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- quomen, on 10/12/2007, -6/+146I go to a testicular cancer group session. Try it some time, it helps.
- palatka, on 10/12/2007, -5/+65Doctors and specialists who study sleep have identified more than one hundred different types of sleep disorders. Sleep disorders are broken down into four categories as delineated by the International Classification of Sleep Disorders. These categories are dyssomnias, parasomnias, medical/psychiatric disorders and proposed sleep disorders.
Examples of dyssomnias include a variety of subcategories of insomnia, narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome. Examples of parasomnias include sleepwalking, bruxism (teeth grinding), bedwetting, and primary snoring.
Medical/ psychiatric sleep disorders include asthma, peptic ulcers, dementia and degenerative brain disorders. Proposed sleep disorders are disorders that don’t fit in any of the other three categories such as short sleepers, long sleepers, subwakefulness syndrome and sleep choking syndrome.
Many myths revolve around sleep and sleep disorders that need to be dispelled. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common myths and bust them!
1) It is a myth that health problems such as diabetes, depression, hypertension, obesity, etc. have no connection whatsoever to how much sleep a person gets on a regular basis and the quality of sleep the person in question receives. Research has proven time and time again that there is a very real connection between a bad quality of sleep and/or inadequate sleep due to any number of diseases. To use an example, a lack of sleep can inhibit the ability of the body to properly manufacture insulin, thereby bringing on diabetes.
2) It is a common myth that as you age you require less sleep to function properly. This is not exactly the case. As a general recommendation, seven to nine hours sleep a night is best for most adults, whether they be twenty or fifty although the sleep patterns of people can become different as they get older. However older individuals may actually get less shuteye per night than younger adults because they wake up more often during the night.
3) On the heels of this myth is the myth that you can somehow “cheat” on the quantity of sleep you are getting. It can be adverse to your health and well being both physically and mentally (for a whole host of reasons) to skimp on your hours of sleep. As well you cannot “save up” your sleep for days when you have more time to sleep in. An average of seven to nine hours a night is advisable.
4) It is a common myth that insomnia is simply a problem with falling asleep. This is not so. Insomnia is more complex than that and is associated with four specific symptoms which are, as previously mentioned, a difficulty getting to sleep, but also waking up too early in the morning and not being able to fall back to sleep, frequent moments of waking up during the night and a feeling of being tired or somehow “not refreshed” from a night’s sleep.
5) Many people believe that their brain is at rest while they are sleeping. This is not so. The human body rests during sleep while the brain is very much active. During sleep the brain is recharging its batteries and still very much in control of the majority of bodily functions, including breathing. As we sleep we go back and forth between two “sleep states”, these being Rapid Eye Movement sleep (abbreviated to REM and the period in which we dream) and Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (or NREM).
6) It is a myth that sleep deprivation will not affect one’s ability to operate a motor vehicle. This is a myth that could prove deadly. It is estimated that approximately 567,000 car accidents that result in 980 highway deaths every year in the United States are related to sleep deprivation. Doing such things as opening the window, turning on the air conditioner or turning up the radio are only stopgap measures to help keep you awake and alert at the wheel. If you refuse to stop and rest your body eventually your mind will block out the things you have done to stay awake and you will fall asleep at the wheel. This could cost you your life and others as well.
The definition of a sleep disorder from a clinical point of view is, “a disruptive pattern of sleep that may include difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at inappropriate times, excessive total sleep time, or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep.” - roleary, on 10/12/2007, -1/+49These are myths?
- m4szyman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33"6) It is a myth that sleep deprivation will not affect one’s ability to operate a motor vehicle."
This is a myth? People actually think that being half asleep at the wheel of a car doesnt affect their ability to drive? - Seruphim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30Sleep is for the weak. everyone knows that people are better at video games at 4 in the morning after a night full of energy drinks....
also your heart loves you for it
so does your boss the next day - growlzor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Is it just me or do most of these seem kind of obvious
"It is a myth that sleep deprivation will not affect one’s ability to operate a motor vehicle" - Azimuth1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25"Insomnia is more complex than that and is associated with ... waking up too early in the morning and not being able to fall back to sleep"
Damn, that happens to me all the time. It's so annoying. - ShouldBeStudyin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23I'm guessing you mean lack of sleep can hinder weight loss and muscle growth.
- wush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18It is a myth that a harpoon gun is best operated by a sleep-deprived person.
- keeper1616, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20I think I'll take a nap now that the server is down ***yawn***
- wiihuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Seeing how my grandparents wake up at 4am, I can see how it's a common myth.
- Etheo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14"3) On the heels of this myth is the myth that you can somehow "cheat" on the quantity of sleep you are getting. It can be adverse to your health and well being both physically and mentally (for a whole host of reasons) to skimp on your hours of sleep. As well you cannot "save up" your sleep for days when you have more time to sleep in. An average of seven to nine hours a night is advisable."
While you cannot "save up" sleep, you do regain some of your REMs lost during your sleep deprivation. Studies have shown that sleep deprived individuals have a REM rebound after their deprivation episode (i.e. you'll go right into REM sleep when you fall asleep as opposed to the normal NREM stages of sleep), and sleep up to 12-15 hours the day after (not exactly sure about numbers here), and after about 2-3 days you return to a normal sleep cycle.
Please take this information with a grain of salt, since I don't have the specific reference here and I'm largely basing this on memory (wrote the paper last semester). - AndyVenus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Two stories in a row about sheep!
- silverchrysalis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11uh,
yeah.
eye test lately? - KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8myth #6: sleep is not the cousin of death, oprah is the only cousin of death
- grantmiller, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8A connected article about how sleep can hinder weight loss and muscle growth:
http://sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=129 - manova, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@etheo and now @necrosexy
Actually, you make up your slow wave sleep (stage 3 and 4) first and then REM sleep. You sacrifice stage 1 and 2 sleep during recovery sleep after sleep deprivation. This is part of the evidence that slow wave sleep is the restful part of sleep but that REM is also important because it is not sacrificed as much. Stage 1 and 2 are evidently useless, well, unless you are trying to learn a motor skill, then stage 2 sleep during the last 3rd of the night is pretty important. So for all you gamers out there, if you are only sleeping 4-5 hours a night, you are inhibiting your ability to become better at finger coordination tasks.
The world record for sleep deprivation is 264 hours (11 days) by a 17 year old in California. When he finally went to sleep, he slept for 15 hours the first night, 10 hours the next, 9 hours the next, and then was back to his normal sleeping time. - Smuikas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Except the japanification of sleep would be suriipu (pronounced sue-r/lee-pu) - as the japanese r is a cross between a rolled r and an l. Japanese S's only become sh's when followed by an i, as in shibuya. (there is no si sound in japanese; all japanese words are made up of consonant-vowel pairings which are represented in their phonetic alphabets as a single character; ie, shi is one character, tsu is one character, na is one character, et cetera)
- actorboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6So obvious in fact that I don't even think it's a myth. Where are they getting these, anyway?
- HollowGrind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5indeed they all seem to be very obvious ... like they didnt tell me anything new now ...
- adam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I also read it as "6 Common Myths about Sheep"
- grantmiller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4....yeppers
- aduzik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I often fall asleep with the TV on. TiVo regularly changes the channel to record something that's on in the middle of the night as a suggestion -- I've never checked to find out what. When that happens, I wake *without fail* to the dulcet tones of Jimmy Swaggart on the same low-rent cable station at 5 AM and can't get back to sleep.
- cp101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I'm fairly sure these aren't myths. They're just things that people who haven't gone to college don't know. :P
- evilTak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I knew I was doing something wrong.
- plenTpak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Didn't get enough sheep last night?
- Daiken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I wonder if I can sue my university for keeping me awake all night studying for exams... Who knows what harm they're causing me!
- jkavvy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's just you. But then again I'm so sleep deprived that my sense of logic may be skewed.
- Rabbethan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"6. It is a myth that sleep deprivation will not affect one’s ability to operate a motor vehicle."
What group of idiots came up with that "myth". - ipodman715, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Mirror that works: http://www.medopedia.com.nyud.net:8080/sleep-myths
- Akronos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm posting this message at 3 A.M. Enough said.
- nitrojunky24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3over 100 sleep disorders? does that mean nobody sleeps properly? or is it just an excuse to sell us more drugs?
- ImOscar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://digg.com/health/6_Common_Myths_about_Sleep?creplyto=6364428#creplyform
- quentinp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well with a new baby I'm far too tired to care about this article!
- civperc, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10wtf, everyone I know and including myself realize you need MORE sleep as you get older. who the heck would think they need LESS? Common myth my a**....
- figsclay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3supposedly my math professor gets 4 hours of sleep maximum each night...
I want to know how he manages to work out complex problems when his brain never gets a rest - Retuow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4:D thought I was the only one! It generally sucks waking up 4am and not being able to go to sleep again..
- hirak99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Every "myth" here is opposite to what I keep hearing so far. So each time I started reading a sentence my brain predicted what the myth could be, and formed the idea that "Oh good... so that harmful effect of not sleeping is not true then?", just to find that it being untrue is the "myth". It's kinda annoying.
- tanto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Donald Trump recommended less sleep to a businessmen a achieve their goals.
Some tips for "How to survive on 4 hours sleep"
http://orangtuamurid.info/blog/?p=232 - ronjohnson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What happened to 90 minute sleep intervals?
- AuntiVirus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's baaaaad
- mmortal03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They completely overlooked Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, which are just as serious as the ones mentioned. Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome, Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, Non-24 Sleep Wake Disorder, etc.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Was anyone else put-off by this purported mythbuster who couldn't even reference a single article in his pseudoscientific quest to debunk myths? He created myths that nobody believes (does anyone actually think that sleep-deprivation doesn't impact driving?) and then debunked them without a shred of evidence.
Don't get me wrong, much of what he says *could* be backed by evidence - he just hasn't done his homework, so his article carries very little gravitas or credulity. - demonstar55, on 10/12/2007, -4/+539 diggs and it's down?
- redwoodtree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1enough confusing, double negative statements in that story?
- jessiebennett, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1A related article about America's chronic sleep deprivation:
http://digg.com/health/Losing_Sleep_America_is_chr ... - IllBeBack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just read Digg for a while. Puts me right out.
- oilcan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like how they take some things that are plainly common sense to everyone, and then say there is a myth surrounding believing the opposite. Who out there doesn't think sleep deprivation can affect your ability to drive? I mean, seriously, wtf.
'oh, i know, there is a myth that sleeping immediately after sex will prevent pregnancy! and that's like, not true, and stuff!!!'
gimme a break. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, I was taught that the avg dipped, then came back up as the body aged. So staying awake in school actually doesn't do much good.
- wiihuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@melody
I was just explaining why it's a common myth. Myths are myths for a reason.....(they're not true.) -
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