Eight hours of sleep per night is recommended by physicians to ensure proper mental and physical health. Most people do not get the complete eight hours due to various reasons, such as stress, anxiety, work pressure and, more seriously, sleep disorders. In clinical terms, an irregular pattern of sleep due to difficulty in falling asleep [...]
For a lot of people sleeping disorder is a big problem. Sleeping is an important part of our day. This is the time that the body and mind gets to rest, resuscitate, and prepare for the busy day that is in store for them the next morning. It has been estimated that over 30 percent [...]
I keep falling asleep, even first thing in the morning after eight hours sleep the night before.
Being a perpetual student, I?m always trying to learn something, but the minute I pick up a book to start reading / studying, I go to sleep.
Also I enjoy going to meetings / seminars / workshops, like the dormouse [...]
Most commonly, Narcolepsy presents itself as an illness called EDS ? Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. This is the persistent feeling being tired, lacking real energy and wanting to sleep. The sufferer has to make concerted efforts to remain awake, but even if he or she is able to do so, it is often only to achieve [...]
There can?t be many people who have not seen the film ?Moby Dick?, either in its original 1956 version with Gregory Peck, or the more recent 1998 television adaptation with Patrick Stewart. I?m sure too that many people will have read the book itself, written by Herman Melville way back in 1851. What [...]
Narcolepsy, a chronic and commonly diagnosed sleep disorder, affects over a quarter of a million Americans each year (approximately one person in every two thousand). Characterized by the body’s inability to properly regulate sleep, narcolepsy’s most obvious symptoms can include cataplexy (involuntary loss of muscle control), “automatic” behaviors (performing regular, mundane tasks by rote), [...]
Experiencing difficulty in sleeping for any great length of time may well indicate that you suffer from a common sleep disorder.
Today more than 35 million Americans reportedly suffer from a chronic sleep disorder (sleeping difficulty that lasts for more than one month) and as many as 30 million more suffer from a shorter term or [...]
In this era of rapidly developing technology for medical imaging, one test that might seem downright old-fashioned is an electroencephalogram (EEG) or brain-wave test. But by its very nature, the EEG test will continue to occupy a valuable niche in medical diagnosis that brain-imaging tests?like CT scans and MRI scans?will never fill.
Rather than making pictures [...]
Narcolepsy is a malfunction of the sleep/wake regulating
system in the brain which until recently was of unknown
origin. Its most common manifestation is Excessive Daytime
Sleepiness and sleep attacks.
Symptoms of Narcolepsy includes:
a. Temporary paralysis on falling asleep or awakening (sleep
paralysis).
b. Hallucinations - vivid images or sounds - on falling
asleep or awakening (Hypnagogic [...]
