Yahoo’s LiveScience recently posted an excellent article that debunks many of the common myths about sleep and sleep problems along with listing tips for good sleep hygiene, which includes things like developing a consistent sleep pattern, refraining from optional medication and other things that can prevent a good night’s sleep.
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As you are likely aware, sleeping pills (both prescription sleep aids and over-the-counter drugs) pose many risks, including the threat of long term dependency and other health issues that arise from the lack of proper sleep. In fact, the most recent edition of Consumer Reports magazine comes down pretty strongly on the side of non-medicated sleep.
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According to the upcoming September issue of Consumer Reports magazine, too many people are dependent on both prescription sleep medications and over the counter sleep aids. The magazine staff performed a nation wide survey and discovered that forty-four percent of Americans are problem sleepers. Sleep problems are defined as difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or consistently waking up too early. Furthermore, one in five Americans use prescription or over-the-counter drugs - and twenty-four percent became dependent on those sleep aids.
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Many individuals have have sleeping problems or ever suffer from sleep disorders, however, many of them do not fully understand their condition. Furthermore, besides the fact that sleep deprivation takes an enormous toll on your creativity, productivity, and overall health, it is important to understand the various types of disorders, sleep issues, sleep aids, and more in order to find a solution to your sleep problem. Enter the Speed Sleep Sleep dictionary, or everything you need to know about sleep, from A to Z.
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Many individuals suffer from various sleeping problems and sleep disorders; however, most of them do not actually think they have a real problem. After all, don’t we all suffer from a few sleepless nights now and then? On the other hand, if you follow the latest health news and read the Speed Sleep blog regularly, you are probably already aware that even slight sleep deprivation leads all sorts of problems in the future. Want to assess the quality of your sleep? Ask yourself these six key questions:
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The experience of being pregnant can be one of the most wonderful times in a woman’s life; however, it can also be one of the more difficult times health-wise, particularly in terms of getting enough sleep. Many women experience insomnia and other sleep disorders, which have even more of a detrimental impact on overall health during pregnancy (after all, you are sleeping for two!). Furthermore, since prescription sleep drugs or other sleep aids are forbidden, getting proper sleep becomes even more difficult, especially for women who depended upon them prior to becoming pregnant.
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Sleep problems have played a major role in some of the world’s most well-known accidents; accidents that may have been prevented had the key operators gotten regular sleep. It is a well-known fact that many accidents involve poor judgment and slowed reactions because the people at fault were exhausted and made simple mistakes, the sort of errors that are the hallmark of sleep deprivation. A few examples:
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Driving while drowsy might be just as dangerous as driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. A sleep study in which 241 volunteers allowed their cars to be wired with five cameras during the course of one year found that when the drivers hadn’t gotten enough sleep, they were bleary-eyed and unfocused, leading to risky behavior and an inability to concentrate on the road. In fact, the study found that being sleep-deprived might be the riskiest possible condition for a driver. It only goes to follow that sleep problems and sleep disorders can lead to terrible car accidents if left unchecked.
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