Common Sleep Disorders and Misconceptions

Understanding Common Sleep Disorders

The following statement that talks about sleep disorder of being of two kinds is completely false and in reality, there are about 5 common sleep disorders among which Apnoea and failure to stay awake due to stress are part of the list along with restless leg syndrome as well as narcolepsy and REM sleep behaviour disorder that hold a diverse classification and intensity among themselves (Buysse, Rush & Reynolds,2017). With the idea stated in the statement which points out the other disorder to only be related to failure to stay awake due to stress is a part of the symptoms of insomnia within itself.

Following given statement associated with the fact that the over-the-counter sleep AIDS should be encouraged over prescription sleep is due to factors of it being safer and not habit forming is completely false. Over the counter sleep aids in general have its own level of side-effects and unfortunately people can become addicted to these sleeping pills if taken for a longer period of time. The pills are not stated to be addictive in a physical sense but can have is psychological sense of addiction among the people who consume it regularly (Winkelman,2015). Over the counter sleep aids also have the ability to cause major side effects. Example of the same can be extracted from the commonly used sleep aid diphenhydramine which can cause Side Effects like allergies, constipation cold and flu along with nausea on a regular consumption.

The following statement that Menopause has no impact on Insomnia is completely false as Menopause has the ability to create a decline of oestrogen in an individual which can contribute to disrupted sleep through hot flashes and sweat which are vasomotor symptoms along with anxiety and depression which become the greatest contributors to the process of integrating insomnia.

The following statement given that puts up the idea that over-the-counter sleep aids get a backup from medications like benzodiazepines is a true statement within itself as the medications of Benzodiazepines hold the similar effects to an over-the-counter sleep aid (Morin et al.,2015). However, it should only be used as a replacement or a backup if the over-the-counter sleep aids are unable to make its prominence in doing the job. Benzodiazepine are the most widely used drugs for the short-term treatment of insomnia.

The best practices for insomnia assessment are associated with the general habits that an individual adapts in the life (Brasure et al.,2015). The most common aspect of it has to be the persons bedtime routine which differs from person to person and plays a key role in deciding how a person is about to sleep and for what duration they are going to do so. Apart from that the sleep-wake schedule is also integral in deciding if a person can have Insomnia or not. Other integral aspects include nocturnal behaviour during and before the time of sleeping as well as daytime dysfunction of an individual which changes on the basis of their day-to-day routine.

References

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Buysse, D. J., Rush, A. J., & Reynolds, C. F. (2017). Clinical management of insomnia disorder. Jama, 318(20), 1973-1974.

Morin, C. M., Drake, C. L., Harvey, A. G., Krystal, A. D., Manber, R., Riemann, D., & Spiegelhalder, K. (2015). Insomnia disorder. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 1(1), 1-18.

Winkelman, J. W. (2015). Insomnia disorder. New England Journal of Medicine, 373(15), 1437-1444.