Align Osteopathic Practice

Anyone else have issues with sleeping like me?

We have just been learning about sleep issues, here are some facts and tips:

💤 if you take more than 30 mins to get off to sleep or have less than 3.5hrs sleep a night you may have insomnia - see GP
💤 iPads and bright electronic light can cause delayed sleep time leading to poor quality of sleep
💤 if you fall asleep too quickly ie less than 5 minutes you are sleep deprived
💤 sleep walking and talking is done in DEEP SLEEP and not associated with dreaming. It is when the talking/walking part of your brain wakes up but your conscious brain remains asleep
💤 EVERYBODY dreams, you have to have woken up within 3 minutes of your R.E.M. sleep to remember that dream.
💤 night terrors again are only in deep sleep and not related to a dream - that is a nightmare.
It is when the area associated with fear in your brain wakes up but everthing else is asleep.
Do not wake someone or react to a night terror especially if they are a child, as this installs the fear. A nightmare will have a story associated to it a night terror the person will have no recollection of the behaviour upon waking.
💤don’t fall asleep in front of the TV go to bed, you have reached your ‘sleep gate’ the genetic time instilled in each individual - when your body naturally wants to sleep.
💤 after the age of 35 men’s sleep quality deteriorates this does not occur in women typically until the age of 55
💤 insomniacs are 3 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s later in life
💤 are you sleepy or tired? Answer this question - if you climb 3 flights of stairs when you get to the top are you exhausted or do you need to take a nap? If the answer is nap you are sleep deprived and may have a form of insomnia or sleep apnoea so see your GP
💤 we are creatures of habit so setting an alarm to wake up the same time everyday (including weekends) is the single biggest thing you can do to help improve your sleep quality
💤 sleep readers ie fitbits only monitor movement and are a very poor indicators of how you actually sleep.
💤 all mammals dream - no conclusive evidence for birds or insects

So many sleep facts, lets hope I have a good one tonight!

Sweet dreams!