All About Insomnia

[sherrylouz]

Parents need to be very cautious about medicating a child with insomnia. Most prescription medications advertised on television are for adults only. In some instances, a doctor may prescribe Amitriptyline, Remeron, Melatonin, or an antihistamine.





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[sherrylouz]

1.\tInsomnia: Insomnia is a name synonimous with sleep disorder. It is a disorder characterized by persistent difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity. This disorder can often lead one to frustration as many insomniacs are known to complain about being unable to put their mind to rest by closing their eyes for more than a few minutes a time. Different types of insomnia include, transient insomnia, acute insomnia and chronic insomnia.


2.\tSleep Paralysis: A common sleeping disorder is sleep paralysis. The disorder is characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles that occurs either upon awakening from sleep or while falling asleep. The symptoms include, paralysis, when the person can neither move any part of the body nor can he speak and hallucinations, when the parson might feel someones presence around or may hear strange sounds.

3.\tSleepwalking: Somnambulism or sleepwalking as it is commonly known is a sleeping disorder where the sufferer engages in sleep activities normally associated with wakefulness while actually being in a sleep-like state. This disorder is most commonly observed in people with high levels of stress and anxiety or people with genetic factors.

4.\tNight Terror: Another commonly observed sleeping disorder is night terror or pavor nocturnus, characterized by extreme terror and temporary inability to regain full consciousness. More interestingly, a night terror can rarely be recalled by the subject. As against the normal beliefs, night terrors are distinct from nightmares. One of the most popular types of night terrors involves insects and this occurs most commonly of the female gender.

5.\tRestless Legs Syndrome: Wittmaack-Ekbom's Syndrome or more commonly known as Restless Legs Syndrome, is one of the top sleeping disorders. The condition is characterized by an irresistible urge to move one's body as a reflex action to stop odd sensations mostly in the legs, arms and torso. RLS is known to cause a sensation closely comparable to burning, itching or tickling sensation.




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[starlight1968sg]

Is insomnia means unable to get to sleep? What about waking up automatically but unusually early? Is it due to stress which I am facing now?

[zbear]

starlight1968sg:

Is insomnia means unable to get to sleep? What about waking up automatically but unusually early? Is it due to stress which I am facing now?

I also experience the same as you. My wake up time is 3am n if I have a lot of things on my mind - ie work issues, I find it difficult to doze off. I have to force myself not to think of work but of happy stuff, then slowly I fall back into dreamland.

Sigh - wish I don't need to work.

[zbear]

Also wanted to add that for a short period of time when I wasn't working, sleeping was never an issue becos I know I can look forward to another day of no stress, no work but just simply relaxing.

[jetsetter]

zbear:

starlight1968sg:

Is insomnia means unable to get to sleep? What about waking up automatically but unusually early? Is it due to stress which I am facing now?

I also experience the same as you. My wake up time is 3am n if I have a lot of things on my mind - ie work issues, I find it difficult to doze off. I have to force myself not to think of work but of happy stuff, then slowly I fall back into dreamland.

Sigh - wish I don't need to work.

hi, hv u bought some essential oils?

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... s#p1177545

I find it's good to sign up a foot reflexology package. visit the masseuse whilst your kid(s) are at enrichment. Helps get rid of my regular migraine...

[starlight1968sg]

Thanks and I have yet to solve my problem.

Whatever I have something big the next day, I would be almost sleepless the night before.

[jetsetter]

starlight1968sg:

Thanks and I have yet to solve my problem.

Whatever I have something big the next day, I would be almost sleepless the night before.

but what can be so 'big' that make you so nervous and insomniac? presentation / emceeing/ dept meeting / management meeting/ pitching to client / multi-million dollar tender evaluation exercise/ roadshow?

[starlight1968sg]

jetsetter:

but what can be so 'big' that make you so nervous and insomniac? presentation / emceeing/ dept meeting / management meeting/ pitching to client / multi-million dollar tender evaluation exercise/ roadshow?

Yup, anything not of my routine work would freak me out.

[zbear]

jetsetter:

but what can be so 'big' that make you so nervous and insomniac? presentation / emceeing/ dept meeting / management meeting/ pitching to client / multi-million dollar tender evaluation exercise/ roadshow?

Everyone's perception of 'big' differs. Perhaps to you, a high level meeting/a million dollar deal is 'big'.

But to an average worker (not sure abt starlight1968sg) like me, a day rushing to meet deadlines, bosses' unreasonable demands, daily endless politicking between 2 major camps n endless workload makes me sick.

Ultimately, the only choice is not to work, so I 'ren' for now until my kids are not so financially dependent on me.