Seniors Seek Quality Sleep
Seniors seek quality sleep so that we are alert in the daytime and can enjoy quality time for all the activities we wish to be involved with.
Sleep disorders and their treatment have been known for more than a generation. Perhaps you know about sleep walkers, narcolepsy (excessive sleepiness in daytime hours, falling asleep on cue ie laughter) sleep apnea (snoring, snorting and interrupted breathing often falling asleep in inappropriate places like driving or in meetings), restless leg syndrome ( jerking of feet and legs while sleeping) . All of these affect the quality of sleep and thus affect quality of life. If you live with someone with one of these sleep problems, you know that it interrupts your sleep patterns too.
Here is a sleep disorder that is quite new to me. I know of someone who does not eat til late in the day and eats large amounts of food during the night-sleeping hours. This was strange to me, but quite a surprise to learn that it is a sleep disorder .
Symptoms of NES include the following:
* Little or no appetite for breakfast.
* Eating more food after dinner than during the meal.
* Eating more than half of daily food intake after dinner hour.
* Recurrent awakenings from sleep requiring eating to fall back asleep.
Read here for more information on sleep-eating disorder: The site has information on all the sleep disorders.
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-related-eating-disorders?ecd=wnl_day_122208
Panda picked the subject of sleep eating disorders as we seek quality sleep to ensure quality lifestyle. Many resolve to lose weight as we start the new year but sleep eating disorders may interferr with that goal.
Panda Lady
P.S. This just in Jan. 3 from Lifescript. Perhaps there is additional cause to seek quality sleep. Knowledge provides power–the power to control the quality of our last years on earth.
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Diane