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Natural and Medical Remedies |
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Every one needs a good night's sleep. According to sleep expert Sara Mednick, PhD, a sleep researcher at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. "7.5 to 8 hours of sleep is optimal... the standard [amount people need, although] there is a range." The average American adult, however, probably sleeps less than 7 hours at night. Simply put, there is a national epidemic of insomnia and other sleep disorders. |
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Narcolepsy and Hypersomnia |
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Narcolepsy is a genetically determined, neurological sleep disorder that usually appears in young adulthood. It is marked by recurring episodes of daytime sleeping, and regular disruptions of nocturnal sleep. Narcoleptics also experience cataplexy -- sudden attacks of muscle weakness all over the body during moments of strong emotion, which cause them to lose control of themselves and fall down -- and sleep paralysis -- moments of disconnection between brain and body, when they are unable to move for a few minutes at a time while they are falling asleep or waking up. |
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You probably have insomnia if it is hard for you to fall asleep at night, if you often wake up during the night and cannot fall back asleep, if you wake up too early in the morning and cannot go back to sleep, or if you feel tired when you wake up. If you find that you are sleepy, fatigued, irritable or unable to concentrate or remember things during the daytime, you may have insomnia. The insomnia is PRIMARY if it is the only problem you are having, and is not a symptom of any other disorder. It is SECONDARY if there are other health problems that keep you from sleeping well -- for example, arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression or heartburn -- or if the medicines and substances you use --aspirin, alcohol, etc -- are keeping you awake. |
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