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Why you might be waking up. Sleep architecture refers to the four stages of sleep people cycle through during the night in about 90 to 120-minute intervals, said Dr. Brandon Peters-Mathews, a ...
Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. (Its corresponding state is hypnopompia –sleep to wakefulness.) Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" include hallucinations, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis.
Sleep research conducted in the 1990s showed that such waking up during the night may be a natural sleep pattern, rather than a form of insomnia. [2] If interrupted sleep (called "biphasic sleeping" or "bimodal sleep") is perceived as normal and not referred to as "insomnia", less distress is caused and a return to sleep usually occurs after ...
[9] [10] It is a difficulty transitioning from sleep to wake. [10] Individuals experiencing sleep drunkenness report waking with confusion, disorientation, slowness and repeated returns to sleep. [9] [11] It also appears in non-hypersomniac persons, for example after a night of insufficient sleep. [9]
The best time to wake up is the time that allows you to sleep enough hours, remain consistent and get exposed to some sunlight in the morning, Dr. Daniel Barone, neurologist and associate director ...
Nocturia is defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as "the complaint that the individual has to wake at night one or more times for voiding (i.e., to urinate)". [1] The term is derived from Latin nox – "night", and Greek [τα] ούρα – "urine". Causes are varied and can be difficult to discern. [2]
Your sleep schedule also may be at risk of disruption if you work the night shift or multiple jobs, adds W. Chris Winter, M.D., a neurologist and sleep specialist in Charlottesville, VA and member ...
A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.