Question
Hello Karel: I have a lot of sleep problems,wake up tired, feel like i never slept. Sleepy in afternoon. no energy. my nephew was jut diagnosed with to much adrenal in his blood. He never sleeps well either. What is to much adrenal in blood mean, could this cause sleep disorders? thanks
Answer
adrenal fatigue i never heard of until you told me and looked it up, it apparently is when the adrenal glands which secrete hormones is not working properly which can cause tiredness. I am not a physician but a respiratory therapist who suffers from a sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. The adrenal fatigue is diagnosed with blood testing of the hormones. A doctor called an endocrinologist is the type of physician you need to see. Please go to the website below as it explains everything you need to know. Also narcolepsy is a sleeping disorder where one falls asleep at inappropriate times, however if your nephew was diagnosed via blood tests with this disorder then he does have it and not narcolepsy though you can have the two, however narcolepsy is not so easily diagnosed a n overnight eeg is done at a sleepcenter. If you go to the two websites below they will explain both disorders very easily to you.
http://www.suffernomore.com/Pain/AdrenalFatigue.htm
The next disorder is sleepnet.com click on disorders then narcolepsy. I also am including a preprinted letter I use to help if you constantly are awakening at night which may or may not help, but is has nothing to do with meds and may make him sleep better. feel free to email again karel. the form letter is below on insomnia which i know he dont have but the tips for a more relaxed sleep may help him.
You must reset your sleep clock. Do the following religiously for
4-6 weeks though many have seen changes in as little as 2 weeks.
You must go to bed and awaken the same time every day regardless
of how much or little 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.
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.Do this as
many times as you awaken during the night.It will lesson.This retrains
the brain into thinking that the bedroom is for restful sleep only.
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
