Sleep Apnea Causes

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What is insomnia? Is it like sleeplessness, or is it worse? Where can I find information about insomnia and sleeplessness?

Insomnia

is a symptom of a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity. Insomnia is a symptom, not a stand-alone diagnosis or a disease. By definition, insomnia is "difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both" and it may be due to inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. It is typically followed by functional impairment while awake. Insomniacs have been known to complain about being unable to close their eyes or "rest their mind" for more than a few minutes at a time. Both organic and non-organic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.

more facts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia

What is insomnia? Is it like sleeplessness, or is it worse? Where can I find information about insomnia and sleeplessness?

Insomnia

is a symptom of a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity. Insomnia is a symptom, not a stand-alone diagnosis or a disease. By definition, insomnia is "difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both" and it may be due to inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. It is typically followed by functional impairment while awake. Insomniacs have been known to complain about being unable to close their eyes or "rest their mind" for more than a few minutes at a time. Both organic and non-organic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.

more facts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia

Can depression or anxiety be caused by a sleep disorder (specifically Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder) or is the sleep disorder caused by the depression and anxiety? Or can it be either?

It can be either. We don’t always know what comes first-the chicken or the egg, so to speak-what we know is that there is a relationship. Serotonin is produced during sleep, so a disruption in sleep would affect serotonin levels and this could result in depression, particularly if the disruption was long term. Sleep disturbances are a hallmark of depression and could lead to a sleep disorder resulting from chronic insomnia. That’s why good sleep hygiene practices are so important in managing depression and why shift-work can exacerbate mental health issues in many people, especially those who are predisposed.

In the book and movie "Fight Club", the main character develops a split personality seemingly because of his insomnia. Is this a realistic effect of insomnia? Have there been any documented cases? Please supply documentation, if possible.

Insomnia does not cause split personality disorder, but can be a symptom of the disease, it may also be a symptom of bipolar disorder. but these disorders are not caused by insomnia, insomnia can be caused by them. Insomnia though in long term cases can cause personality changes due to lack of REM sleep which is needed for the brain to get rid of excess energy, when it has no release it starts to deteriorate fast.

Don’t think that the people who have experienced it are crazy, i too have experienced it and its not a joke.

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I am doing an assignment on Narcolepsy and i need to know how the nervous sytem of a Narcoleptic differs from a healthy nervous system. Please help, very urgent ! !

Here:

http://sulcus.berkeley.edu/mcb/165_001/papers/manuscripts/_267.html

There is a profound explanation for narcoleptic disorder. Under normal conditions, brain wave shows a regular rhythm when an individual is awake. When the person falls asleep, the brain waves become slower and less regular. This sleep state is called non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. When the person enters in deep sleep, the brain waves begin to show active pattern again. This sleep state is called rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep. Dreaming usually occurs at this state.

In narcolepsy, the order and length of NREM and REM sleep periods are disturbed, with REM sleep occurring at the onset, instead of after, of NREM sleep. Thus, narcolepsy is a disorder with REM occurring at abnormal time.

Neurological Aspects of Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a central nervous system disorder with characteristic symptoms of cataplexy and abnormal REM latency. Neurochemical and electrophysiological studies have shown that narcolepsy is associated with an abnormal cholinergic supersensitivity and a monoaminergic (dopamine and norepinephrine) hypoactivity. (Nishino S et al. 1995)

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Is one of the other 70 million insomnicas in bed with you? BONUS TIP:
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I was dx’s with a sleeping disorder about a year ago that has the same symptoms at Narcolepsy but I am sure my Doc didn’t call it Narcolepsy. Is there another medical name for it? I was perscribed Provigil for it.

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Not all Sleep Paralysis sufferers actually suffer — sometimes the experiences can be fulfilling, special — even pleasant!

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