News of Sleep Disorders

Dunno where this fits really, but wanted to know what the hell would bring this on? Yuk yuk YUK! I can't stand the sound of ppl doing it and yet now I am doing it! What's wrong with me and what causes it????????????!!!

Cutting a long story short I have "recurring" dreams... in a sence. I have dreams that are stated around a certian person (whom by the way isn't real) I'll try to explain by giving a few examples of some of these dreams.

The first dream I had... There was a young man, he was around 19 years old. He has long scruffy brown hair, hazel eyes. Very tall and skinny. He always wears a green ...

I have been suffering with insomnia and night terrors since I was a small child or at least that is what my mother tells me, I don't remember. All I know is that I am in dire need of help. I am currently seeing a psychiatrist that has diagnosed me with bi-polar disorder, manic depression, sleep disorder, anxiety disorder, agoraphobia and I have these really bad panic attacks. Thank God they have cut my meds ...

I do all these things and can't sleep. My mind is restless and I have so many troubles in my life trying to open a club....... I feel alone and worried crying all the time...... I only sleep every three days and sometimes it catches me off guard driving to I usually pull over and pasrk and sleep in the car even if I live just 100 steps away.... WHAT CAN I DO? WHATS WRONG? ...

Basically i stumbed upon this forum doing some late night research.


I'd like to introduce myself. I'm called martin, but prefer marty hehe
I suffered insomnia about a year ago and well it pretty much drove me to insanity!

But thankfully i slowly managed to find the core of the problem and now manage* to get a good 7 - 8 hours of sleep!

how it should be when your 20 !



But enough about ...

What do you think the main causes of long term Insomnia are.Is it
most likely Anxiety/Depression/Stress,or could it be a condition all on it's own?

So i've posted on many forums on here based on the knowledged i've attained in my own research but only suffer from Ocassional Moderate anxiety which brings me here. I've never been one to diagnose my self with disorders i may have some symptons every now and then but after reading more I'm beginning to think that I might actually have a problem. Any advice would be great here are symptoms I have at least ...

Hello,

One-third of all adult Americans--about 50 million people--complain about their sleep. Some sleep too little, some fitfully, and some too much. Although one-third of our lives is spent asleep, most of us don't know much about sleep, not even our own. We don't even know exactly why we sleep, other than--like an overnight battery recharge--sleep promotes daytime alertness. Sleep problems profoundly disturb both sleeping and waking life.

Some useful resource to help you out ...

I have chronic insomnia and have had it for about a year now- it worries my mother (I'm 13) very much. I went to a doctor to see about long term sleeping pills- she happened to work at a phycologist's office as a nurse on the side, and diagnosed me with bipolar disorder- which I most certainly do not have (if you don't believe me, listen to this- the minute the lady left, my mom ...

Hi,

My name is David and I am currently conducting my thesis research (in conjunction with Queensland University of Technology - Australia - School of Psychology and Counselling) on Insomnia and sleep disturbances in adults (age range 16-65).

If you are interested in participating in an online sleep research project (insomnia and sleep disturbances survey), and you meet the following criteria, please consider taking the survey. If you do not meet the criteria, but would ...