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posted 11/13/2008, comments (0)

Chronic Nightmares

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 Chevron

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posted 11/12/2008, comments (0)

Insomnia a sleep disorder

Insomnia Insomnia often includes two elements: poor sleep quality and not sleeping when you want to be sleeping. Many terms are used to describe "insomnia," such as "poor sleep," "unwanted sleeplessness," "troubled sleep," or "problematic sleep." In general these terms are interchangeable particularly so because individuals with sleep problems... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/12/2008, comment (1)

Do Sleeping Pills Work?

How can sedatives be so highly touted when so many people who use them still wake up in the middle of the night or report minimal improvement in sleep quality, even after having "slept all through the night?" The answer is that something else degrades your sleep, which the drug does not address. Either the drug cannot prevent you from waking in... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/09/2008, comments (2)

Bedtime Snack?

It’s been a few hours since you ate your dinner. Perhaps, as your evening comes to an end, your thoughts turn to a little snack before bedtime? Don’t feel guilty, go ahead and have one. Foods that can aid your sleepA small appropriate snack may be the extra boost your body needs to send you off into a restful calm. Our bodies release... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/31/2008, comments (2)

What Time is It?

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Bible -- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 . In many parts of the world this is the time for folks to "fall back" just like, every spring, we "spring forward." Someone jokingly remarked that attempting to squeeze more hours out of the day using Daylight Saving was like trying to... Read more Chevron

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