Sleep medicine

I went back to sleep. I awake in pain, at around three in the morning. I go to the bathroom to get some medicine, when i again feel like i am being watched. Full of uneasiness, i head downstairs to eat the feelings away, like always. I hear a weak knock at the door, as if the knocker was afraid of breaking the door. I open the door and a hooded figure falls through the doorway, onto the floor. I try to help the person, and i ask if it is okay. When it doesn’t respond, i tap it on what i thought…

attention of many physicians. Sleeping disorders are definitely a problem and they may affect individuals dramatically. One of the most common types of sleep disorders is insomnia. So, what exactly is insomnia? Precisely, insomnia is the perception of obtaining inadequate or abnormal amounts of sleep. Basically, one with insomnia will unusual sleep patterns. Even though insomnia is a severe disorder that needs to paid attention to more closely, it is not life-threatening when the necessary…

In this paper we will be talking about sleep apnea. We will discuss exactly what it is, the symptoms and the people who are more prone to having this illness. Sleep apnea is one of many sleeping disorders that many Americans live with. According to the Statistic brain institute approximately 40 million Americans have chronic sleeping disorders, 62% of American adults experience a sleep problem a few nights per week. This institute has also discovered that 30% of all adults have insomnia in the…

being an example of a negative reinforcement in which an unpleasant stimuli (headache) is being removed and through this reinforces the behaviour (my coffee drinking) (Moss & Dyer, 2010). This time my only option was some medicine, but since I am not that fond of taking medicine for little things, like headaches, I did not. Lucky for me the headaches did start to subside and finally disappeared after a couple of…

received a low amount of sleep at night and felt irritated, tired, distracted, and stressed? This is how patients who are diagnosed with Insomnia Disorder feel. Adults need up to 8 hours of sleep per night, due to their health and ability to function. Insomnia Disorder makes it difficult for one to maintain the required hours of sleep. Sufficient sleep is a healthy human need (Ehrlich, 2016), without it daily functioning becomes a struggle. Insomnia is the most frequently reported sleep disorder…

when I was trying to sleep, I kept hearing a voice. It made me smile. I am always alone, stuck in the house with my mother. She is scared to let me leave. She tells me that the world is a bad place, that it is dangerous. She doesn’t let me out of her sight. The woman who was talking to me kept telling me to scream, so I did. Momma raced into my room, and asked me what was wrong, and I told her about the lady. She told me not to worry, that I was all alone, and to go back to sleep. I wasn’t…

Our Children Sick? By Vicki Abeles exposes how teenagers and now younger children are pushing themselves to be successful but causing them to be stressed. Stuart Slavin, a pediatrician, and professor who studied at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Slavin was unprepared for the results from Irvington High School in Fremont, Calif. He had anonymously surveyed two-thirds of Irvington’s students. He used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety…

A Sleeping disorder refers to a medical disorder in the sleep pattern of an animal or a person. Sleeping disorders exist in various forms and are categorized depending on their causes and impacts especially on human beings (Lautenbacher, 2012).These disorders can be brought about by an assortment of issues, ranging from teeth pounding also known as teeth grinding (bruxism) to nightmares. Some sleeping disorders have serious side effects and are sufficiently substantial to interfere with normal…

through the drapes seemed to mock her inability to sleep. Allyson tried to absorb the silence and stillness of the night, hoping she could coax herself to finally drift off. But it was all in vain; no sleep was in sight. A piercing sound shattered the darkness; it was her alarm. “Gosh… it is 8.00 A.M. already; looks like it is another day at work with dark circles under my eyes.” She thought… Americans today are encountering the same trouble going to sleep at night. Some doctors prescribe…

I chose narcolepsy for my topic for this final. Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain’s ability to control sleep-wake cycles. The reason I chose narcolepsy is because one out of every 2,000 people are affected by it. Narcolepsy can greatly affect daily activities. People can unwillingly fall asleep even if they are in the middle of an activity like driving, eating, or talking. Other symptoms will include sudden muscle weakness while the person is awake that can…