If you suffer with serious insomnia at some point you’ve probably tried damn near anything to sleep. I spent God knows how much money on supplements, herbs, books, prescriptions and acupuncture. I even got tested for sleep apnea although I suspected that wasn’t the problem (It wasn’t. In fact the doctor said I moved through […]
Category: Sleep
Tried everything but you still can’t sleep? It might be adrenal fatigue.
A few years ago I had a serious emotional breakdown from severe insomnia. At one point it got so bad I started feeling microscopic “bugs” crawling all over my skin at night. I’d spend an hour scanning my arms with a magnifying glass trying to find invisible insects (this is a condition called formication). Formication […]
Autism and Insomnia – Melatonin Improves Kids’ Sleep Disorders
A sleep hormone produced by the pineal gland may improve sleep issues in children with autism, resulting in an improvement of the day to day dynamics for the entire family. Americans are tired. About 40 million suffer from a chronic sleep disorder, with an additional 20-30 million affected by intermittent sleep-related problems. Yet for children with […]
Sleep cycle in teenagers disrupted by timing of exposure to light. Circadian rhythms affected.
Photo credit: Dundee Photographics Is your teenager staring at some form of a screen late into the evening? If so, she might be disrupting her sleep patterns. While most teens stay up late, a study found that the amount and timing of morning light can alter a child’s natural nighttime sleep cycle. Lack of exposure to […]