Insomnia: Your 3 Worst Ways and 3 Best Ways to Fall Asleep
Our sleep experts weigh in Have trouble falling asleep? Wake up at 3 a.m. for no reason? Insomnia can rob you of energy the next day, fog your thinking and put you in harm’s way on the road. If you’re relying on common crutches for sleeplessness, they won’t help your cause. Here, our sleep experts share their favorite and least favorite remedies for insomnia: The 3 worst ways to get to sleep 1. Have a ‘nightcap’ before bed Do you unwind with a glass of wine or a scotch and soda before bed? “The literature shows that alcohol is the …
JADA Looks at How Alcohol, Caffeine, Tobacco, Drug Abuse Relate to Sleep Bruxism.
November 11, 2016 Alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine could facilitate or exacerbate sleep bruxism, according to a systematic review featured in the November issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association. Researchers investigated the association between sleep bruxism and alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, and drug abuse by assessing seven studies with samples ranging from 51 to 10,229. The authors concluded that, on the basis of limited evidence, sleep bruxism was associated positively with alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco. Furthermore, the association between abused drugs with sleep bruxism remained without sufficient evidence. “If a patient shows signs and symptoms of sleep bruxism, a …
Alcohol and sleep: what you need to know about how drinking affects your sleep pattern.
Getting up the morning after an evening spent drinking can be difficult, but how much does alcohol really affect how well you sleep? By Press Association Last updated: 15 July 2016, 13:35 BST One in three people in the UK regularly suffer from insomnia, making us some of the most prolific sheep counters in the world. It’s a common problem among the over-50s, and warm summer nights make dropping off even trickier. Occasional episodes of sleep deprivation are an annoyance, but they rarely cause any serious issues. For those people that suffer from persistent insomnia, it can have …
Patient Reviews
