Sleep aids - over the counter pills and prescriptions - are the primary alternatives for people looking for a quick fix to get a good amount of sleep.  However, taking a sleep aid that forces the body to sleep is perhaps one of the worst ways to get an accurate and healthy amount of sleep.  The human brain is not dumb; it can recognize when an artificial sleeping agent is affecting its patterns of functionality.  The result of using taking a pill to get “better” sleep usually comes with multiple negative forms known on the warning labels as: side effects.
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Better sleeping links of the week is back, yet it seems like we just did last week’s link round-up yesterday… oh well.  We know that all of you are anxious to dive into this week’s discoveries, so liets get started.
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The beautiful month of May is fast approaching.  Baseball has finally kicked off and is coming out strong, the NHL is sadly finishing up with the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs finishing up, and oh yea, football is in the news too.  It’s only late April and football is hitting the newswire, but not in a sports related kind of way, more of a sleeping problem kind of vibe to be quite honest. 
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Sleep Problems affect about 40+ Americans, and with the current state of the economy, its most likely going to increase in the near future.  More and more people are turning to prescription sleep aids to help catch up on their ZZZs without fully understanding the effects that they can have on their body.
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It’s Friday; you know what that means right? It’s time for Speed Sleep’s “Better Sleeping Links of the Week”.  This week had some great articles that we wanted to share with you, our reader, to help better understand the importance that sleep has on the body.
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The saying: “It takes two to make a thing go right”, certainly does not apply to combining sleep with alcohol.  The act of sleeping is still generally considered to be unknown to the scientific world.  Research has discovered that the deprivation of sleep has negative effects on the human body, but it is still scientifically unclear why sleep is considered beneficial to humans. 
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How many times a week do you wake up feeling groggy and weak?  If your answer is two or more times a week then you need to fix your sleep schedule.  What happens on those days when you feel groggy?  Well, usually they end up being really long days, especially if you’re at work.  Plus, waking up on the wrong foot can have a really negative effect on your performance throughout he day.
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Sleep researcher Roger Ekirch’s work on changing sleep patterns in man led him to a discovery that surprised him: the biggest shift came with electricity and artificial light.
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Have your days been a little bit harder to get through? Has the relationship with your significant other been tittering on bad vibes?  Has waking up in the morning become a forceful engagement instead of a regular routine?  Answering “yes” to any of these questions may be the result of a sleeping problem.
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We have always stressed that problematic sleeping can lead to serious health risks later in life.  Obviously, addressing the issue with some sort of solution, such as a sleeping aid, will better your chances of correcting this problem.  But here is the tricky part of this dilemma; how do you know if you have a sleeping disorder? 
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