And you cycle throughout so that you do about five to six cycles throughout the night. And we spend more time in… — 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… — 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… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So someone who is a child usually goes to bed about 8:00 or 9:00 at night, but then when they have a… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We have other opposite problems with circadian rhythms that can happen when you - a lot of times with older adults. They… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So people only focus on getting the really deep sleep, but in reality, we spend almost 60% of the night in the… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
It's uncommon, but there are some people who just have a delayed circadian rhythm and they just - they sleep better during… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
If you're going somewhere East from here, generally what you want to do is you want to try to have your bed… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So a lot of people who work rotating shifts and they work at night, their bodies are set to want to be… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
When you are more awake at nights, they'll toss and turn, they'll think more, they get frustrated. And when that starts to… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
I'll work on patient's thoughts about sleep, "So I must get eight hours of sleep tonight or I won't sleep tomorrow." That… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So when you go to sleep at night, if you're someone who hasn't had any sleep deprivation, you have a very normal… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Narcolepsy is a disorder that affects many different areas of life. So in typical patients with narcolepsy, they have something called "excessive… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Now there's some night terrors that happen in adults. And if it starts as an adult and you've never had them before,… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
For some people they say, it's about wish fulfillment, it's about the things you are never able to do in your day… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We've looked at sleep diaries of patients with insomnia, and they'll say that they don't sleep for one or two days. And… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We'll work on relaxation strategies and also changing the times you go to bed will actually make them sleep a little bit… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So we go through in the beginning of the night, we go into the really deep stages of sleep and we actually… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Now narcolepsy is really hard though because they're very tired during the day, they're sleepy during the day and it's managed mostly… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Workplace accidents with people who are sleep deprived or people who work shifts and they don't get the right amount of sleep… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So, it's not every patient that I see, but I'd say a good 70% to 80% of the patients when they go… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We think is happening in the brain, the way I like to think about it is, it's almost like, you're brain is… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Night terrors are in deep sleep, and they're more common in kids, as are nightmares, but what happens in a night terror… — 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
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