What is the best circadian clock schedule for a person to go to sleep and wake up?

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You cannot choose your circadian rhythm, it's imbedded in your brain and is a part of you. Ask around. Some people are "daytime" people and some are "nighttime" people. I happen to be a nighttime person so my normal rhythm is to be sleepy when the sun comes up. I have been working night shifts at a hospital for the past 5 years but I have always preferred to be awake at night. That's normal for me. What's normal for you is for you to decide.  (+ info)

How many in here have sleep disorders?

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Tell me about it? Thanks---oh, just wondering if it's like mine.
I know this is going to sound like a commercial but it is the truth.

My husband had the worst trouble sleeping- he had sleep apnea, would snore terribly and would sleep for 8 hours and wake up feeling like he had not slept at all. He was about to start using the machine for sleep apnea but we investigated getting a new bed first. We bit the bullet and went with a Tempur-pedic bed- we have only had it a week but I am not kidding when I tell you the difference is drastic and immediate . I have not heard him snoring at all, I have not noticed him stop breathing in the night or chomping or grinding his teeth anymore and he is sleeping 6 hours and waking up feeling refreshed and energized.

Yes the bed was pretty spendy but it is well worth the investment when you can get a productive, healing nights sleep.  (+ info)

What are some great websites about Sleep Eating Disorders?

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This is for my Psychology 101 paper.
I suggest you go to the webmd medical site and read some articles and check the other references there. The second link is a page with many articles on this subject.  (+ info)

Has anyone gone to Mayo Clinic for sleep disorders? Was it affective?

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I am being referred to Mayo Clinic for a sleep disorder ( RLS) has anyone gone there for treatment and was it affective? Did you get the same information that you would have from your specilist at home?
I went to standford's sleep clinic since it was supposed to be the best place in the world for it and I have "insomnia," and my parents were upset about it. It was a pretty bad experience, I discovered one of the glues they used was toxic, and I was kept awake all night by electodes on me generating a field, not being permitted to move at all, and people running down the halls screaming or something.
Afterwards I was diagnosed with sleep apnea since I was unable to sleep for long peroids, and reccomended some drugs.
I had been living with someone who had sleep apnea for about 2 weeks prior to this, and thus I knew what sleep apnea was. (When you lie down your windpipe collapses so you choke hence you can't sleep, and this guy was up almost all the time and really messed up by sleep deprivation).
Because of that it was pretty clear to me this diagnosis was false (and possibly a catch all to diagnose people that don't sleep after you pay for lots of expensive tests). Standford has one of the best sleep labs so I'd wager some of this is applicable to your story.

Sorry about the other question. I wanted to give it a serious answer, but with Qs like that, they tend to get mobbed with short 2 line answers, and by the time you get a real response done 8 are ahead of yours and no one ever reads it, so I basically cheated, put 1 line in, and then edited to say the full thing :P It's done now.  (+ info)

Circadian rhythm disorder.?

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I have a severe case of what's known as DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome) and I also experience extreme sleep inertia and I often experience a strange phenomenon known as Sleep Paralysis. My sleep problems are taking over my life and all I want is to function efficiently in normal day-to-day society.

If anyone can offer any insight, whether it be from professional or personal experience, it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone shares the same sleep disorder I have I would like to know if you have found a way to successfully manage it. At this point I'm standing by watching my life spiral out of control. I feel as if I am literally sleeping through my life. Please help if you can.
I have seen a sleep specialist and followed a strict and rigorous sleep schedule prescribed by him---didn't work. I've had tests done--it was pointless. I have 8 alarm clocks. I've had people come in or call me to wake me up. I've taken valerian root, Benadryll, Melatonin...nothing seems to work. I'm at the point where I'm trying to find a hypnotist or accupuncturist to see if I can fix my problem through unconventional methods.
i have been tested for narcolepsy and sleep apnea--both tests were negative. And restless leg syndrome doesn't apply in my case.
u shld start doing meditation....
there is a form in yoga know as SHAVASSAN....

where go in a sleep mode but still awake n aware of everything...

just try to seek some professional help in meditation n try to do it SHAVASSAN position...

or just go throught some search in google or yahoo regarding it...

i thnk few days of it might b able to help u out with ur problem...  (+ info)

Possible circadian rhythm disorder..?

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I have extremely, extremely weird sleeping patterns. I go to sleep at 6 or 7 in the morning, and wake up at 4 or 5 in the afternoon. The thing is, even if I try to I can't seem to fall asleep before 6 AM. On days where I am running off of three hours of sleep, I still don't go to bed until 6 AM and I don't know why. I'll be exhausted all day but as soon as nighttime hits I'm suddenly wide awake. I'm nocturnal, damnit!
Despite my attempts to regulate sleeping patterns a little more, I always end up back on this pattern...

I think it might have to do with the lighting conditions in my room. I don't have a window in my room, so no natural light, and I prefer to be in my room with the lights off. I've heard that that can throw off your sleep pattern.
There is such a thing as a circadian rhythm disorder, but ther are very rare. I'd suggest getting a daylight lamp - one that you can program to come on when you need to wake up and with at least 10,000 lux (measure of brightness). Seeing bright light when you get up resets your body clock so you feel tired at the right time later that day. There have been loads of experiments into this - people who live in the dark during arctic winters etc have major problems with sleep. See the link below:  (+ info)

still all sleep disorders are for daytime what about night workers?

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i want a 4 am court date so i can take a night off work and settle day affairs...what about cops and hospital and ems workers who work all night and have day court dates theyget no sleep. k
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Can artificial light from a computer mess with your circadian rhythm?

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if you're not going outside - you mess with your rhythms - Saw a show where a 3rd shift doctor wore shades during the day and weird (nerdy looking) glasses with artifical lights at night that shone down on hist eyes - to force his body into a normal rhythm for a 3rd shift emergency room doctor.. a bit extreme but he said it worked and he was less tired doing night shifts once he tried it out.  (+ info)

What is the record time of someone staying up without sleep. (Normal people, no sleep disorders)?

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What is the record time of someone staying up without sleep. (Normal people, no sleep disorders)

Please don't lie, I am tring to prove a friend wrong!
I don't know, but I know that if you stay awake for 72 hours or more you begin to suffer effects similar to Paranoid Schizophrenia. Scary. Go to sleep people!  (+ info)

which are the disorders due to lack of sleep?

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which are the disease related due to lack of sleep?
First, ultimate, you're a little off on your description of narcolepsy and it's causes. Here's a website: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/narcolepsy/narcolepsy.htm

Then sana, I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you asking for disorders causing lack of sleep or disorders caused by lack of sleep? Just a couple of things cause lack of sleep, like insomnia, sleep apnea, etc., but the most common cause of trouble sleeping is lifestyle, going to bed at irregular times, eating or drinking too close to bedtime, bad mattresses, stress, etc. Lack of sleep can cause first daytime tiredness, with a tendency to fall asleep at inappropriate times, but it can also cause high blood pressure and other stress-related conditions, and at the worst, can cause psychosis, with full-blown hallucinations, etc. Hope this helps!  (+ info)

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