Talk:Sleep disorder

Sleep Medicine

There is a missuse of the word plethora which implies too many. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.89.173 (talk) 10:24, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Sleepwalking

There is enough information and enough of interest about the phenomenon sleepwalking to have a separate article (IMO). --Daniel C. Boyer 19:28 19 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Why is sleepwalking the only sleep disorder that redirects to here? --Miguel 19:24, 17 August 2003

Okay, made sleepwalking a seperate article. I don't know why it redirected to here originally. The article is rather stubbish, so feel free to expand. —Frecklefoot 14:35, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)

REM deprivation

Deleted reference to REM sleep in the first sentence. It simply is not true. In fact, REM deprivation is a common side effect of antidepressant use (some attribute their effects to REM deprivation). REM deprivation may affect memory negatively...but so does sleep fragmentation and total sleep deprivation. --MrSandman 19:25, 23 September 2005

Insomnia

Okay, I'm thoroughly confused here. In the common sleep disorders list, Insomnia is like the third one down... but in the Insomnia page, it states: "Many believe that insomnia is a sleep disorder, but it is not. It is a symptom, as insomniacs typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or 'rest their mind' for more than a few minutes at a time. As opposed to being a sleep disorder, insomnia is most often caused by sleep disorders, though they are not the only causes."

Which is true? Is Insomnia a sleeping disorder, or is it not?

--70.95.59.46 07:30, 26 February 2006

Of course insomnia is a sleep disorder. JFW | T@lk 10:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Primary insomnia is a sleep disorder. "Insomnia" is also used to describe difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep due to a whole host of (other) causes. --Hordaland (talk) 15:53, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

This article should be changed to reflect that then, either that or the Insomnia article should be changed. This is indeed confusing and should not need resolving via the discussions page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uberangryghost (talk • contribs) 08:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Depends on what context it is used. Insomnia is a symptom. For example you could have insomnia the night before exams or insomnia after taking too much caffeine or after breaking up with a girlfriend etc. However, chronic insomnia is a sleep disorder. If it is chronic it is a disorder. If it is transient it is a symptom.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 18:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Can't Sleep

In summertime I find my self up til 2AM trying to sleep, sume times 3, once 4. Now I can but it takes a while. --Realg187 17:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Sudden infant death = parasomnia

Maybe its worth mentioning SIDs as a "sleep disorder". But is it really classified as a parasomnia? "characterized by partial arousals during sleep" - given that it's sudden and fatal, SIDs couldn't involve multiple arousals. This just seems silly. --Sourcejedi 14:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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I also don't believe that SIDs is a parasomnia - in fact I don't think half of these things in this list are parasomnias.

Sleep medicine in USA

I have changed this section to "history" (as it is essentially historical) but it should be expanded to include specific developments in other countries. I need to find out the UK situation, but to my knowledge it is vastly underdeveloped in this country. JFW | T@lk 10:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I changed it back. I ain't done with it yet. Hope to make it eventually worldwide and current, then move the section to Sleep medicine. (And my OR shows that it varies widely from place to place in UK. Some districts happily send patients to London, some don't!) --Hordaland (talk) 15:57, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

more than less

I think that I counted six "more" and one "less" but only two "than". Shouldn't "möre" and "less" be always comparative ? Jclerman (talk) 14:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Always? Often implied, as in "For more information, see ..." But I fixed a couple, both mine and others'.---Hordaland (talk) 17:43, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Automatism (medicine)

Automatism (medicine) should be mentioned somewhere on this page to open a path there.76.97.245.5 (talk) 08:15, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Awake but unable to move

There is a disorder, I believe, were the sleeper wakes and is fully conscious but is not yet able to move. Any one know what this one is? Should it be added?