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Why do I have these sleeping disorders/troubles, does anyone else have them, and how can I prevent them?

09 Jun

Before I begin the story, I’ll state a few things about me. I am 16 and recently, I’ve been very stressed out. My school schedule is absurd. I sleep 4-6 hours a day as I have to wake up at 6 AM.

Recently, I’ve experienced the following:

1) Sleep Paralysis
This did not really scare me because I had read about it a week prior to experiencing it (weird). I did not see any spectral figures. However, I was unable to move any of my limbs – but thats what makes it sleep paralysis, right? It lasted about only one minute. It seems that its easier to break out of sleep paralysis if you focus on moving a finger.

2) Bed Shaking
Although I’m an Atheist, I do have superstitious beliefs. However, before even considering paranormal theories as to why my bed shakes, I’d like to know all of the secular, plausible, theories.

3) Unknown disorder?? I think its called sleep anxiety? not sure
This happens most often when I’m right about to sleep. It is mostly when I ask myself philosophical questions that end up keeping me awake – pondering about what will happen after I die. When I experience this sleep anxiety or whatever its called, I will usually let out a loud shout which would wake up most of my family. Its almost as if I lose consciousness. I have different memories while in this state of confusion. Its as if thoughts had been implanted into me. I am deprived of common sense. I would shake off my blanket and in my mind, I would believe that I had just destroyed some valuable property. I would feel intense amounts of stress.

Could anyone tell me more about these sleep disorders? It’d be nice to know if other people experience the same things as well. Sleep paralysis, I am well aware that other people experience it, but for the others, I am not so sure.

 
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can snoring be fatal?

08 Jun

an if it is, how can it be considered fatal?

i made some research and found that it may be a normal common sleep disorder, or something bad as sleep apnea

 
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What is Multiple Personality Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder?

07 Jun

I know there are several symptoms that are associated with this kind of condition.The most common symptoms are listed below:

Severe Depression at times
Anxiety, Fear and panic in several situations
Multiple Personality traits or behavior, one different from the other
Headaches and body pains
Auditory and visual hallucinations
Sudden burst of anger without any reason
Sleep disorders like insomnia or sleep walking

Can you tell me any more?

 
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Do people on Bipolar medications sleep alot?

06 Jun

My girlfriend just got put on some meds for Biopolar disorder and always claims to be sleeping. I almost never see her,she doesn’t live with me. Wondering if excessive sleep is common?

 
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Waking Up From Sleep Paralysis?

05 Jun

I’m currently enrolled in a psychology course in my university, and the topic was on sleep.
After reading through certain types of sleep disorders I was bit curious about the sleep paralysis.

Throughout my life I’ve experienced some sort of unusual events during my sleep.

The most common abnormal sleep event is when I’m awake during sleep.
I can open my eyes a little bit just to see my surroundings, but my body can’t move.
I’ve did some research before posting this question, but nothing mentions about this occurrence during the sleep paralysis. This might sound silly, but whenever this happens I quickly try to get out of this state by jerking my neck side to side or just completely turn my neck to one side. And my goodness, sometimes I just don’t have enough stamina to keep doing this :( and it scares me sometimes.

I always wanted to record myself sleeping, but it’s rare nowadays for me at least.
I’ve never had hallucination but I did hear a loud noise once during this, which I quickly did my “escape method” by jerking my neck. Which I woke up everyone asking if they heard a noise.

For those who uses this “Escape Method” are we actually movie our neck, or is it just a feeling of the neck movement. I’m so curious about this.

 
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sleep apnea, sleep disorders,sleep tests?

05 Jun

i had apnea of infancy when i was first born and was in the hospital for 3 months. after that i slept on an inclined bed with a monitor for a year. im 22 now and i have always talked and walked in my sleep but it is hard for my bf to sleep with me yelling profanities and screaming. i was wondering if anyone knew if there is a link between the infancy problem and now. I also jerk alot in my sleep and sometimes wake up because i “forget” to breathe. my bf says i talk a few times a night. I just want to know if anyone has any things in common and what the treatments would be

 
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Why do I go blind in my sleep?

04 Jun

Its not every night but I sometimes find in my dreams I close my eyes and can’t open them again. I get the feeling of stress and strain on my eyes when I try to re-open them but I feel totally paralysed and its really horrible. Just wondering if it’s common and might be part of some sleep disorder related to depression.

 
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Treating sleep disorders due to head trauma?

03 Jun

In 2006 I had a car accident and had trauma to the left side of my head in the area right above where my ear is. I had a hairline fracture in my skull. I had a cat scan done and there was no brain injury sustained. Since my injury I’ve been experiencing fatigue throughout the day and trouble sleeping. Before the accident I use to sleep well with no problems and would wake up the next morning with energy all day. Now I wake up a few times during the night and only get about 5 hours of sleep, once I’m awake I cannot go back to sleep. I’ve been doing some research online and it seems quite common for people to suffer from sleep disorders after experiencing head trauma. Therefore, I believe my fatigue and various other symptoms that I use to never experience before the accident, one being irritability, is due to not getting enough sleep at night. With the research I have conducted, I have come to the conclusion that I have two options: Number one is to treat myself with time released melatonin (I believe my circadian sleep rhythms may have been disrupted), or number two going to see a sleep specialist/or maybe a neurologist instead?

Any advice or tips would be much appreciated.

 
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Scared to sleep. What do I do to get more sleep?

02 Jun

I have only been getting about 3-4 hrs. of sleep for the past 3 months. I’m 13 and I know how much sleep your supposed to get when your a teen. Now i’m starting to show symptoms of sleep loss the first is #1 I always fall asleep in the middle of school even if were doing something interesting, I can’t help it. #2 I’m doing really bad in gym wich I used to be good at. #3 When I come home I always collapse on my bed and fall asleep imidiatley and it’s really hard to wake up. (fainting, maybe?) but my mom won’t let me anymore. #4 I’ve been thinking really weird things, and i’m amigining, seing, and sometimes even hearing things. I’m afraid of things that i’ve never been afraid of. I have also been crying because im always so sleepy. Some say that things that happened in the past can result in sleep disorders, even if they are not scary. If this si true then my dad had a brain tumor wich messed up his brain 4 yrs ago, my parents are divorced now. Wat I wan’t to know is what are some common sleep disorders among teens, I have never known why but the sleeping has always made me feel scared and vunurable when i’m in bed and it feels like if I close my eyes when I open them there will be something scary right in my face. Now that i’m imaganing this stuff is just scaring me more. My other question is what should I do about this? I asked my mom about going to the doctor but she said I was being stupid and most people who claim to have sleep disoreders are over reacting, and she won’t let me sleep in her room because a 13 yr old is to old to be sleeping in their parents room. I also know 2 people with sleeping disorders and I want to use the information to help them too. Tnks for reading, bye

 
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Sleep disorder, I am afraid to sleep so what should I do?

01 Jun

I know I already posted this but i’m posting it again so I will have more than 2 good answers.
have only been getting about 3-4 hrs. of sleep for the past 3 months. I’m 13 and I know how much sleep your supposed to get when your a teen. Now i’m starting to show symptoms of sleep loss the first is #1 I always fall asleep in the middle of school even if were doing something interesting, I can’t help it. #2 I’m doing really bad in gym wich I used to be good at. #3 When I come home I always collapse on my bed and fall asleep imidiatley and it’s really hard to wake up. (fainting, maybe?) but my mom won’t let me anymore. #4 I’ve been thinking really weird things, and i’m amigining, seing, and sometimes even hearing things. I’m afraid of things that i’ve never been afraid of. I have also been crying because im always so sleepy. Some say that things that happened in the past can result in sleep disorders, even if they are not scary. If this si true then my dad had a brain tumor wich messed up his brain 4 yrs ago, my parents are divorced now. Wat I wan’t to know is what are some common sleep disorders among teens, I have never known why but the sleeping has always made me feel scared and vunurable when i’m in bed and it feels like if I close my eyes when I open them there will be something scary right in my face. Now that i’m imaganing this stuff is just scaring me more. My other question is what should I do about this? I asked my mom about going to the doctor but she said I was being stupid and most people who claim to have sleep disoreders are over reacting, and she won’t let me sleep in her room because a 13 yr old is to old to be sleeping in their parents room. I also know 2 people with sleeping disorders and I want to use the information to help them too. Tnks for reading, bye

 
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Wats the most common sleep disorder????????

31 May
 
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what are common sleeping disorders?

30 May
 
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I created a survey about Sleep Disorders for school….Can you fill it out?

30 May

I was wondering, if anyone had time maybe they could complete my survey, and send it to me when done? It will remain anonymous, so there’s nothing to worry about. My email is – fir3_potion@msn.com

Sleep Disorders – Survey Questions

1. Are you a male or a female?
a) Male
b) Female

2. Do you or anyone you know have a sleep disorder?
a) Yes
b) No

3. Who do you believe is affected more by sleep disorders?
a) Kids (under 10)
b) Teens
c) Adults
d) Unsure

4. Do you think that the public are well informed about sleeping disorders?
a) Yes
b) No

5. Are sleep disorders more common in males or females?
a) Males
b) Females

6. How much sleep do you get each night?
a) 4-6
b) 5-7
c) 8-10
d) 10+

7. Do you think that people with sleeping disorders are aware that they have a sleep disorder?
a) Yes
b) No

8. Are sleep disorders common?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Unsure

(continued…)
9. Do sleep disorders have a negative or a positive affect on people’s daily lives? (Both the people suffering with the sleep disorder, and those around them)
a) Negative
b) Positive
c) Unsure
10. Do you believe that there has been a major increase in health problems (of any sort) over the past few years?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Unsure

11. Out of the following four sleep disorders, which one are you most familiar with?
a) Sleep Apnea (aka Insomnia: having trouble falling asleep – constantly waking up throughout the night)
b) Sleep Walking/ Talking
c) Bruxism (Teeth Clenching / Grinding)
d) Snoring

12. What factors do you think play a huge part in affecting sleep apnea (Insomnia)?
a) Weight Gain
b) Alcohol Intake
c) Smoking
d) All of the above

13. Is there a cure for sleep disorders?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Depends on the sleep disorder
d) With time, it’ll go away on its own
14. How do you know if you are being affected by a sleeping disorder?
a) Fatigue (in the morning you are very tired – even more than when you went to bed)
b) You wake up in another room (rather than the one you fell asleep in)
c) Change in appetite
d) All of the above

15. Do you usually eat junk or drink caffeine after 8 pm?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes

16. How often do you get nightmares when you sleep?
a) Always
b) Rarely
c) Never
d) I only have good dreams

17. Does going to sleep late not only affect your sleep cycle, but your daily lives as well?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes

18. Do you have trouble falling asleep during the night?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Sometimes
19. Can sleep disorders affect your health?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Depends on the sleep disorder

20. Are sleep disorders genetic?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Unsure

 
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is calling people on the phone while your sleeping a common sleep disorder?

29 May

cause supposedly i’ve been calling people while i’ve been sleeping. i dont know that im doing it while im sleeping but people have been telling me that i’ve called them in the middle of the night and ask them some weird questions. so i was just wondering if this is a problem other people have.
fyi i don’t drink, or do drugs, or taking sleeping meds

 
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Do you think it’s possible that sleep disorders are at the root of most common mental disorders?

28 May

I’m talking about depression and schizophrenia mainly. It’s been documented that people who are deprived of sleep for long periods of time will show symptoms of psychosis, and people with depression tend to sleep in longer and feel fewer symptoms when they are well-rested. Could the conscious behavior of the mentally ill be symptoms of prolonged improper sleep, as if only a part of their brain had chronic insomnia and was the source of the malfunction?

 
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