Sleep Comfy Now: Fix Sleep Disorders, Insomnia, and Find Rest

By Sleep Comfy Now

Do you struggle with insomnia or any other sleeping disorder?

Do you sleep, but feel fatigued, tired and have no energy to carry out your daily routines?

Inside this course you will discover deeper insights to sleep to help you understand how to achieve the best restorative sleep possible.

This is not some magic pill, however, my aim is to help you understand the deeper mechanisms and influences responsible for promoting sleep, and things you may be inadvertently doing that is causing you to lose countless hours of precious sleep.

Everyone deserves a good night's sleep! - So, why can't you?

 

What You'll Learn

 

• What is sleep?
• Sleep-wake cycles
• Insomnia
• Solutions
• Importance of proper "sleep hygiene"
• Sleep equipment
• Truth about daylight savings
• And, much, much more!

 

If you're tired of your morning grogginess and want to wake up feeling refreshed, energized and rejuvenated to take on the day, then look no further and enroll into this course.

Sleep is such an undervalued and underappreciated aspect of life, we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping and we ALL participate in it, thus, wouldn't it make sense to have an understanding of sleep in order to maximized our overall health and quality of life?

Think about it?

Therefore, if you want optimal sleep and maximize your restorative sleep potential to achieve better quality sleep then you need to understand sleep on a deeper level and the various influences revolving around it.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Healthy Pragmatic Solutions Inc
• Release date: Jul 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393898900

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Sleep Comfy Now: Fix Sleep Disorders, Insomnia, and Find Rest

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What Sleep is about

Sleep-related Physiology

Sleep Anatomy

The hypothalamus

Brain Stem

The Thalamus

Pineal Gland

Basal Forebrain

Amygdala

Important Mechanisms of Sleep

The Circadian Rhythm

The Homeostasis

Chapter 2: Insomnia

Acute Insomnia

Chronic Insomnia

Medical-related Causes

Insomnia Causing Medications

Insomnia Causing Stimulants

Insomnia Causing Lifestyle Patterns

Intermittent Insomnia

Negative Impact of Insomnia

Social Consequences of Insomnia

EconomicConsequences of Insomnia

Excessive Work at the Expense of Sleep

Diagnosis of Insomnia

Major Approaches to Insomnia Diagnosis

Maintenance of a Sleep Log

Completion of a Sleep Inventory

Use of Blood Tests

Other Sleep Disorder Diagnostic Tests

Chapter 3: Stress, Trauma & PSTD in relation to Insomnia

Negative Impact of Inadequate Sleep

Effect of Trauma on Sleep

Trauma-related Sleep Challenges

The Effect of PTSD on Insomnia

Categories of PTSD Symptoms

Major Symptoms of Re-experiencing PTSD

Major Symptoms of Avoidance PTSD

Major Symptoms of Hyper-arousal PTSD

Chapter 4: How Dreams Affect Sleep

How Sleep Progresses to the REM Phase

Importance of the NREM Sleep Phase

How Dreaming is affected in the REM Phase

The REM sleep Behavior Disorder

Effect of Sleep Disturbance in REM

Overall Effect of Dreams on Health

The Connection between Sleep and Immunity

Reason Fevers Increase in the Night

Chapter 5: Insomnia and Degenerative Diseases

Fatal Familial Insomnia

Origin and Symptoms of FFI

Other Symptoms of FFI

FFI Symptoms that Affect the ANS

Frequency and Prevalence of FFI

Insomnia Related to Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s Symptoms that Affect the Motor System

Parkinson’s Symptoms that affect the Non-Motor System

Nature of Sleep Problems linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Causes of Insomnia in Parkinson’s Patients

Sleep Apnea in Parkinson’s Patients

Insomnia Related to Alzheimer’s disease

Chapter 6: Natural Treatments of Insomnia

Why Sleeping Pills Are Not the Best Solution

Non-medication Solutions to Insomnia

Convenience of Sound Machines

Criteria for Choosing a Good Pillow

Pillows for People with Pre-existing Health Conditions

The Mattress Wedge

The Bed Wedge

Under Mattress Wedge

The Orthopedic Pillow

Pillows that Reduce Back Pain

How to Deal with Dampness

How to Deal with too much Dryness

Ways to raise Humidity Level

How to Assess Humidity Level

Chapter 7: Adopting Sleep-Enhancing Behavior

Lifestyle Behavior that Enhances Quality of Sleep

Exercising

Exposure to Sunlight

Keeping Stress under Check

Shifting your mind from high activity

Practicing Journaling

Practicing progressive muscle relaxation

Retiring to Bed Early

Adopt a Sleep-friendly Diet

Sleep-enhancing Foods

Foods Disruptive to Sleep

Chapter 8: Herbal Remedies versus OTC Drugs

Herbal Remedies

Sleeping Pills

Benefits of Sleeping Pills

Categories of Sleeping Pills

OTC Medications

Disadvantages of Sleeping Pills

The Sleepwalking Side Effect

The Sleep-eating Side Effect

Insomnia Pills during Pregnancy

Safe use of Sleeping Pills when Pregnant

Safe Use of OTC Medication

Chapter 1: What Sleep is about

Sleep is a state of the body that everyone gets into for a number of hours every day, usually at night. When a person is in that state, the nervous system is dormant, eyes are closed, and the postural muscles are relaxed.

Also, the person’s consciousness during that period is effectively suspended.  

That condition – sleep – is crucial to the everyday routine of a person. In fact, on average, a person spends a third of the day asleep, and it is important that the sleep one enjoys is of good quality. This means getting sufficient sleep at the appropriate time.

Sleep is a necessity just like food, water, and other basic requirements of life. If you continually fail to get sufficient sleep, the brain is adversely affected in a way that the pathways that facilitate creation of fresh memories are interfered with.

Hence it becomes difficult for you to concentrate. Your response time to external stimuli also becomes delayed.

Sleep-related Physiology

Sleep helps to enhance different functions of the brain. This includes how neurons communicate amongst themselves.

A neuron is the brain’s tiniest functional unit, a cell that is specially designed to communicate information to different cells of the nervous system and even to those of the glands and muscles.

In fact, although you are in a semi-conscious state when asleep, your body remains active alongside your brain, during which time any toxins that build up in your brain during the day are cleared.

While not everything about sleep’s biological function is known, it is evident it has an effect on the systems of the body; the brain, heart, lungs, immune system, body metabolism, and others.

Research has shown that people who perennially get sleep of poor-quality face a greater risk of developing health disorders such as elevated blood pressure, diabetes, ailments of a cardiovascular nature, depression, and even obesity.

According to one expert at the University of Toronto, John Peever, and another one from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Brian J.Murray, sleep plays an important role in helping the body to re-energize its cells and eliminate waste from within the brain.

These experts also reckon that sleep enhances a person’s memory and capacity to learn, in addition to regulating the person’s appetite, mood, and even libido. 

Scientists have established that there are two types of sleep, one of them referred to as SWS, and the other REM.

The former, which is Slow Wave Sleep, is also termed "deep sleep". The latter stands for Rapid Eye Movement and is also referred to as "dreaming sleep".

Most of the time the moment people fall asleep they experience the SWS kind of sleep, which means at that time their brain is operating in big, slow waves as the body relaxes.

In the meantime, their breathing becomes deep, and that helps the brain and also the body to rebuild its strength following a long day of activity.

This recuperating process is crucial in enabling the person to be in shape to handle the following day’s activities. The process of sleep is very complex and also dynamic, and it affects the way you feel and function.

In this chapter you will discover how sleep is naturally regulated, and what transpires within the brain as