Both conditions are quite real. At their worst, RLS drives a person into a state of mental instability, because it is so harrowing to not know what's going on or how to stop it. RLS is easily missed, because so few physicians are aware of it, and patients think it a weird complaint. The patient endures it for years and compensates in various... Read more
Sleep-Related Leg Movement Conditions
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) are two common physical sleep disorders, affecting tens of millions of people. Both conditions lead to movement of the legs. Neither condition has a full explanation for why it occurs. Yet, both conditions are adequately treated with... Read more
Circadian rhythm disorders occur when the body's natural sleep-wake cycle is disrupted and the individual is not able to sleep at the appropriate time. Two commmon conditions are going to sleep much later (delayed) or much earlier (advanced) than ancitipated, but the single most common ways in which these problems arise is when a person chooses or... Read more
Poor sleep quality harms and may ultimately ruin your intellectual capacity. Night after night of bad and broken sleep makes you not as smart as you could be, and sometimes it makes you downright stupid. Sleep restores the workings of your mind by improving your ability to learn new things, consolidate your memory, and enhance your mood, all of... Read more
Recognizing Nightmares as an Independent Sleep Disorder
The overwhelming majority of nightmare patients do not fully accept that their disturbing dreams represent a sleep disorder. In fact, when we direct one of our sleep patients to start treatment in our Nightmare Clinic, the most common reply we receive goes something like this: "Oh, well,... Read more
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