“We try not using medications initially, and we use something called behavioral therapy for insomnia. This changes behaviors people do in bed, none of the tossing and turning.” PeopleTryingUseBedBehaviorTherapyInsomniaMedicationUsing Me Author:Shelby Harris
“The other option we have are medication treatments. So you'll have the treatments such as Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and we'll also have Rozerem and for some patients we use Benzodiazopine/Clonazepam. Things like that to help with anxiety.” HelpingUseAnxietyPatientTreatmentMedicationSonatasAmbien Author:Shelby Harris
“People went to bed when the sun went down and they woke up when the sun came up. That's what our bodies are naturally programmed to do. However, with all the new stresses in life with electricity, with technology, we tend to override that system and we'll stay up later and we'll get up earlier or later, and we use alarm clocks, we use the light.” PeopleUseBodyLightTechnologySunBedStressDown AndGet UpClockElectricityAlarmsAlarm Clocks Author:Shelby Harris
“We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people need to get up early to go to work and they can't be sleeping until 11:00 or 12:00. So we use treatments like bright light therapy, melatonin, things like that that are very effective.” PeopleNeedsUseLightSleepBrokenAdultsTreatsGet UpRhythmTherapyTreatmentUp EarlyBright LightsCircadian RhythmMelatonin Author:Shelby Harris
“Honestly, what we use a lot is melatonin. So we use lower dosages of melatonin, taking it at different times, depending upon where we are traveling and that can really help adjust the body's rhythm to wherever you are going.” DifferentHelpingUseBodyHonestlyRhythmDifferent TimesWherever You AreDosageMelatonin Author:Shelby Harris
“So the older models, when you look at Freudian, when you look at Jungian thought, and there's still people who really - who really use the Jungian thought of dream analysis, is really that you would analyze the dreams. The dreams are there for a purpose.” PeopleLooksStillsUseDreamPurposeModelsAnalysis Author:Shelby Harris
“Now narcolepsy is really hard though because they're very tired during the day, they're sleepy during the day and it's managed mostly with medications. So we use medications to help them sleep better at night and to stay away during the day. But there are behavioral things you can do also by changing diet, exercise, having an actual nap schedule.” HardHelpingUseNightCan DoSleepExerciseTiredDietsSchedulesMedicationNapsSleepyUsing MeNarcolepsy Author:Shelby Harris
