What Your Children Cost You in Sleep
Every parent knows that having children means losing sleep. This begins with your pregnancy and extends through the course of your childrens’ early years, and can exact a serious toll on your physical and mental health. Once you’re past the every three-hour feedings and your baby is sleeping through the night, you may think you’re home-free except for the occasional middle of the night illnesses that require attention. According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology last month, this isn’t the end of your lost sleep chapter in life. The study gathered...
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Last time we talked about how detrimental sleep deprivation is to the process of learning. College is a time of multiple responsibilities and that includes high volume learning. Here are five tips to help you get more sleep so you can optimize your learning and memory retention. Manufacture your own dark, quiet environment One thing about college is the fact that you can’t always control your sleeping environment. If you are in a dorm, you may have a noisy roommate who stays up later than you with all of the lights on. There may be light from the hallway and noise from your neighbors that...
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This article was orginally written for The Bedtime Network. College is a time of freedom, exploration and learning to become an independent adult. For those who attend college away from home, you are now master of your own decisions. You get to decide what you are going to do and when Most students soon realize that the academic rigor of college is exponentially greater than high school. There is so much to learn and too little time. So how do you to accommodate all of your new responsibilities? Naturally you sleep less. When you have competing demands like two projects due on one day and...
read moreFull Ambien Dose Not Safe for Women
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Here’s the skinny – the FDA analyzed company research data on Zolpidem (Ambien) and found that women process the medication slower. This means even after 8 hours 10-15% of women still had levels high enough to impair driving. So the FDA is ordering the makers of Ambien to set the therapeutic dose for women at 5mg. This is half the usual dose of 10mg. The company that manufactures Ambien already warns that users should take the medication allowing for at least 7-8 hrs of sleep. This should probably...
read moreHow to Use Light Therapy
A light box can be useful for more than seasonal affective disorder. It has been recommended for use as an add-on treatment for depression. It can also help shift your body clock. This video shows you how to use a light box. There are many commercial brands available, the one in the video is a Phillips Golyte. Another popular brand is litebook.com They have very helpful educational information on light therapy.
read moreTaking Melatonin Correctly for Night Owls
People who are charged up in the evenings can spend a lifetime battling their body’s natural drive to go to sleep later. Low dose melatonin at ).3mg – 1mg taken 3-4 hours before bedtime can help you fall asleep earlier in the evenings.
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