Sleeping Soundly: Understanding and Treating Sleep DisordersDoes your partner's snoring keep you awake? Are you worried that your child seems to be struggling for the next breath at night? Perhaps you find falling asleep difficult or you doze off at inappropriate times? Sleeping Soundly is intended to help you to fully understand sleep problems and to provide solutions so that you and your family can enjoy a great night's rest every night. |
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... sleep . It is often useful for a partner or a member of the family to be present to report aspects of sleep behaviour ... Disorder Centre in Melbourne . It measures the probability of falling asleep in a Name : Week : to Example Mon Tue ...
... sleep . It is often useful for a partner or a member of the family to be present to report aspects of sleep behaviour ... Disorder Centre in Melbourne . It measures the probability of falling asleep in a Name : Week : to Example Mon Tue ...
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... sleep disorder centres in Australia . Sleeping Soundly has chapters on ' Snoring and disturbed breathing ' , ' Insomnia ' , ' Body jerks , restless limbs and sleep walking ' , ' Medications ' and ' Children's sleep ' among others , and ...
... sleep disorder centres in Australia . Sleeping Soundly has chapters on ' Snoring and disturbed breathing ' , ' Insomnia ' , ' Body jerks , restless limbs and sleep walking ' , ' Medications ' and ' Children's sleep ' among others , and ...
Contents
Dreams and dreaming | 149 |
Sleeprelated internet sites | 175 |
The function of sleep | 183 |
Glossary | 193 |
Common terms and phrases
abnormal alcohol antidepressants anxiety awake bedtime benzodiazepines body bruxism cataplexy cause insomnia cent Chapter child chronic fatigue syndrome Ciguatera common daytime sleepiness delayed sleep phase difficulty initiating disturbed breathing dose driving effect emotional example eye movements fall asleep feeling Figure hormone Hospital 03 Hospital Sleep Unit important insomnia light limb movement disorder lucid dreams maintaining sleep medical conditions melatonin milligrams modafinil mouthguards muscle naps narcolepsy narcoleptic narcoleptic syndrome needed night nighttime non-REM sleep obstructive sleep apnoea occur overnight sleep study oxygen parents patients periodic limb movement person psychiatric illness rapid eye movement REM sleep reported restless legs risk shift side-effects sleep and wake sleep apnoea sleep deprivation sleep diary sleep disorders Sleep paralysis sleep phase syndrome sleep quality sleep starts Sleep Unit 07 sleep walking sleep-wake sleepiness tendency sleeping tablets stimulant medications stopping breathing surgery symptoms treatment upper airway resistance usually wake function
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Page 79 - On such occasions, the instructions are to be followed afterward when you intend to go to sleep. 3. If you find yourself unable to fall asleep, get up and go into another room. Stay up as long as you wish and then return to the bedroom to sleep: Although we do not want you to watch the clock, we want you to get out of bed if you do not fall asleep immediately. Remember the goal is to associate your bed with falling asleep quickly!
Page 21 - How likely are you to doze off or fall asleep in the following situations, in contrast to feeling just tired? This refers to your usual way of life in recent times. Even if you have not done some of these things recently, try to work out how they would have affected you.
Page 21 - Situation Chance of dozing Sitting and reading Watching TV Sitting, inactive in a public place (eg, a theater or a meeting) As a passenger in a car for an hour without a break Lying down to rest in the afternoon when circumstances permit Sitting and talking to someone Sitting quietly after a lunch without alcohol In a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic Source: From Johns,25 p.
Page 79 - Step 3. Do this as often as is necessary throughout the night. 5. Set your alarm and get up at the same time every morning irrespective of how much sleep you got during the night. This will help your body acquire a consistent sleep rhythm. 6. Do not nap during the day.
Page 34 - ... is calculated by dividing the weight (in kilograms) by the square of the height (in meters).
Page 80 - People who feel angry and frustrated because they cannot sleep should not try harder and harder to fall asleep but should turn on the light and do something different.
Page 15 - Early to bed early to rise Make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Page 189 - Akerstedt, T., Torsvall, L. and Gillberg, M. 1982 'Sleepiness and shift work: field studies
Page 189 - Chronic fatigue syndrome: chronic ciguatera poisoning as a differential diagnosis' Medical Journal of Australia vol.
Page 177 - American Sleep Disorders Association 1610 14th St NW, Suite 300 Rochester, MN 55901...