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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!
Herbal Tea Sleep Study
A common criticism of conventional medicine is that it’s too clinical. Some patients feel like they’re simply cogs in a massive medical machine that needs repair. This is one of the unintended consequences of relying too heavily on the cold, hard facts provided by science alone. On the other hand, alternative medicine can sometimes go too far in the other direction, allowing emotions to run the show. Several years ago I attended a conference in which the famed cancer patient advocate Dr. Bernie Siegel gave a presentation. He emphasized the importance of considering every available treatment option and understanding the reality of one’s condition. But he balanced that advice by adding this, “Statistics do not apply to individuals and there is no false hope”.
When I was compiling research for today’s blog, I began to pull studies that evidenced the many hazards of sleep deprivation. Normally, I would cite those scientific trials at the end of the paragraphs that make up my column. But two things happened recently that shaped how I’m writing today’s particular entry. I discovered some coverage about SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. One of the presentations there caught my eye. It was entitled, “Sleep Disturbance and Daily Relationship Quality in Couples: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations”.
A bidirectional association is basically a chicken and egg kind of circumstance. If a couple isn’t getting along, it negatively affects their sleep quality. However it’s also true that poor sleep, no matter what the cause, is damaging to relationships. But here’s where it gets more interesting and specific.
- Women’s sleep tends to suffer the most if daytime interaction with their mate is stressful or unfulfilling.
- Men who sleep soundly at night rate their relationship as more positive during the day.
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10 tips for better sleep
10 tips for better sleep If you’re having trouble sleeping, change your sleep habits for a better night’s rest. By Mayo Clinic staff
Feeling crabby lately? It could be you aren’t getting enough sleep. Work, household responsibilities and child care can make sleep difficult to come by. Factor in other unexpected challenges, such as financial worries, layoffs, relationship issues or an illness, and quality sleep may be even more elusive.
The doctors book of home remedies for children sleep problems
Sleep Problems S LEEP P ROBLEMS
Getting In a Good Night’s Rest
B abies, so the s aying goes, are nature’s way of showing you what the world looks like at 3:00 A.M. They just don’t respect the difference between night and day. Whenever they have a crying need for something–which usually means food–they announce it by crying.
Sleeping Disorder: Depression and Sleeping disorder treatment, statistics…
Sleeping Disorder
Millions of Americans of all ages are affected by sleeping disorder, many with severe, chronic sleep deprivation. A round-the-clock activity-driven society has meant that many individuals habitually defer sleep to get other things done. “I’ll catch up later,” is, however, easier said than done. Recent research indicates that pervasive sleep deprivation can lead to more serious health problems than just a dull clouded feeling the next morning-including obesity, high blood pressure and diminished resistance to infections.
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Your sleeping habits and your mood are interrelated. Like it or not, sleep follows its own laws which have no consideration or respect for man-made systems, whether that is a short week-end or the big retirement. The fact is, sleep illudes us when we have all the time in the world to sleep.
Tired of Not Being Able to Sleep? Here’s a Real Solution
A growing number of people who have learned the EFT technique find it is incredibly useful in helping them to sleep. There are a number of ways EFT can be used to induce pleasant sleep, and I will get to some of these. But, for those who already know how to use the technique — consult Dr. Mercola’s free online EFT manual if you want to learn the basics — the most obvious way to counteract your inability to fall asleep is to “tap” while stating the following affirmation:
“Even though I can’t get to sleep (don’t let myself get to sleep, etc.) I deeply and completely accept myself.”
That’s a good start, but there are some even more effective EFT maneuvers you can use for this purpose. The first and most important thing is to examine the underlying issues in your life that may be causing your consistent pattern of wakefulness. This is crucial if you want to obtain lasting relief from your sleep difficulty — there is always a CAUSE for a sleep disturbance, either physical, emotional or both. You will need to work on this cause by using EFT if you want to remove the sleep problem permanently.
Baby sleep deprivation
Baby sleep deprivation: How to tell if your baby is overtired or underslept 2008 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved
Baby sleep deprivation? As a chronic condition, it’s probably very rare. Babies are pretty good at regulating their own sleep if they are given plenty of opportunities for quiet time.
Often, parents are worried because they are uncertain about their baby’s sleep requirements. Healthy babies may vary significantly in the amount of sleep that they need. To help you put your concerns about baby sleep deprivation in perspective, see this article about baby sleep needs.
But its possible for things to go wrong. Some parents may inadvertently over-stimulate their babies, making it harder for them to fall asleep. In other cases, babies may suffer from medical conditions or behavioral problems that interfere with their sleep. Parents may also overestimate how much sleep their babies need, causing babies to resist bedtime.
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Can’t Sleep? What To Know About Insomnia
Insomnia, which is Latin for “no sleep,” is the inability to fall asleep or remain asleep. Insomnia is also used to describe the condition of waking up not feeling restored or refreshed. According to Dr. Mark Mahowald, Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center at Hennepin County Medical Center, insomnia refers to the inability to get the amount of sleep you as an individual need to wake up feeling rested.
Insomnia is the most common sleep complaint among Americans. It can be either acute, lasting one to several nights, or chronic, even lasting months to years. When insomnia persists for longer than a month, it is considered chronic. According to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, about 30-40% of adults say they have some symptoms of insomnia within a given year, and about 10-15 percent of adults say they have chronic insomnia. People who have trouble sleeping every night without exception for months or years are fairly rare. More often, people experience chronic-intermittent insomnia, which means difficulty sleeping for a few nights, followed by a few nights of adequate sleep before the problem returns.
Insomnia can be a disorder in its own right, but often it is a symptom of some other disease or condition. Half of all those who have experienced insomnia blame the problem on stress and worry. In the case of stress-induced insomnia, the degree to which sleep is disturbed depends on the severity and duration of the stressful situation. Sometimes this may be a disturbing occurrence like loss of a loved one, loss of a job, marital or relationship discord or a tragic occurrence. Anticipation of such things as weddings, vacations, or holidays can also disturb sleep and make it difficult to fall asleep or remain asleep. Insomnia can also occur with jet lag, shift work and other major schedule changes.
“Can’t Get to Sleep? It’s Only a Matter of Letting Go.” by Dr. Darryl Pokea.
Can’t Get to Sleep? Its only a Matter of Letting Go. by Dr. Darryl Pokea 2004 all rights reserved
The greatest thing, then in all education is to make the nervous system our ally instead of enemy. William James, The Father of Psychology
The most important part of the integration of personality is to make peace with one’s own body and be at home with it. Susan Rako M.D & Harvey Mazer, M.D.For our evolution to continue we must let go of any remnants of the “Slave/Master Paradigm” from previous and archaic civilizations. This affects our minds and bodies even now more than we realize. Darryl Pokea, Psy.D.
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How to Sleep during Menopause
Sleep Disorders Related to Menopause What Causes Menopause Sleep Problems? Menopause is the physical change women go through during their late 40s and early 50s (the average age of onset is 51, though women can begin menopause as early as 40 and as late as 60) as their bodies stop producing eggs. As their bodies change, women’s bodies produce less estrogen, and they stop having their periods. These chemical fluctuations often contribute to a host of uncomfortable symptoms, one of which is the disruption of sleep.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, about 61 percent of menopausal women suffer from some kind of sleep disorder. Some of the most common sleep problems that affect these women include:
- acroparesthesias (a condition that causes a tingling sensation in the hands and feet)
- hot flashes
- insomnia
- night sweats
- sleep apnea
- snoring.
Doctors are not sure what exactly about menopause disrupts sleep. However, the prevailing thought is that the physiological changes a woman’s body goes through during menopause, such as steadily declining estrogen levels, triggers sleeping troubles.