, few readers could comprehend the intensity and compelling suffering…

generally had, there was no sauce and a miniature amount of cheese. When we reached our part of the city we were congratulated on coming safely. It was my grandma’s house that we stayed in, it was immense, with about 4 rooms and a roof that you could sleep on. There were about 6 people already living there so including us 10. We stayed there for a month before our relatives came, almost all of the family was there. We had a stunning time, we went to the mountain (with no snow), and the zoo…

wood (Kashtha-Mauna) Deep-sleep silence (Sushupti Mauna) Great silence (Maha- Mauna) Not uttering a single word means silence of speech (Vak-Mauna) and not even hearing one’s own speech is silence of hearing (Karna Mauna) Remaining still akin to wood without any expression, gestures etc. (In reality, more energy is wasted in responding by nodding, gesturing or saying ‘hum, hum’ than in speaking) The silence in deep sleep One who has gone beyond speech and thought. The Organs of Speech The…

“Come on girls wake up!” My first instinct was to pull the covers over my head, turn the other way, and get up in ten minutes. When I reached for my blanket I remembered, I was in a sleeping bag in a tent on camp Pendleton, seven hours away from a sand-free warm bed. There was a quiet pause for a few seconds where you could hear the soothing sound of the waves nearby before my friends started to wake. Next to me Mackenzie groaned and yelped in pain. “Sister Jarvis, could I have the aloe?” She…

something out lurking in the unknown, the idea of it sat in the back of the mind, causing fear in the beholder. Although it is most likely not real, this uncertainty can change the way someone behaves, such as causing them to lock the door at night, or sleep with the lights on. Similarly, in The Lord of Flies by William Golding, the theoretical beast plays a very significant role in the deterioration of society and civilization on the island. The beast does this by causing any sense of…

explanation of evidence may feel like a stretch to some readers, implying that stress can lead to higher consumption of alcohol and tobacco products does not seem unrealistic. However, Konnikova’s logic becomes difficult to grasp when she states that poor sleep timing can lead to “cancer, potentially fatal heart conditions, and other chronic diseases, like metabolic syndrome and diabetes.” Not only do these ramifications seem dire, but, other than citing the names of researchers Till Roenneberg…