Disorderly Sleeping

Disorderly Sleeping Ethane Mesa-Morales Franklin University morning person? Night owl? Something in between? When argon you at your best? Vie entrap that no matter the hour of daytime, I am the best me I can be after(prenominal) a good nights slumber. Sleep a wonderful state of unconsciousness after shopping at the mall with a quartet year, a five year old, a six year old, and a 7 year old. Lets face it for some of us forty winks is a luxury, better than a day at the spa, but the reasoning behind sleep and the various rowdyisms, damages and wonders it can cause are a mystery to even the brightest scientific minds.What do we really know about the all-powerful globe of sleep? We know that we should sleep at least 8 of every 24 hours. We know that on that point are 24 hours in a day and we know that it takes the earth 24 hours to rotate. (Rather, 100) Coincidence? I think not. The earth turns too circadian rhythm or cycle that is connected with the twenty quartette hour perio d of the earths rotation, but we dont know why. For now this remains one of the great mysteries of the universe, literally. So, what happens when we sleep? During more or less of our day, we are awake, conscious of the world around us.Once a body realizes it is tired, the natural reaction is to relax. As our bodies set about to get drowsy our consciousness or awareness begins to slip away into the unconscious state of sleep. We are then in whole new world. One where there are five progressive storys of unconsciousness. foursome stages of NORM (non- rapid eye movement sleep) and ERM (rapid eye movement) sleep. In stage one of NORM, our bodies assisted by slowed brain waves that create a theta pattern, which have a frequency of about 6 to 8 cycles per encourage and are accompanied by slow, rolling eyes.Stage one is the lightest stage of sleep, and could also be considered dozing. In stage 2 of NORM sleep, brain waves slow Just a bit at 4 to 7 cycles per second. Stages 3 and 4 ar e considered the deep sleep stages and produce brain waves called delta that cycle approximately 0. 5 to 2 times per second. (Rather, 101) It is at this time when it gets interesting. One would think after stage 4, there would be a transfer into ERM sleep, which is said to be the deepest sleep of all. This doesnt happen.The cycle is then reversed and from stage four we go cycle back though stages 3, 2, and 1. Upon returning to stage 1, we then fall into ERM sleep. Therefore it would be logical to conclude that darn ERM sleep is much deeper than stage 1 sleep, the brain waves are extremely similar. The difference here would be in the amplitude of the brain waves and the rapidity of eye movement. During ERM sleep, our eyes pitch to dart around rapidly as if searching for something lost that is urgently needed. Earlier we determined that sleep is necessary to function at 100%.Unfortunately, there are problems related to sleep that can arbitrate with our ability to function at inabi lity to fall asleep or stay asleep, narcolepsy also, cognise as sleep attacks, pane, sleep terrors, bed-wetting and sleepwalking. Insomnia is a common sleep disorder affecting approximately 2/gs of adults to each one year. Pane is a sleep disorder in which an affected patient stops breathing ofttimes several hundred times a night. Sleep terrors are similar to nightmares but are extremely terrifying and interrupt sleep. Both bed-wetting and sleep-walking are both thought to end with maturity although, have been known to happen well into adulthood.Narcolepsy, while being a sleep disorder does not happen while you are asleep, instead it makes you fall asleep suddenly with no warning while you appear to be wide awake. It is a dangerous disorder and can cause various accidents including loss of life or limb. It is said that Abnormalities in the hypothetic system may be responsible for the daytime sleepiness and insane ERM sleep found in narcolepsy. (Chunk) It can often go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years delaying manipulation and preventing a cure. Once it has been correctly diagnosed, Amphetamines can be used in treatment.It is also suggested that regular model and exposure to bright eight be used for alertness in combination with alertness medicines ordained by a physician. Sleeping disorders come in all shapes and sizes, and affect the smallest of children to the oldest of adults. For example, currently the sleep disorder in my family, and that of many families with young children is befitting. My son, who is four, Just cant seem to get up and get to the bathroom in time. The remedy in our house at the present time is to attempt to wake him up around 2 or 3 in the morning, unfortunately we dont always get to him before, well the you know, happens.Previously Vie had issues with sleep pane due to a medication given to me in the hospital. I was perpetually monitored by nurses, who would constantly wake me to give me breathing treatments. Fortunately, in somnia is not a non-issue until about 7 am on Saturday and my darling devils decide its time to play, but I suppose that form of insomnia is not a disorder. References Rather. S. A. (2011). Psych 1 10 Franklin University. Mason, Ohio Coinage Learning Chunk,J. P. (2010). Narcolepsy. Retrieved from http//www. Medicine. Com/ narcolepsy/article. HTML