When you're in the more deeper stages of sleep - REM sleep, your body is quiet, but your mind is actually very… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
We actually don't know the function of sleep all that well yet, but sleep is a time of quiescence in the brain. — 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
There's a new line of research showing that people who don't get enough sleep, they're body doesn't metabolize as well. And so… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Some patients will report that they have sleep paralysis. If we see sleep paralysis alone and nothing else, we don't really think… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
So there's a few different ways that we treat insomnia. The first thing that we always do is we look at the… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
Well, the actual function of the brain, not so sure yet. There's a lot of different theories about it, but when you… — 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
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