Monthly Archives: August 2012
Insomnia Part 2: Mostly Associated with Depression
How common is Insomnia and who is most likely to have sleep disorders? Dr. Jason Porter explains that as much as 50% of the general population experiences insomnia...which can lead to some type of daily symptom such as fatigue, irritability, loss of concentration or motivation, and many others. Read more [...]
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Got Stress?
Who doesn’t. Everyone has stress to some degree. We live in a world where we are constantly on the go regardless of our place in it and we don’t always see eye to eye with everyone or everything in it. For the fun of it, I decided to look up to see how stress is defined these days in a good old dictionary and this is what I found.
A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually Read more [...]
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Wake Up!! You Need to Sleep!
It is the rare person that has excellent sleep. If you do not have a sleeping issue, you probably know someone who does. I have become aware of the magnitude of this problem because of my patients. It is only through practicing that I now know one of the absolute basics to health and anti-aging is sleep. Difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, frequent waking, depression, or waking up tired are all possible presentations of a sleeping problem. Imperfect sleep has become Read more [...]
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Journey of a TriAthlete part 2; Lessons Learned
Lessons I have learned? It doesn't take to long to recognize your deficiencies when you begin training for a triathlon. May I share a few? The first thought was, I can swim and ride a bike, but I hate running. So I began with the weak link, and I began by running a mile. The next day I ran a mile and walked a mile. The third day I ran a mile and walked 2 miles. Every day I added more time to my walk, working up to an hour. After that I began to run 2 miles and then 3, and so forth until I was able Read more [...]
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Insomnia Part 1: Leading Cause of Non-Restorative Sleep and Inability to Recover from Acute or Chronic Stress
Disturbance in sleep patterns is the leading cause of inability to recover from acute or chronic stress. Inability to deal with or recover from stress leads to fatigue and frequently depression. In other words properly treated insomnia improves mood and energy.
Insomnia in any patient will present with one or all of the following symptoms: difficulty in initiating sleep, difficulty in maintaining sleep, waking up to early, or sleep that is chronically non-restorative or poor in quality. These Read more [...]
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