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Sleep Disorders for Dummies

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Publisher: For Dummies
Catalog: Book
Release date: 2004-05-07
Media: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
Ean: 9780764539015
Book Isbn: 0764539019
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Authors:
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Patricia B. Smithsee more Books by Patricia B. Smith

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When the last dinner dishes have been put away and the evening news is over, most of us think about going to bed. But for the millions who suffer from a chronic sleep disorder, going to bed doesn’t necessarily mean going to sleep. And for millions more who experience occasional sleep disturbances, nighttime might not be such a picnic, either.

Now there’s an easy-to-follow guide to help you get a good night’s rest.  Sleep Disorders For Dummies is for anyone who has trouble sleeping--or has a loved one who suffers from a sleep disorder. Written by a sleep specialist and a medical reporter, this no-nonsense guide helps you:

  • Prevent and manage sleep disorders
  • Improve your sleep habits
  • Find relief from your symptoms
  • Ask your doctor the right questions
  • Enhance the quality of sleep

This fact-packed guide walks you through the different types of sleep disorders, includin g sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, and restless legs syndrome. You’ll discover the causes and symptoms of each disorder, the various medical conditions that can disrupt sleep, and the most common treatments. Plus, you’ll see how to use good nutrition and exercise to promote sounder sleep and avoid known sleep disrupters such as caffeine and problem foods. The authors also give you solid, reassuring advice on:

  • Finding the right doctor to diagnose and treat your sleep disorder
  • Managing stress and anxiety
  • Turning your bedroom into a sleep sanctuary
  • Choosing between the different types of sleep clinics
  • Handling sleep disorders in children

Featuring savvy tips on preventing jet lag, sleeping well if you work the night shift, and getting kids to bed without fuss, Sleep Disorders for Dummies will help you get your zzzzzzzzs!


User Reviews:
 Rating 4   Written on August 7, 2005
   Summary: its about sleep disorders ...
Well ... I will admit that the so-what factor is at an all-time high.

Give this book a chance, see beyond the title.

I'm sure that the fully illustrated and annotated ¨Cultivating and Harvesting Mind-Altering Plants for Dummies¨ would get a lot more hits.

However, this book lists the sleep disorders that are common today, and describes them in adequate detail. This book made me aware of the symptoms and the potential danger of Sleep Apnea. He also goes into more benign problems, such as insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, narcolepsy and hypersomnia.

He presents ideas on what habits and lifestyles lead to sleep problems like insomnia; he also offers reasonable solutions to them.

This book would be helpful to anybody who takes care of themself or anyone else, like a child, a spouse or an older relative. He presents a series of symptoms that are tell-tale signs of a parasomnia, such as sleep-walking, talking, or even sleep-eating. (He calls that syndrome the 'midnight raider'.) He also includes pediatric sleep disorders.

He lists sleep disrupters, that is, bad habits that interfear with sleep. He also gives advice on how to turn your room into a sleepie-paradise. No sleep disorder mentioned is incurable.

In general good book, my only complaint is his implication that the night-owl or the night-shift worker has a sleep disorder. This isn't an ideal world.


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Release date2004-05-072000-03-072006-09-252003-052004-03-261996-07-30
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