February 11 2009

Sleeping disorder and Stress Management

Sleeping disorder and Stress Management

Sleeping disorder is a disease that affects many people both physically and emotionally. It affects an individual physically in that one feels restless and tired due to lack of enough sleep. It also affects one’s emotions by creating anxiety and panic due to lack of sleep which many people find it disturbing.

There are different types and causes of sleeping disorders that may be experienced by those who suffer from the disease.

Stress is the major cause of sleeping disorders. It is the failure of human being to respond appropriately physically or emotionally. It may lead to tension which normally drives sleep away hence one may end up suffering from lack of enough sleep. If not contained, it will lead to other complex diseases such as hypertension and ulcers.

Night terror is another form of sleep disorder. People who experience trauma have the tendency of waking up from sleep each an every time. This may be as a result of horrible nightmares hence one my not enjoy his or her sleep. Such persons may experience fatigue and sleepiness in the workplace.

Teeth grinding during sleep is a common form of sleep disorder reported widely. Both the young and old may experience this type of disorder. It is more of a habit than a health problem. Major symptoms for this disorder is paining jaws, neck pains, back pains and shoulder pains.

Sleepwalking is also a sleep disorder. This makes a sleepwalker to engage in activities that the subconscious mind is not aware of. They may engage in activities like walking, dressing or eating as if they are awake. It is a dangerous disorder as sleepwalkers may endanger their lives or other people’s lives. Many of them have died due to falling from building or been involved in accidents.

Nocturia- this is a disorder that involves visiting the bathroom for short-calls in the night when one is sleeping. This leads to lack of enough sleep as one has to wake up every time he/she experiences nocturia.

Sleep disorder treatment can be categorized as in Ilchi Lee Books: rehabilitation, medicinal and behavioral treatments. Rehabilitation treatment involves visiting of rehabilitation centers to engage in activities like goin to the gym and other forms of activities that relives one from stress, tension by enabling one to relax.

Medicinal treatment involves obtaining prescription from professional doctors because the current medication available could be abused by people who want to use depressants. The patient is expected to take the medicine as per the doctor’s prescription.

Behavioral treatment involves relaxation training, stimulus control, sleep restrictions, sleep hygiene etc. Relaxation training entails deep breathing technique that enables one to relax. Also there is use of muscles progressive exercises and imagery that also makes the patients to relax their minds.

Watch the video related to sleep disorder center

Oh back then we would kick it laughin’ all relaxing’ And taking things for granted. We did anything for just that little rush. Just don’t forget this. We won’t regret this. We’ve got one chance to get it right. We’re alive and we drive to the center of it. Where we know we’re all fine and this just can’t be it And in the end we all know we only breathe for so long. So tonight’s the night we all roll along. Oh back to our first cigarette. You know we can’t forget all the faces that we’ve met. …

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REACTION PLEASE… What is your Reaction regarding this: "Mild Head Injuries Increase Risk Of Sleep Disorders"
As many as 40 to 65 percent of people with mild traumatic brain injury complain of insomnia," said study author Liat Ayalon, PhD, with the University of California, San Diego. "This is concerning since sleeping problems may exacerbate other brain injury symptoms such as headache, emotional distress, and cognitive impairment, making the rehabilitation process much harder."
For the study, researchers assessed 42 people who reported to the Sheba Medical Center in Israel with complaints of insomnia after mild traumatic brain injury. Those suspected of having a circadian rhythm sleep disorder (CRSD) (i.e. problems with the timing of sleep) underwent scans, sleep studies, and had their oral temperature and saliva melatonin measured.
The study found 15 of the 42 patients, or 36 percent, had a CRSD. Of those, eight people had a delayed sleep phase syndrome with problems falling asleep and waking up, and seven people had irregular sleep-wake patterns.
"The frequency of sleep disorders in this study is considerably higher than the rate of these disorders among people attending sleep clinics for insomnia, which is seven to 10 percent," said Ayalon.

Ayalon said these findings suggest that sleep disorders that involve changes in the timing of sleep may be relatively frequent among brain injury patients and should be considered when these patients report sleeping problems to avoid misdiagnosis. "Misdiagnosis of these patients as insomniac may lead to prescription of medications, which help people fall asleep but don't help normalize the sleep-wake cycle," said Ayalon.

In addition, Ayalon said since circadian rhythm sleep disorders are often associated with cognitive and psychological problems, treatment might ultimately lead to improvement in other brain injury related symptoms. Ayalon said further studies are needed to explain the mechanism behind CRSDs in people with brain injury
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About Author

Jeff Brendan is a Dahn Yoga student and enthusiast. Jeff is practicing Dahn Yoga as well as Brain Education and Brain Enhancement for last 4 years. Jeff Brendan is doing research work at Eastern Meditation. His main subject of interest is Tao Follow-ship. He also is researching philosophical work of Ilchi Lee About world peace.

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18 Responses to “Sleeping disorder and Stress Management”

  1. TriumVirateABAP says:

    Just Bailout McBragg. . . the Lord will provide.

    That’s it take the LP, throw the Bananas a PEAL!!!!

  2. themadgeologist says:

    of all the possible combinations of things….

  3. Faith,Hope,Love says:

    You might pick up "Days in the Lives of Social Workers" tells the story of 50+ social workers. Gives a good broad understanding of the profession.

    You will probably be more successful working with the population you describe from a public health model – as you appear to be addressing more of the "prevention" side of the work.

    As for clinical practice – the key will be to be engaged in "clinical work" and to received supervision from a licensed MSW.

    You already appear to know more about social work than most. Your education will really help you answer most of your questions.

    DA

  4. odalis says:

    I would suggest to go see a family doctor who will be able to recommend a specialist. It is important to get professional help. Depression, extreme mood swings and anxieties can have many causes. Having a difficult life, but also an imbalance in your body, can cause someone to be depressed.

    When you look for professional help, you may receive medication and psychotherapy. The medication will be adjusted according to your need and you may not need it later on. Make sure your friend will receive counselling/psychotherapy to deal with certain issues. Medication should not be the only answer.

    Find out what type of specialist will be covered in her health plan. This way her family doctor may be able to advice her more sufficiently. Your friend may need to try out various services, before she finds one that works for her. The important thing is to start looking for help…not on the internet, but with an actual professional. Her family doctor should be the first step in order to get a referral to another professional.

  5. Amber H says:

    omg i have the exact same problem! i'm pretty sure we both an insomnia. what you should do is, around 12am start winding things down. get ready for bed and take your time. put any distractions away(such as ipods, computers, books, magazines), and dont eat anything. sure enough you'll be tierd by 1am. just go right to sleep.
    and set your alarm to go off at 9am if possible. the earlier you wake up, the earlier you sleep.
    *easier said than done

  6. wontkillyouSam says:

    i’ve never heard of mcbragg but i loooove tool.
    anyway this show looks badass

  7. superionmaximus7 says:

    this video is cool but they should get back Mcbragg Khyber Pass episode on youtube

  8. __A_YAHOO_USER__ says:

    6. A
    12. B
    20. C
    dont know about the other one sry

  9. hrosemd says:

    Fucking brilliant.

    Quite.

  10. the_kid_doesnt_care says:

    Man I just put a question out there myself for my severe anxeity and ocd. I feel everything that u r saying. I hate change. I just shaved my head and it took me 30 mins to get started even tho I wanted too and knew it would look better I hated the feeling of once its gone I can't have it back. Then I freak. I want to run somewhere I feel with no where to go. I had to reset my odometer today to gauge the mileage and it killed me to hit the reset button. Cuz it was way up to 900 something. I don't know why I feel this way about everything. I wish everything could stay the same. But we can't be afraid. We have to change these things and soon enough we won't dwell as much on them and they will become normal. As far as my anxeity goes I'm not recommending this but the only thing that keeps my attacks away. That is full blown attacks is the fact I used to drink beer. And they would go right away. I quit drinking a year ago but I keep them on hand. If I know I have one in there when I start panicing I think well if it got bad enough ill down one and be ok and then the feelings subside for a lil bit. But this disorder is nuts. I need meds but I'm too scared to put anything in my body that I can't get out or that will nake me feel different. If u tried any meds will u email me the good and bad?

  11. yoyorider1 says:

    McBragg too cool, us 40+ remember him well.

  12. Don we now our GAY apparel says:

    none of my mental issues are related to my sexuality. but i've been diagnosed with just about everything, most of which i can't even spell. i'll only list a few(i'm lazy)
    ADD
    OCD
    ADHD
    depression
    bipolar
    borderline autistic (i cna't remember the word for it -_-)
    social something(grr, i keep going blank for terms, i'm scared in big crowds) anxiety? and something else with that.
    and a bunch of other things, some for anger, split personalities(okay, i'm not THAT bad, i might have mood swings, but that doc… was a quack)
    and i shake when i'm upset. i think there's a word for that….

    and none even knew that i'm gender-neutral. lol. so i guess u can add gender identity disorder to the list.

    Oh, and…. yeah, i'm the one all of my friends go to when they hav issues. yeah, that's… screwed up.

    haha, can't believe i forgot to put schizophrenia, and are u counting insomnia and speech impairments? cause i have those too……. damn, i sound like i should be in a mental institute……

    as for addictions, um, cutting and sugar. working on killing the first. Oh, speaking of killing, i'm fine with it. so that's not normal. i was told by one therapist that if i refused to take the med they prescribed me, they'd have me locked up cause i have the mentality of a serial killer. afer a lot of badgering back and forth, i ended up screaming and said he tried to rape me. haha, the look on his face… fear and anger, i had won ^_^

    i don't take meds. i hate the feeling of… no control…. i freak when i'm on them. i don't even like Tylenol or anything like that. it's just a big hell no with me. the most i take is midol for when i'm bloody, which i'm getting rid of when i'm older, i am NOT a female. i'm getting rid of my boobs and female parts. lol. okay, i'll shut up now before i scare anyone….. ^_^

    lol, yeah, that(told ya, i can't spell half of what i've been told i have. lol) oh, and like basic stuff, my gf was on the phone just a minute ago and said i'm addicted to sex, have abondment issues, self loathing, something wrong about food, i'm fat, but i hate food, and some other crap. lol. oh, and dyslexic. -_- *sigh*

  13. HungeroftheUndead says:

    Love McBragg! Have most of them on video.
    Not a tool fan, but this makes me think about how cool IRON MAIDEN’s “ACES HIGH” would sound with this! Nice job!

  14. calebMcourt says:

    nice vid i like this song

  15. lucy p says:

    I am not sure what state you reside in, but in most there is a no fault divorce. That means that adultry won't play a role in your divorce. Your husband would have to prove that you will be putting your children in harms way, or you are engaging in illegal behavior while your children are in your care. He CANNOT refuse you visitation based on your PTSD or depression if you aren't violent. Keep a log of what he has done as far as refusing visitation, and get an attorney and fight for custody. You can file paper work with the courts to grant you temporary custody while you are going through the divorce. That will be up to the judge as to whether or not you will get custody. Good luck and remember you CAN BEAT HIM AT HIS OWN GAME with an excellent attorney.

  16. Geri says:

    I'm sorry, I am failing to see where you are needing HELP. Can you please elaborate in the additional details what you don't understand?

  17. jorrdoor says:

    great song. love it.

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