Sleep Problems

Treatment for those suffering from sleep apnea is geared towards returning to a state of restful sleep with normal breathing patterns throughout the night. As well treatment is often meant to relieve or all together rid a sleep apnea sufferer of symptoms such as loud snoring, choking or gasping throughout the night and excessive tiredness during the day. Sleep apnea treatments are also very beneficial in lowering high levels of blood pressure and decreasing the risk that a patient will suffer a stroke or heart attack in the future.

Lifestyle changes are the first course of treatment. These include quitting smoking, avoiding alcohol at least four hours before bedtime and not consuming any type of sleeping pill or sedative. For those who are overweight losing weight is recommended. Even a few pounds loss can be helpful for those suffering from mild sleep apnea. It is also recommended that sleep apnea sufferers sleep on their side and not their stomach or their back. Which side is not of much importance but sleeping on one’s side can serve to keep the throat and airways clear and open. Oversized pillow are not recommended and neither is it recommended to use more than one pillow while you sleep. These lifestyle changes might be enough to help those suffering from mild cases of sleep apnea but moderate to severe sufferers will need to go one step further.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is routinely used to treat cases of sleep apnea. A mask is worn over the nose while the patient is sleeping. The purpose of the mask is to blow air continuously into the throat to help keep it clear and open. The air pressure level is set ahead of time for what is adequate for the patient. Many patients notice less symptoms and more restful sleeps once they begin using CPAP. Snoring may cease due to this treatment method but that does not mean that you can give up using CPAP or that automatically your sleep apnea has gone away for good. It is important to point out that while snoring is a common symptom of sleep apnea, not all people who have this condition snore. As well there are people who snore who do not suffer from sleep apnea.

Continuous positive pressure as a treatment method is effective only if it is used as instructed and is used on a consistent basis. Often stopping its use will cause all of the patient’s symptoms to return. It is important to talk with your doctor about your concerns in regards to sleep apnea and this method of treatment.

CPAP is a treatment that is used form home and generally a sleep technician arrives at your home with the equipment and sets up the special CPAP machine next to your bed. The technician will set it to the air pressure determined by the patient’s doctor and can return to make adjustments to it as is needed.

CPAP treatment comes with side effects that might bother some sleep apnea sufferers. These side effects include stuffy and/or dry nose, irritation of facial skin, sore eyes, stomach bloating and headaches.

MYTH #1 ) “If you sleep longer, you’ll be more awake and have more energy in your life”
TRUTH: Sleeping Longer ROBS You of Energy and Damages your Sleeping System.
There are several reasons why sleeping longer damages your sleep system. What most people don’t know is that there is a very important element of your inner sleep clock which is prior wakefulness. When you sleep longer you limit your prior wakefulness which puts stress on a number of other factors such us your melatonin hormone levels, your exposure to sunlight, and your body temperature rhythm.
Getting longer sleep or “catching up on sleep” only weakens your sleep system, which in turn can even lower your immune system. The common belief that trying to sleep less makes you tired and low on energy is simply because people don’t understand how the bio-temperature rhythms work (what you will learn soon).
MYTH #2) You need to “Catch Up on Sleep” if you missed some before.
TRUTH:
Unless you go on a huge sleep deprivation marathon, you do not need to “catch up on sleep”, if you downloaded the 2 free chapters of the powerful sleep eBook, you learned precisely why this is true. It is only during the first 3 – 4 hours of sleep that we experience most of State 3 and Stage 4 sleep. Sleeping longer than you usually do isn’t physically beneficial to you in anyway, and puts your body temperature rhythm out of balance.
MYTH #3) “I feel so low on energy, I Must Get More Sleep”
TRUTH: More Sleep DOES NOT Provide You With more Energy!
You don’t need MORE sleep, you need QUALITY sleep.
People think that sleep is a very basic thing. We don’t really think about it do we? We sleep, we wake up, and we magically feel refreshed, don’t we? In truth, sleep is actually quite a complex and fascinating system that most of us take for granted. Because most of us don’t understand how our inner sleep system works, we aren’t even aware of all the actions we’re taking in our lives that are damaging our sleep systems and depriving us of energy. There is a difference between MORE sleep, and POWERFUL sleep. The only way to make your sleep more physically energizing is to learn about the inner science of sleep! Only once you learn how to optimize your sleeping system for maximum performance, can you try to reduce your sleep.

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About The Author:

Kacper Postawski is an innovative sleep science researcher and the creator of the “Powerful Sleep – Secrets of the Inner Sleep Clock” system on www.PowerfulSleep.com. He can show you how to reduce your sleep by up to 3 hours, create more time, and an abundance of energy in your body by sleeping LESS! Not more. He dispels the “8 hour sleep myth”, tells you what most people never realize about sleep, and what the drug companies DONT WANT YOU to know. Go to: http://www.2jump2.com/x.php?9xj to find out more about Powerful Sleep.