Max Hirshkowitz's Sleep Disorders For Dummies PDF

By Max Hirshkowitz

ISBN-10: 0764539019

ISBN-13: 9780764539015

While the final dinner dishes were placed away and the night information is over, so much people take into consideration going to mattress. yet for the hundreds of thousands who are suffering from a prolonged sleep problem, going to mattress doesn’t unavoidably suggest going to sleep. And for thousands extra who adventure occasional sleep disturbances, evening will not be any such picnic, either.

Now there’s an easy-to-follow consultant that can assist you get a very good night’s rest.  Sleep issues For Dummies is for a person who has hassle sleeping—or has a family member who suffers from a snooze affliction. Written by way of a snooze expert and a clinical reporter, this no-nonsense consultant is helping you:

  • Prevent and deal with sleep disorders
  • Improve your sleep habits
  • Find reduction out of your symptoms
  • Ask your general practitioner the appropriate questions
  • Enhance the standard of sleep

This fact-packed consultant walks you thru the different sorts of sleep issues, includin g sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, and stressed legs syndrome. You’ll detect the factors and signs of every sickness, some of the health conditions which may disrupt sleep, and the commonest remedies. Plus, you’ll see find out how to use strong nutrients and workout to advertise sounder sleep and steer clear of identified sleep disrupters corresponding to caffeine and challenge meals. The authors additionally provide you with reliable, reassuring recommendation on:

  • Finding definitely the right physician to diagnose and deal with your sleep disorder
  • Managing pressure and anxiety
  • Turning your bed room right into a sleep sanctuary
  • Choosing among the different sorts of sleep clinics
  • Handling sleep problems in children

Featuring savvy pointers on combating jet lag, napping good if you happen to paintings the evening shift, and getting teenagers to mattress with out fuss, Sleep issues for Dummies can help you get your zzzzzzzzs!

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Finally, we review narcolepsy and provide the latest research and treatment information for this baffling disorder. Part IV: Walking, Talking, and Other Parasomnias Part IV introduces you to the unusual world of parasomnias, sleep disorders that make you behave in certain ways even though you’re still asleep. Here you find out all about sleepwalking, talking in your sleep, and nightmares and night terrors (there is a difference) to name a few. We tell you about the causes and typical symptoms, and how each parasomnia is treated.

A book was born. Thank you, Wiley Publishing, for the opportunity to spread the word about sleep and its disorders. From Pat: I would like to acknowledge my coauthor, Dr. Max Hirshkowitz. Not only are you one of the most knowledgeable sleep experts I’ve ever known, you made this whole process fun. Your wonderful sense of humor added an invaluable spark to this book. The only problem is, people might have a hard time falling asleep when they’re laughing so hard. I would also like to acknowledge my editors, Alissa Schwipps and Natasha Graf, for their assistance during the writing of this book.

First, I greatly appreciate my dear friend and colleague Jon Sassin for his willingness to take time and serve as technical editor. I can’t think of anyone more suited for the task. His vast experience in sleep medicine, his knowledge about the biology of sleep, his open-mindedness and freethinking approach to all subject matters, his sense of humor, and his overall wisdom make him an ideal choice. As a friend, I also appreciate his allowing me to impose on his time with this task, when he could be enjoying his vineyards in beautiful Sonoma, California.

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