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