1 year, 11 months ago
Would you go crazy if you couldn't sleep or dream? What cause sleeping disorders?
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M$1 Answer
Hey I can almost relate to this :).
My husband is out of town on business. This morning I tossed and turned and woke up every 30 minutes or so. Most nights I can sleep through the night or just wake up just once.
Though I am not crazy yet, :), I can see how sleep deprevation could lead to all sorts of problems. See the list below:
Easily irritable
Frustration
Nodding off
Lack of coordination
Hard to focus
Being tired
Irrational thoughts
and last but not least continual yawning
After multiple nights like last night more problems could exist. And THEN one event could cause disastorous results, especially if people are prone to road rage. If someone cuts off a sleep deprived person, they may just run right into them.
My husband is out of town on business. This morning I tossed and turned and woke up every 30 minutes or so. Most nights I can sleep through the night or just wake up just once.
Though I am not crazy yet, :), I can see how sleep deprevation could lead to all sorts of problems. See the list below:
Easily irritable
Frustration
Nodding off
Lack of coordination
Hard to focus
Being tired
Irrational thoughts
and last but not least continual yawning
After multiple nights like last night more problems could exist. And THEN one event could cause disastorous results, especially if people are prone to road rage. If someone cuts off a sleep deprived person, they may just run right into them.
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M$
Like I said typically I don't wake up much during the night.
Last night went something like this.
I got home at 6, went straight to the computer for an online class session until 7:30. I ate dinner in this time.
I was on the computer until about 9:30, on my DS until 11.
I realize that I probably had too much visual stimulation, but it normally doesn't keep me up at night.
1. If I ate so early, I'd be hungry by 9:30, I typically eat every 4 hours or so and normally am finished eating dinner by 7:30. Not that I don't have the will power to not eat that late at night. If I go to bed hungry in the morning I have a huge upset stomach. I don't know why, it just happens. I don't care to take a pill to fix it, so I'll just finish eating by 7:30.
2. I don't like reading in bed, because that conditions me to become tired (bed) while reading. I don't want to do that, it makes studying (reading) harder.
3. There are no electronic media in my bedroom, unless I bring it in, like my DS last night, and that isn't typical. I normally wouldn't have the DS in with me if my husband were home.
4. It's white, but the lighting in there is dim.
5. We have a fan for noise.
6. I didn't watch one minute of TV, but again I had computer stimulation.
No, I am not experiencing sleep apnea. It was just not a good night.
The root problem, I didn't get to sleep to later then normal, I was stimulated up until 11, and my husband wasn't home. This disturbed sleep. And that is all. :)
Your problem does not sound chronic.
Good luck
Will you provide a narrative what it is like for one evening, not being able to sleep? For example, "I prepared dinner for the family at 5:30, meatloaf and vegetables. Watched 'Lost' and drank a pepsi. 8:30, read children books with the children. 10:00, read a novel. 10:30 prepared for sleep. 11:00 feel asleep, every 30 minutes until 2:30 woke up."
Ideas:
1. Try eating at 5:30
2. Go to your room at 9:00 and read in silence. The room must be quiet.
3. Remove all electronic media from the room, TVs, music system, and PDAs.
4. Paint your room a cool color like ocean blue and add relaxing images.
5. Try a light and sound device biofeedback system to calm your mind or practice meditation before attempting sleep
6. Limit TV time prior to sleeping between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Perhaps, 2 hours to TV time. TV moves the brain into an alpha state. You need to be in a beta state to get good sleep.
You may be experiencing sleep apnea. You can request a sleep study by talking with your doctor. Sometimes choking during sleep will trigger a nightmare or the brain to sudden awake the body. Ponder the root problem.