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Common Sleep Disorders That Can Plague Anyone
March 7th, 2010 | 
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Sleep disorders are everywhere today, no matter who you are, you probably have or are suffering from one. Sometimes, you can be suffering from a sleep disorder and not even know that you have one. Anything that disrupts the sleep patterns in your life is a sleep disorder. If they are not treated, they can actually cause other problems and disorders that can interfere with your psychological and emotional wellbeing. So, what are some of the most common sleep disorders that people suffer from and what do you need to look for? Here is a small list to help you recognize a sleep disorder in yourself or loved one:
Insomnia – This disorder is the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep and affects millions of people world wide. This is by far the most common sleep problem.
Narcolepsy – The disorder of falling asleep at any time or place without knowing or wanting to.
Night terrors – The disorder where the person wakes up abruptly and is completely terrified of something in his or her dreams. This disorder goes hand in hand with sleepwalking.
Bruxism – The disorder of involuntarily grinding ones teeth during sleep.
Jet lag – The temporary disorder where one has trouble sleeping and getting back into a pattern after traveling quickly across time zones.
Restless legs syndrome – This disorder makes the sleeper move his or her legs involuntarily during sleeping. The sleeper usually has a strong urge to constantly move his or her legs during the night without wanting to.
Rapid eye movement behavior disorder – While this is not quite a common sleep disorder, the occurrences of it are rising. This disorder causes the sleeper to act out violently or dramatically their dreams while they are sleeping.
Sleep apnea – This disorder is caused by an obstruction of the sleeper’s airway during sleep, causing them to stop breathing for a few seconds.
Sleepwalking – This disorder causes the sleeper to do activities that they normally do while awake, such as walking, dressing, and eating, without knowing that they are doing the action.
There are literally thousands of sleep disorders that people all over the world suffer from They range from extremely mild to violent, if not controlled. If you are experiencing any type of sleep disorder, you should consult your doctor immediately to begin a treatment to help you sleep better at night. Most treatments begin with an over the counter remedy and can move up to prescriptions and testing to make sure that there is no underlying problem in the sleeper’s brain. There is no need to worry about a sleep disorder, as most are easily treated and usually go away on their own. If left untreated, these can begin to cause problems with motor functions, concentration, and other areas of your life during the day.
You can find out more about all the different sleeping disorders that plague people all over the world by searching through medical web sites on the Internet or by talking with your doctor. Both may be able to offer some great home remedies or over the counter help to get you sleep soundly once more.
Jerry Cahill
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PTSD preventing sleep?
I have diagnosed bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and dissociative disorder. I’m also plagued with frequent nightmares (approximately 3 per night) and on a constant basis get very little sleep. To compound the problem, sometimes at night when I lay down I start having flashbacks (the doc is tentatively diagnosing me with PTSD, which would explain the constant nightmares). Once that happens I know I’m probably not going to sleep. I’ll toss and turn, trying to consciously stop myself from having the flashbacks, but no matter what I try to concentrate on, I eventually realize that I’m back in the middle of one again.
I know the common measures to help insomnia, exercise, no tv/internet before bed, no caffeine late, etc. In this situation, none of those things have helped. Considering I’m already fairly medicated due to the other diagnosed conditions, I hate to add more medication to my daily routine. Does anyone with PTSD have any advice on pulling yourself out of the flashbacks once they set in?
View the http://1-800-therapist.com/ & http://www.metanoia.org/choose/ websites, and Google:"therapists; EMDR; (your location)" or use the phone book, and/or various associations for psychiatrists and psychologists, to find the nearest one using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy). In EMDR, a therapist will ask you to revisit a traumatic event and remember the feelings, negative thoughts, or memories associated with it. While you are doing this, the therapist may hold up two fingers about eighteen inches from your face and move them from side to side. You may be asked to track the movement of the therapist’s fingers with your eyes. As you concentrate on the traumatic event during therapy, you are trying to bring its memory to life. The mental imagery you are able to conjure up during the therapy session is then processed, aided by your eye movements, facilitating the processing of painful memories, enabling some of the powerful emotional states involved to be discharged to some degree, and helping to achieve resolution and a state involving less painful emotions.
EMDR has 8 stages. Professional EMDR is always much preferable, and Opester, (who gives it a glowing recommendation) a therapist with more than 20 years experience, and a former contributor, here, stated that it was one of only two disorders which can be completely cured. Sometimes, a beta blocker, such as propranolol, or atenolol is administered prior to being asked to recount the traumatic event, reducing the emotional charge associated with it, as it is re-recorded in your memory (which has been shown to be plastic, at least to some extent, with many people). I suggest trying something milder, such as valerian, (some people get "valerian hangovers") or "Tension Tamer", or chamomile herbal tea (no milk, or cream!) from supermarket tea, vitamin, or health food aisles, at least at first, to see if sufficient, otherwise (SHORT TERM ONLY, as a risk minimisation strategy – potentially ADDICTIVE) a benzodiazapene, like Xanax. Check out medications first at: http://www.drugs.com and http://www.rxlist.com/ and http://crazymeds.us/ and http://www.askapatient.com/ If unable to afford it, or to locate one nearby, contact the county/local mental health agency: any therapy on offer may prove helpful, particularly if combined with appropriate medication. Contact your county/local mental health agency, and find out what help they can offer.
(U.S.A.) Try phoning 211, or 411, and Google: "clinics; mhmr; (your city); (your state)" Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is also recommended, and has been used successfully, with PTSD. Some people, however, may benefit more from psychotherapy, or counselling, at least until they are some way along the path to wellness, and feeling psychologically robust enough for the harsher CBT (a free E course in it, which can help reduce the time spent in therapy sessions, is at: http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome ). Use a relaxation method daily, like http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing-stress.html or http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/mindbody/a/Meditation.htm or http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate or Tai Chi, Qi Gong, or yoga. Most people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could either seek professional hypnotherapy, or more alternatives along such lines are at http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/q.html – bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and dissociative disorder; see pages 1, c, h, i, & g.
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Hurting people hurt others. Theres nothing wrong with you its the people who are mean to you. They are sick and being mean makes them feel better. People/kids/parents do mean things or lie and control. They just want the reaction so they can get high feel good from it. The words are not true.
When you have a bad past/rejection/father gone it lets other things start. Cutting, OCD, anxiety, panic attacks, hearing voices can all come from a tramautic past. Its opens doors to the negative and they start to dwell closeby.
You can talk to me or google "emotional abuse" and see all the definitions and see its all true. Knowing the truth is the step to freedom from pain. Negative people and abuse brings spiritual problems so praying to get rid of negative things of a spiritual nature is often needed after years of abuse. Its not you its them.
1. Read online about verbal abuse. Read 20+ sites.
2. Realize its their problem.
3. Realize anger hurts you not them.
4. Google "Sinners prayer"- stops sadness.
5. Google "Deliverance Prayers"
Source– Experience
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Hi, I have heard EMDR is helpful,
but i prefer a free mthod called EFT.. and you can apply it to yourself by yourself at any time day or night
The founder is retiring jan 15th, so will shut down the site…..
download the free manual…before then….watch the free videos, read the stories of healing
I use it, i know it works….
keep a notebook , write down anything bothering you, and appy it to it all
Amaze yourself
I also think any one with these illnesses should consult a hormone specialist like those below
Happy Holidays
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http://www.emofree.com
http://www.thehallcenter.com http://www.feelingfff.com
Get a therapist, a therapist can see the problem and help you even more to solve it. Ask your therapist about medication. Whatever works for you is fine. You may get side effects from any of these medications though.
Be strong Remember that you are in control. Strength implies having power and being able to affect one’s own life, while weakness implies being powerless and helpless. No matter what your circumstances, there are things you can control, and things you can’t. The key is to focus on the things you can control.
Practice meditation or relaxation techniques at least twenty minutes twice a day. Look for others who have had the same problem. Find out what they are doing to solve their problem. Good luck
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