Do YOU Have A Sleep Disorder?
If any of the following sounds familiar to you, you MAY have a sleep/wake disorder. Ask your family doctor for a referral to a specialist where you will be able to receive a professional diagnosis.
1. Do you have trouble sleeping, staying awake, or suffer from early morning headaches?
2. Does your spouse/family complain about your loud snoring at night?
3. Have you lost a job because you can?t get to work on time, or can?t stay awake during the day?
4. Do you fall asleep in class or have difficulty concentrating?
5. Is your social calendar empty because you are just too tired to participate?
6. Have friends, teachers, or co-workers labelled you as disinterested, inattentive, or unmotivated?
7. Have you become wary of driving because you doze off at the wheel?
8. Do you lose muscle control - perhaps even collapse - when you laugh, get angry, or show other strong emotions?
9. Have you been delegated to the couch because you have a tendency to act out your dreams?
10. Do you ever get a crawling sensation in your legs?
11. Are your bedclothes in disarray each morning, even though you believe you?ve had a restful sleep?
12. Are you a shiftworker who wants to sleep when you can?t, and then can?t when you should?
13. Are you often depressed because you don?t have the energy to complete an everyday routine?
14. Does your family think you have lost interest in them?
Food Clues To Sleeplessness
If you occasionally have trouble falling asleep at night, there are some dietary factors that may be at fault. A big meal or a meal high in protein in the evening, eating too late at night, or consuming caffeine or alcohol, can interfere with sleep.
Do Children Have Sleep Disorders?
Children are subject to disorders of sleep and wakefulness which are unique to childhood, and their care and treatment demand special expertise. Insomnia, sleepwalking, nightmares, nocturnal bedwetting, and other sleep-related symptoms are not only a problem for the young patient but for the entire family.
Fatigue and Latex
Fatigue in the clinical sense refers to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and is not classified as a disease, but rather attempts to describe the condition that results from any combination of factors including aching muscles and joints, anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating, poor memory, fever, headaches, low blood pressure, intestinal problems and pain, irritability, environmental sensitivities, jaundice, loss of appetite, mood swings, muscle spasms, night sweats and more. Any or all of these symptoms can drastically weaken the immune system, and while it is not necessarily life-threatening, it cannot be cured. This is because each symptom must be addressed individually, and this is where new technology foam products can help, particularly in reference to latex foam (although memory foam and polyurethane foam can also certainly help). Natural latex foam is the milky sap of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. This natural latex rubber is produced in Africa, South Asia, South America, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, where trees are tapped for latex by cutting a spiral groove in the bark and placing a spout and collection cup at the base. This natural latex rubber is then molded into remarkable bedding products like a latex mattress, or a latex pillow. This material can be particularly helpful for individuals interested in reducing sub-symptoms of CFS such as aching muscles and joints. For people suffering from physical discomfort in the bedroom, products such as latex foam toppers, pillows and mattresses might be worth exploring.
Treatment That Works
The best treatment can often be arrived at only by active, experimental cooperation between physician and patient and may require revision over time as symptoms and response undergo changes.