05/14/14 Sleep Disorders
- Insomnia
- Persistent problems falling asleep.
- Affects 10% of the population.
- Narcolepsy
- Suffer from sleeplessness and may fall asleep or unpredictable or inappropriate times.
- Directly into REM sleep,
- Less than .001% of population.
- Sleep Apnea
- A person stops breathing during their sleep.
- Wake up momentarily. gasps for air then falls back asleep.
- Very common especially in heavy mates.
- Can be fatal.
- Night Terrors
- A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified.
- Occur in Stage 4, not REM, and are not often remembered.
- Sleepwalking (Somnambulism)
- An estimated ten percent of all humans at least 1 in their lives.
- Sleep walking most often occurs during deep Non- REM sleep stage 3 or Stage 4 early in the night.
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Sometimes I do feel as though I have Narcolepsy (to a certain extinct). I'm not able to fall asleep at random times ,but I am able to sleep 12hours straight undisturbed (if allowed) and can still wake up exhausted in broad daylight. I wonder if there's a term for this?
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel like I have insomnia because I barely get any sleep. Usually I only get 2 hours or so. Though at times I have 6 hours. Never do i hope the healthy 8 hours. Also thank you for the pictures they really helped me out and understand and visualize the sleep disorders better.
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