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Discovery Health “26 Home Remedies for Insomnia”
You know the story: It’s 5:00 A.M. , and the first traces of dawn have begun to appear in the nighttime sky. You’ve been awake since 2:00 A.M. and are beginning to feel hopeless. How will you function at work tomorrow (make that today)? How will you cope with your presentation at the board meeting? How will you make it through another day after yet another night without sleep?
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Insomnia is the most common sleep
disorder in North America and Europe.
Adults need an average of seven to nine hours of sleep a night, but insomnia can keep them from getting the sleep they need. Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in North America and Europe. A whopping one-third of the U.S. population cannot sleep well enough to function well during the day. Half of those people have only one or two bad nights a week. The other half spend countless sleepless nights tossing and turning, feeling miserable. They also spend countless days exhausted.
One example is when people wake up out of what seems like a deep sleep and feel wide awake. They think that because they feel so alert that they will never be able to get back to sleep. However, this is not the case. The key is to understand that your awakening is natural and that you just have to wait it out. Another instance of mistaken perception is that when people wake, they often have the feeling that they were never asleep at all. But most people sleep much longer than they think.
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Healthy Sleep: A Guide to Natural Sleep Remedies
Healthy Sleep 
A Guide to Natural Sleep Remedies Contents Introduction Many of us experience the occasional night of sleeplessness without any consequences. It is when the occasional night here and there becomes a pattern of several nights in a row that you are faced with a sleeping problem. Repeated loss of sleep affects all areas of your life: The physical, the mental, and the emotional. Sleep deprivation can affect your overall daily performance and may even have an effect on your personality.
If your insomnia continues for a long period of time it can cause problems in your relationships, compromise your productivity, and perhaps lead to other health problems. It can become a relentless cycle of worry and anxiety as night after night you toss and turn, wondering when sleep will come, wondering what is wrong with you. Insomnia and sleeplessness generally fall into three categories:
- “Initial” insomnia: where you have difficulty in falling asleep, generally taking 30 minutes or longer to fall into a sleep state.
- “Middle” insomnia: where after falling asleep you have problems maintaining a sleep state, often remaining awake until the early morning hours.
- “Late” or “Terminal” insomnia: where you awake early in the morning after less than 6 hours of sleep.
Insomnia can be the symptom of some medical conditions that may require your doctor’s advice and medical care. In those cases the cause will be treated, not the insomnia. If, however, your sleeplessness is due to a pattern of not sleeping, or because your body and mind find it difficult to settle into a state of relaxation necessary for sleep, this book offers you alternative choices for achieving healthy sleep without the use of prescription drugs. This document will teach you how to:
- Set the mood for a comfortable sleep atmosphere
- Prepare your body for relaxation
- Use colors to stimulate calmness and relaxation
- Understand the importance of exercise
- Use music and other relaxation techniques
- Relieve your mind of anxiety and worry
- Discover the importance of reducing stimulants
- Use herbal teas and warm drinks to promote relaxation
- Use herbs and vitamins to promote natural sleep
After reading this book you will have the information you need to turn your sleepless nights into restful ones, waking in the morning refreshed and alert rather than tired and anxious. All of the techniques and sleep-inducing aids in this book can be applied naturally and easily in your life. Get ready to embark on the journey of falling asleep naturally!
Overview – What Is a Sleep Specialist?
Sleep Specialist Overview
A sleep specialist is a medical doctor who has completed additional education and training in the field of sleep medicine. Sleep medicine focuses on sleep, sleep disorders, and sleep-related conditions, and is a subspecialty within several medical specialties, including neurology, pulmonology, internal medicine, and psychiatry.
- Age and sleep play catch
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Mimi Payne, 57, has her sleep “dissected” at the Sleep Disorders Center of Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. By Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY
As the youngest of 76 million boomers move through their 40s, they’ll discover what many older Americans already know: The chances of enjoying restful sleep slowly but steadily decrease. The older the adult, the more likely he’ll have chronic insomnia, says Andrew Monjan, chief of neurobiology at the National Institute on Aging. Among twentysomethings, only about 1 out of 8 are insomniacs. By ages 50 to 64, it’s 1 out of 5. It rises to 1 in 4 over age 65. (Chat: Talk with Dr. Monjan, Thursday, 1 p.m. ET)
But insomnia is only part of the challenge. Snoring and sleep apnea — repeated short episodes of not breathing — also increase with age. About 3 out of 5 adults over 65 have some kind of sleep complaint, national studies show.
Berkeley Parents Network: Waking at Night: 2 and 3 Year Olds
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Waking at Night: 2 and 3 Year Olds Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > > Waking at Night
- 2-year-old used to sleep well, wakes at night now
- 2-year-old has started waking up at 2:00 A.M.
- 2.5 year old waking several times a night
- 2.5 year old has never slept through the night
- Setting up an “OK” time for 3-y-o to come into our bed
- Night Terrors
- More advice about waking at night
2-year-old used to sleep well, wakes at night now Feb 2004
I have a 2 year old who has always been a good sleeper and is now waking once or twice a night and having a hard time getting back to sleep. I checked the archives and noticed this doesn’t seem to be unconmmon. To parents who have 3 and 4 year olds who went through this at 2, does it go away on it’s own? Is this a phase that will pass without work or should I do something to help him through it. Currently, my husband or I go in and sleep on the floor but it’s tiering for us and I’m wondering if he’ll need us in there forever to be comfortable? Are we supporting him through a difficult developmental phase or are we creating a dependancy we will have to ”break” him from later. Let me know. Thanks! Sleepless
For what it’s worth, I am someone who recently posted a desperate e-mail about night- (and early-morning-) waking in my two-year-old, who up until then had been a champion sleeper. Her brother arrived just before she turned two, so I don’t know whether it was turning two, or the new addition to the family, but she just became a miserable, miserable sleeper — unable to fall asleep without having someone stay by her side for ages, waking up with terrible nightmares and unable to fall back asleep without yet more endless help, and then getting up to start the day sometimes as early as 4 a.m. I’m not really sure how we got through this, but yes, it DOES get better. My husband was in favor of indulging whatever requests she came up with — extra songs, lots of ”watching over her,” taking her into our bed (a big disaster), etc.; I was more inclined to try to nip things in the bud. In the end, we took a sort of middle road: he, the one willing to put up with everything, started putting her to bed, so at bedtime she got indulged — but ONLY as long as she was TRYING to fall asleep. If she was just playing around in her crib, or whining, or whatever, he would threaten to leave; if she lay there quietly with her eyes shut (although clearly suffering from some kind of anxious insomnia), he would stay quietly in the room for as long as it took, until she fell asleep. I would go to her for the night wakings, with a similar sort of approach. However, since we had the new little baby, eventually I would just get too exhausted to stay up with her, and amazingly, when I explained that I HAD to leave because I just couldn’t stay awake any longer, . . . she simply accepted that and went to sleep herself. Now, at 2-1/2, she often falls asleep without much trouble and when she (rarely) wakes during the night, a quick visit is enough to get her right back to sleep. I do think she benefitted from the extra comforting we gave her — maybe this helped her eventually to feel a bit more relaxed and confident – - but it was also interesting to see that she really didn’t NEED all of the comforting she had been demanding.
Or, . . . maybe she just grew out of it!
2-year-old has started waking up at 2:00 A.M. May 2002
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A Brief History of Sleep Research
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SLEEP RESEARCH Updated February 3, 1999
Pieron, Kleitman and Aserinsky
In 1913, French Scientist Henri Pieron authored a book entitled “Le probleme physiologique du sommeil,” which was the first text to examine sleep from a physiological perspective. This work is usually regarded as the beginning of the modern approach to sleep research. Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman, now known as the “Father of American sleep research,” began work in Chicago in the 1920s questioning the regulation of sleep and wakefulness and of circadian rhythms. Kleitman’s crucial work included studies of sleep characteristics in different populations and the effect of sleep deprivation. In 1953 he and one of his students, Dr. Eugene Aserinsky, made the landmark discovery of rapid eye movement (REM) during sleep.
Berkeley Parents Network: Sleep Specialists & Consultants
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Sleep Specialists & Consultants Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Sleep > Sleep Specialists & Consultants Questions
- One year old with early wake up and poor sleep
- Sleep consultant for infant
- Sleep specialist for 22-month-old
- Sleep consultant for 6-month-old
- Sleep specialist for 15 month old
- Sleep specialist for baby
- Need help for son who can’t sleep through the night
- More reviews of sleep consultants
Related Pages
- Meg Zwieback for sleep problems
- Parents’ Advice about Sleep
One year old with early wake up and poor sleep Nov 2007
I have a one year old with sleep issues. Does anyone know a good sleep consultant? Im trying to find someone in El Cerrito/Berkeley/Albany. I live in El Cerrito and dont want to drive all the way to Oakland. Would love to know! A-
I consulted with Noelle Cochran [noellecochran@mac.com], who does all her consulting via phone. She is warm, goes with what you are comfortable with, but let’s you know what to expect given your child and their developmental station. You contact her via email to set an appointment. She is very busy but will get to you. Good luck! kim Sleep consultant for infant Oct 2007
i’d like recommendations for a sleep consultant. i am considering hiring a consultant for my 3 month old. i’d really like to get him sleeping before i have to go back to work. if you’ve done this, what are the pros & cons. also, so far, i’ve heard of vivien sonnenberg, meg zweibach & noelle cochran. any thoughts? thanks! sleepless mom
Are you asking for additional names or just people’s thoughts on using a sleep consultant? We consulted Meg Zweiback to help us with sleep training, as well as for help with other issues as our daughter got older. Anyone who knows me knows that I think she’s a genius. The only con is that her services are not free! They were, however, well worth every cent we spent. Especially the sleep training. Good luck! It’s not easy, but it sure is nice to have some professional help. Meg Z. fan I went to Meg Zweibach and she was very good. She is realistic, flexible, patient, and wise. I am recommending a truly gifted child development specialist who provides consultations and coaching on everything with kids – sleep, behavior, weaning…
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Help me get back to sleep
Find a sleep clinic or a doctor who specializes in sleep disorders. Interrupted sleep could be a sign of apnia or any other medical issues.
Advice like “exercise” and “eat properly” are good ideas for everybody, and they certainly promote good sleep, but sleep disorders can often be MUCH bigger than that and a doctor who knows what he’s doing can work wonders.
My problem was falling asleep in the first place and a doctor was able to help me without medication, diet change, or lifestyle changes. For me it was mostly patterns that needed tweaking.
Help me sleep… PLEASE.
This is going to be VERY VERY VERY long because my sleeping problems have a 2-3 year history. Any replies I get beyond zero I will be very appreciative of.
I’ve posted questions/threads this in the past but the past has spanned a while hasn’t it? As the months have progressed, each time I post this I’m increasingly frustrated and saddened that I will never have a normal sleeping life to get through college and get my degree. I started having sleeping problems when I started college. To this day, I cannot recall anything particularly horrific happening to me to traumatize my sleeping patterns. 4 years ago I switched from high school to college. That’s what a good percentage of Americans do right and? Right.
I have a history of depression and a history of anxiety. Both I would say are not severe. The depression is moderate to slightly above moderate most of the time. I take 120 mg of Cymbalta for it and have done so for almost a year. I have anxiety, I used to take Xanax 3 times a day at .5 mg a clip and now I take it all at night to see if it helps me sleep any since I can cope with the anxiety in the day better now.
Sleep Disorders
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Sleep Disorders
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Introduction