Why a Lack of Sleep Makes Us Depressed: Expert Reveals What You Can Do About It.
Published on October 14, 2016 In a report from the Daily Mail, psychology professor Alice Gregory discusses the idea that insomnia happens before depression and improving sleep may help treat the condition. Historically, insomnia has been thought of as secondary to other disorders such as depression. The idea was that you became depressed – and that your sleep got messed up as a consequence. This might involve difficulty falling asleep, excessive time awake at night or waking up earlier than hoped. This may make sense to those who have experienced depression and found that thoughts of distressing events such as …
The Surprising Reason You’re Sleepy All Day.
SAM BAILEY Last updated 09:45, May 6 2016 Slumping over your desk well before it’s appropriate to knock off? Before you blame those early starts, central heating or the “3pm effect” for the uncontrollable yawning, there might be another reason at work. And it’s not what you might expect. Latest research from Penn State College of Medicine has found obesity and depression are the leading causes of chronic drowsiness. The study, as published in the SLEEP Journal, analysed 1300 people over 7.5 years and found those who were obese and depressed showed higher sleep disturbances and excessive levels of daytime sleepiness (EDS). …
This sleep scientist says you probably don’t have insomnia.
Julia Calderone | Feb 8, 2016, 2:20 PM Americans as a whole are really bad at sleeping. In a survey of more than 70,000 people in the US about a third of respondents said that they snoozed for less than seven hours per night. About 38% said that they’d fallen asleep during the day at least once in the month prior. It’s no surprise, then, that millions of Americans suffer from a wide range of sleep disorders. But their actual diagnoses may not be so straightforward. Many people who have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep assume that they have …
7 Reasons You Should Take Snoring Seriously.
It just doesn’t disturb your partner’s sleep, but ruins your health too in more ways than one. Debjani Arora Feb 03, 2016 at 04:30 pm If you snore, it is your partner who is affected the most. But remember you are more at risk because of this condition even if you think you are sleeping at peace, snoring is a warning sign that indicates you suffer from a host of problems and complications. In fact, it can make some of the existing ones even worse. Here are few of the health issues that snoring can either aggravate or put you at …
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