Insomnia and Sleeplessness

Men, stop critising their partners not doing their share!

swee — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:47:54 +0000

Insomnia, depressed or irritable mood, anhedonia, vegetative function change, anxiety symptoms, suicidality, helplessless and hopelessness can be the the symptoms of postnatal depression. This can occur at the onset of postnatal period upto six months after childbirth.

In a study conducted by University of Melbourne, Australia discovered a significant relationship between unsupportive fathers and postnatal depression. Mothers were found to do about three-quarters of the domestic tasks, while men had more than double the women’s leisure hours.

Therefore, the findings suggested treatment of postnatal depression should include the father as well as the mother.

Not tonight, I have a migraine!

swee — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:22:39 +0000

Most migraine or headache sufferers will tell you they do not sleep well at night. Insomnia is their main complaint. Having a headache may actually be a legitimate excuse for avoiding sex also, but this may not be the same for migraineurs, according to researchers.

A US study found that people who experienced migraine headaches had more sex drive than those with tension-type headaches. The migraineurs rated themselves on average as having a higher sex drive than their peers with no migraine.

The logic is, researchers said both migraine headaches and sexual desire were partially modulated by systemic levels of serotonin (5-HT), a chemical that was chronically low in migraine patients.

Therefore, serotonin levels may be partially responsible for migraine and sex drive, but more research is needed to find out the serotogenic phenomena.

Having migraine is not totally bad for your sexual relationship afterall. “I think I have migraine tonight, darling”, if your partner mention this to you, you should have a better guess what it means.

[Source: Headache 2006;46:983-90]

Cure for insomnia - attend Workshops,seminars and conferences

swee — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:28:39 +0000

You are not alone if you fall asleep during a workshop,seminars, conferences or talk event. According to survey, almost half of the doctors who attended the events had either fallen asleep or almost fallen asleep. Only 60% of doctors think these events are intellectually stimulated by activities and most of the time and just over half believed they had a positive impact on their working practice.

So, the lesson I learned is you sleep well when you are “bored”. However insomnia is a major problem in all our lives, more information is still coming…..

Sleep, or I’ll stick needles into you!

swee — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:59:46 +0000

This not a threat. I mean acupuncture. On my own kid, as a trial. My 7 year-old daughter had trouble to sleep at night or awakening middle of everybody sweet dreams. One day I decided to try my practiced skill onto her. I used HT-7 (heart meridian) that night, she slept through like a baby. Wow, but the effect only lasted for 2 days. No wonder, patients tend to return to see me for more acupuncture sessions.