Question
Hi doctor:
I am helping my father to ask.
He is 50 years old, and he is suffering from a sleep disorder for a long time.
His problem is wake up too early, and can't or very hard to fall into sleep again.
for example, he would be sleepy around 10 pm-11pm , and as soon as he get to the bed, he is able to fall into sleep, right away, less then 10 mins, however, in the morning arund 2-3am, he would be up, and then ,hard to get back to sleep, or just stay half sleep and wake.....
almost every day, he is going to suffer from this, and he is now in fear of sleep.... so bothering...
Is there way to solve the problem.
My father is in good health condition, no major disease such as hypertension, heart disease etc....
He is a Chinese and he is working as a central air conditioner repair worker
If you have time , please help me out..
Thanks!!!
Meng Jia
Answer
Sounds like he is suffering from terrible insomnia try these tips below for 6-8 weeks if yuou see no change he needs to go to a sleep center to stay overmight and let them test his sleep pattern for other problems. also sleep aids are no good they are very addicting. here are the tips
You must go to bed and awaken the same time each day regardless of little or much
sleep you got the night before. This starts to reset your sleep clock
3 hours before bedtime stay away from
tea, coffee, caffeine, caramel colored soda like, coke,pepsi, ginger ale,
or root beer, chocolate and exercise .All these make for restless sleep.Do the following religiously for 4-6 weeks although some have seen changes in as little as 2 weeks.
Make sure room is quiet and dark. When you go to bed if you start to
twist and turn or if you wake up in the middle of the night and cant
go back to sleep, twist and turn for only 20 minutes, then get up, go
into a different room and read a book or magazine only! No computer!
When you start to doze immediately go back into the bedroom.This retrains
the brain into thinking that the bedroom is for restful sleep only. Do
this as many times as you awaken thru the night, it will lesson.
30 minutes before bedtime take a hot bath and immerse hands under the
water.Latest research states that the palms of the hand when immersed
in hot water send signals to the brain to relax. 15 minutes before bedtime\
drink a glass of warm milk. Milk when heated contains tryptophan, a
natural amino acid sleep inducer. Go to sleepnet.com click on disorders
insomnia for more tips. Feel free to email again , Karel
