Narcolepsy is a disorder that affects many different areas of life. So in typical patients with narcolepsy, they have something called "excessive daytime sleepiness." So, they're very sleepy during the day. Yet, at night, they're still sleepy, but their sleep… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
People went to bed when the sun went down and they woke up when the sun came up. That's what our bodies are naturally programmed to do. However, with all the new stresses in life with electricity, with technology, we… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
If there's a lot of fear that's going on, if there's a lot of anxiety, it's manifesting itself in your nocturnal world so that… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We try not using medications initially, and we use something called behavioral therapy for insomnia. This changes behaviors people do in bed, none of… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
And you cycle throughout so that you do about five to six cycles throughout the night. And we spend more time in REM later… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Night terrors are very different from nightmares. A lot of people will think they're the same, but they're really not. Night terrors - you… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Some patients are still having insomnia, but it's seems worse to them than actually it is. So, if they say they're sleep deprived, they… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Sleep paralysis is something that is actually very common. Many people have it, I've had it myself. And what happens is, when you're in… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So you have Sleep Stage One, Two, and then Three/Four. One is a little bit lighter stage of the quiet, non-REM sleep and then… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
The other option we have are medication treatments. So you'll have the treatments such as Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and we'll also have Rozerem and… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So, sleep deprivation, and sometimes an insomnia, which is a little bit of a different form, but just getting a lack of sleep, can… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So when it comes to circadian rhythms, it's a clock that's basically programmed in our body. So if you think back to times when… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
![“When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely sleep tomorrow, and if not tomorrow then definitely the third" because our body has a way of naturally catching up.” quote by Shelby Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/234/shelby-harris-10520_body_when-they-people-with-insomnia-start-wor_5850.jpg)
![“We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people need to get up early to go to work and they can't be sleeping until 11:00 or 12:00. So we use treatments like bright light therapy, melatonin, things like…” quote by Shelby Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7da/shelby-harris-10520_adults_we-re-not-really-sure-why-it-broken-circ_173576.jpg)
