Sleep disorders
Different types of sleep disorders
The international classification of disease documents as many as 81 sleep disorders. Sleep disorders includes parasomnias, dyssomnias, insomnia and many others. Parasomnias are noted for deviant sleep-related behavior. They include sleep terror, sleep walking, nightmares and restless leg syndrome.
Dyssomnias on the other hand are characterized by abnormal sleep quality such as initiation, maintenance, duration, timing and the amount of sleep. Common treatments include bright light therapy, melatonin, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Various forms of sleep therapy surgery are available for opening the airways in obstructive sleep apnea.
Insomnia is one of the most common sleep orders, it is the difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, early awakening or fragmented sleep. Psychological triggers include anxiety, depression, stress and medication.
Obstructive sleep apnea is due to the buildup of fat or the loss of muscles tone with age. Each apnea is associated with micro-arousals, chest movement but no airflow to the nose. Apnea is the absence of breathing lasting for than 10 seconds. Abnormal apnea is the absence of breathing lasting for than 10 seconds occurring more than 5 times an hour.
In order to have good sleep hygiene, a regular sleep routine is required, sleeping and walking hours have to be stick to have synchronized body clock. Napping decreases “sleep debt” and cause slepp fragmentation and insomnia. Smoking, drinking coffee, tea or coke is not advisable as they contain nicotine and caffeine which are stimulants. Do not use alcohol to fall asleep as cause fragmented sleep, snoring and sleep apnea.
To conclude, maintaining good sleep hygiene can minimize or prevent sleep disorder and by ensuring that the disorder is early diagnosed, the sleep disorders would be then treated sooner.
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One can wonder why we all have these sleeping problems which is quite unknown a century ago. Even the word “stress” is not known back then. Our busy, synthetic lifestyle have given us more health conditions than ever and it is best to get back our health through natural means. Sleeping pills can be overused, with the risk of having withdrawal symptoms experienced by illegal drug users. Why not try music for a change? I’d like to explore music that relaxes to the point of sleep, which was the purpose of the study and the subject of this article. In my experience, the most effective music to induce relaxation and sleep is that which has a simple melody, (in musical terms, it could be known as a conjunct melody). Add to that, simple harmonies (mostly consonant, with only mild dissonance), and a slow tempo and, ideally, triple meter (as it has been proven to mimic the human heartbeat at rest).