This is the second post from Doug S. of Build Better Sleep, our January Featured Blogger. In this post, Doug goes into the different methods that he’s found to be effective in helping him manage his chronic insomnia over the years. There’s some confusion over the actual definitions of sleeplessness versus insomnia, so I’m going [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
Falling Back Asleep,
insomnia,
Sleep Promoters
This is the final Featured Blogger post from the Hypnagogia blog. In this entry, they discuss how an experiment in monitoring body temperature gave them new insight into both REM and sleep apnea. Given that we inhabit a planet with a 24 hour day, it is no surprise that our bodies have become roughly linked [...]
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circadian rhythm,
Featured Blogger,
REM Sleep,
sleep apnea,
temperature
This is the 3rd Featured Blogger post from the Hypnagogia blog. In this entry, they discuss how to overlay your CPAP data with your Zeo Data in order to get a better picture of how well you sleep – and what changes you might want to make. I’ve posted on a couple of CPAP boards [...]
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Featured Blogger,
Periodic Breathing,
sleep apnea,
Sleep Data
This post from the Hypnagogia blog is part of our Featured Blogger initiative. In this entry, they discuss how alcohol consumption lead to an increase of their sleep apnea index (AHI) and a decrease in sleep quality. A nightcap helps you sleep, right? Well, yes…but not they way you think it does. During my initial [...]
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Alcohol,
sleep apnea,
Sleep Hygiene,
snoring
Making sure that teenagers get enough sleep is a daunting task. Today, teenagers have a myriad of demands to stay awake and cheat sleep, such as job commitments, school work, family obligations and the powerful distracting force of the Internet. While excessive daytime sleepiness and a hindered ability to focus and excel in school are [...]
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Bedtime Routine,
sleep debt,
Sleep Deprivation,
teenagers
We hear a lot of stories here at Zeo. Some are straightforward. Some are complex. Some are mindblowing. Recently, a Zeo user named Joel B. wrote to us and told us how his wife’s life improved after her sleep improved. Their story falls into the “mindblowing” category. Here’s Joel’s story: For perhaps 6-8 months, possibly [...]
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depression,
Medication,
quality of life,
REM Sleep,
Sleep Stealers
Ever get the sense that something’s watching you while you’re asleep? Or that there’s some thing in the room? Perhaps it’s under the bed or standing over you? Perhaps it even looks something like this: If so don’t worry; you’re not crazy. What you’re experiencing is what’s known as Sleep Paralysis (SP). It’s when [...]
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hallucinations,
REM Sleep,
sleep paralysis
It happened precisely at 7:34 am. I fell back asleep and felt my body become paralyzed. Then I sat up, and felt “myself” lift out of my physical body. I floated above my bed and melted into the window. I entered the thin pane of the glass and hovered inside its boundaries. Then I woke up. [...]
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dreams,
hallucinations,
parasomnia,
REM Sleep