| We live in a high tech world that simply | | | | ten seconds. How can you decide if you |
| operates 24/7, so a lot of us are sleep | | | | are getting enough sleep? Ask your self |
| deprived. Many cities such as my own | | | | some questions. |
| city of Portland,Oregon, now have | | | | 1.Do you find you have lack of |
| supermarkets, drugstores, video stores | | | | attention? 2.Do you experience memory |
| and restraunts that are open 24 hours a | | | | loss? 3.Do you get irratiable and |
| day. The people who operate these stores | | | | frustration at coworkers or friends? |
| plus the police, nurses, firemen, | | | | 4.Do you have poor concentration? |
| factory workers often work a rotating | | | | Of course you may not have any serious |
| shift. More people are working from | | | | sleep disorder, you may just be |
| home and do not follow a set schedule, I | | | | suffering ordinary things like a new |
| know I am one of them. TV stations and | | | | baby, a sick child, worry over some |
| radios stations are operating 24 hours a | | | | stressor in your life, like lossing your |
| day. Comute times take longer and we | | | | job, or other worries. These kinds of |
| play catch up from the office by taking | | | | sleep deprivation usually go away in |
| work home. No wonder most of us are | | | | time. |
| getting 5 hours of sleep a night or | | | | If you think you might be sleep deprived |
| less. Are you one of these people? | | | | there are some things you can do. Ask |
| Noise pollution as cities grow is a | | | | yourself how much sleep makes you feel |
| problem too. I know that I work odd | | | | really well. Then set a goal to get |
| shifts being a caregiver and then have | | | | that much sleep. Some things you might |
| to sleep a lot of times during the day. | | | | do is get some exercise it promotes |
| Neighbors run loud music, chain saws, | | | | sleep. Don't eat, drink coffee, tea or |
| lawn mowers. The noise level never | | | | alcohol within two hours of going to |
| allows me to get enough sleep. | | | | bed. Stop smoking. Don't use your |
| Some people have sleep apena. Sleep | | | | bedroom for anything except sleep. |
| apnea means episodes of cessation of | | | | Establish that when you go into your |
| breathing during night time sleep that | | | | bedroom that you are going there to |
| can occur as often as several hundred | | | | sleep. Establish a bedtime ritual. |
| times in a night. Snoring is a warning | | | | Don't think about troubles when you are |
| that the sleeper may be a victim of | | | | going to sleep. Put them on hold until |
| sleep apnea. | | | | the next day they will still be there. |
| OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYMPTOMS | | | | Recognising you are sleep deprived is |
| Loud snoring. This can indicate | | | | the first step. Knowing that being sleep |
| breathing problems or blocked air | | | | deprived is dangerous if you are |
| passages. Cessation of breathing or | | | | operating machinery, or driving your |
| choking spells in the night. In severe | | | | car is important. You also may be |
| cases, this can occur over fifty times | | | | putting your job on the line with lack |
| an hour with each hundreds of times a | | | | of attention and memory loss. |
| night with each one lasting as long as | | | | |