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Fact:
Your Lifespan is Shortened if you do not Solve your Snoring Sleep Loss
Constantly in a Tired state?
(Sleep disorders can KILL you...literally.)
The upcoming annual camping trip was just three weeks away and jokes were already being conjured up. "Bring an extra pillow" they teased. "We'll draw straws to see who's stuck in Ted's tent ". As good natured as the teasing was, for Ted it was embaressing. He knew snoring was common but he also knew his snoring was intrusive and abnormally loud. Ted knew he needed some type of snoring remedy to cure his snoring.
Not only being labeled "a snorer", Ted would routinely wake up horribly tired in the mornings. Blaming it on too many late nights, he vowed to get to bed earlier the next night, always waking up with the same outcome – sluggish, unmotivated and mimicking regular motions of the day.
It's all sounds too familiar occurrence; everyone has a snoring story to tell. But what you may not know, is snoring can be a danger to your health, affect your work, dissolve relationships and be the underlying cause of many safety concerns.
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Don’t Jeopardize Your Health. (Serious health problems including heart disease, heart attacks, strokes and more are often linked to sleep loss!)
Snoring can lead to serious health concerns. Even death!
Food, water and the air we breathe are all necessary for us to survive. So is an adequate amount of sleep. Like a computer, your body needs to reboot itself every day.
What happens when you sleep?
Your brain and your body have a chance to refresh and arm themselves for the next day. Your heart slows down and the stress you’ve accumulated through the day is relieved. Blood pressure gets lowered. You decrease the severity of age-related diseases. You can lower the chances of hypertension, obesity, diabetes and memory loss.
Sleep loss can cause damage to your heart. A lack sleep has been linked to cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, strokes and in some cases, death. Chronic sleep loss can reduce your body’s ability to regulate hormones and carry out basic metabolic functions.
Often, snoring can lead to a much more serious health concern, known as sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a blockage in the breathing airways and those who have it are often deprived of receiving enough oxygen during the night. Sleep apnea can worsen heart disease. The chance of developing high blood pressure is greater--one of the major risk factors for heart disease and strokes.
Sleep deprivation can lead to serious health problems and premature death. It can also negatively impact the brain’s ability to function, increasing stress hormones and result in depression.
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Are you watching what you eat and working out, but still gaining weight?
Sleep loss increases your appetite...and your waistline.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go to sleep and wake up weighing less? No diets, no exercising, no counting calories? Just lie down, go to sleep and wake up thinner.
Believe it or not. The key to weight loss can be as simple as getting adequate rest.
Studies indicate a correlation between weight gain and lack of sleep. Good sleep = good health. Sleep deficiencies can change certain hormones which control hunger. This can result in increased appetite and high calorie food cravings.
When you’re sleep deprived, your hormones, your appetite and your mood are all affected. You crave comfort food. You’re more likely go to for the chocolate, chips and candy - a sugar fix that gives you a temporary burst of energy. All too soon, you’re hungry again, and craving more sugar to provide energy.
But the real problem is a lack of sleep, not hunger. Fatigue reduces your ability to handle stress. Stress can also lead to emotional eating.
But the real reason behind the eating is sleep loss.
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Are depression and a lack of sleep related?
People who suffer from a sleep disorder are more likely to develop depression.
We've all been there at some point. Feeling out of sorts, down in the dumps, not wanting to get out of bed. These feelings are normal, but if they last more than a couple of weeks, they can be a predictor of depression. Depression occurs when these feelings last for a prolonged period of time and stop you from leading a normal life.
A lack of sleep can cause depression to worsen, although it doesn’t usually cause it. When you’re depressed, it’s hard to keep up your daily routine and fatigue can make it even harder to face the day.
Research shows a direct correlation between sleep problems and depression. If you have a sleep disorder, you’re more likely to develop depression or depression-like symptoms at some point. The more severe the sleep deprivation, the higher the risk of depression. Studies indicate that depressed people are five times more likely to have a sleep disorder related to breathing problems.
Antidepressants can cause or worsen sleep disorders.
When depression sets in, antidepressants are often prescribed. We all know they can alter and lift a person’s mood. Some antidepressants can also induce or magnify sleep disorders. One of these disorders– REM behavior disorder – causes people, while sleeping, to act out their violent dreams.
Physicians are noticing this trend in young patients who are relying more on medication to treat depression. There are a number of side affects associated with antidepressants.
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Job performance Can Be Affected By Lack of Sleep.
("We’re sorry to let you go, but you’ve just made too many mistakes recently. We need someone who is on the ball and paying attention.")
Sound familiar: It’s 3 p.m. and you have another two ours before you can leave the office. It’s the same every day--you count the hours and minutes until you can go home. You just want to crawl under your desk and sleep.
Companies lose billions of dollars every year in lost productivity because of exhausted employees. Every day people lose their jobs because of mistakes made due to fatigue. Tired employees mean dissatisfied employees. A low rate of job satisfaction is often associated with sleep deprivation. That’s not good news for employees or their employers!
People who are sleep deprived are more likely to miss work. Sleep loss causes health problems and a lowered ability to cope.
When you’re sleep deprived, dealing with customers or clients becomes more difficult. You’re irritable, you’re not on your game. Obviously, this can impact your customer satisfaction and have a negative impact on your organization’s bottom line. Tired employees = unhappy customers = less $$$.
You can’t function normally when you’re tired. Mistakes get made, irritability with co-workers happens more frequently and you lose interest in what you’re doing.
This can lead to an increase in job-related accidents and errors. There can be severe consequences especially if you are required to operate machinery, drive or handle tools. Your reactions are slower, your distance perception can be off. The result can be an injury or even death.
Fatigue causes almost 20 percent of workplace related injuries. Accidents on the job place financial burdens on society and our health care system. Workplace related accidents result in financial burdens affecting you, society, and the health care system.
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Is Sleep Deprivation Implicated In The High Divorce Rate?
It happens every day. One of you snores and the other spends the night tossing and turning, elbowing and nudging, finally giving up and stumbling to the guest bedroom or sofa. Resentment builds.
No snoring could mean a happier marriage.
You’re not the only one suffering from your snoring. It’s taking a toll on your partner as well. His or her sleep is impacted as well. If you’re both tired and tense from a sleep deprivation, conflict can arise.
There’s a higher rate of divorce among couples where at least one has a sleep disorder.
It’s no joke. Snoring can lead to relationship breakdown. The emotional toll of sleep loss is more than many couples can take.
Other relationships are being damaged by your sleep loss. At first, your personality undergoes subtle changes, then you become noticeably irritable, intolerant and impatient. Friends, co-workers and other family members start to draw away.
Sleep loss can make problems or disagreements seem larger than they are. You’re not communicating as well, little things get magnified out of proportion and before you know it, things are blowing up around you.
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How safe you are is in direct proportion to the amount of sleep you get.
We’ve all read the newspaper stories. A vehicle suddenly goes out of control for no apparent reason, lives are lost and others changed forever. The cause of the accident: “The driver fell asleep at the wheel”.
Impaired sleep is a major cause of accidents. Driver fatigue accounts for over 50 percent of traffic accidents.
None of us are surprised to learn sleep can make us edgy and irritable, but did you know that if you are sleep deprived, your reaction time can be the same as if you were under the influence of alcohol?
You become a danger to yourself and to others. Your reaction time and physical and mental capabilities are impaired.
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Bedwetting: Could A Sleep Disorder Be Behind It?
Most children have the occasional nighttime accident. It’s to be expected. But when it becomes more than an occasional incident, it’s time to take a closer look at what could be happening. Most times there is no medical reason for it. However, some children begin bedwetting after developing a sleep disorder.
Sleep apnea is the often found to be the cause of bedwetting. Apnea stops air from getting to the lungs. Studies show children who suffer from sleep apnea are at a higher risk for nighttime bedwetting, than those that don’t have a sleep disorder.
Children who have sleep apnea don’t get a good night’s sleep. It takes them longer to wake up and stops them from fully waking when they have a full bladder. This breathing disorder can also increase pressure on the bladder and increase urine production.
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Is your lack of sleep getting in the way of your sex life?
Let’s face it. When you’re tired, it’s difficult to get in the mood - for both of you. And most men won’t openly discuss, never mind admit, they’re having problems being romantic. Pride gets in the way, it’s hard to talk about and only the two of you know about it.
Woody Allen once said, “Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing”. Well, impotence is nothing to laugh about. It’s frustrating and embarrassing - not fun for anyone.
There may not be a physical reason for it. When you’re tired, you’re not in the mood - you’re fighting against a lack of desire. Because of a lack of sleep.
Sleep is crucial for all areas of your physical and mental health, including your sex life. Recent studies indicate lowered testosterone levels could be linked to a lack of sleep.
High levels of the testosterone have been linked to improved blood pressure, hair loss and a shrinking waistline. Decreased interest in sex and the inability to maintain an erection may all be caused by inadequate levels of testosterone.
Snoring and/or sleep apnea have a serious affect on sleep quality. Most men place the blame on other factors: stress, work, children, money, responsibilities, family obligations, and so on. The fact is, sleep deprived men have disrupted body clocks and a much lower libido than men who are getting adequate sleep.
Studies show men who snore frequently or suffer from sleep apnea secrete abnormally low levels of testosterone during the night. Low levels of this hormone result in a failing libido and may lead to impotence and lack of sexual desire.
Leading a healthy lifestyle is one of the best ways to ensure your libido remains strong. Eat a nutritious diet, get your heart moving on a regular basis and reduce and manage your stress. Most importantly, get lots of sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. Your sex life depends on it.
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Call us Today.
Getting adequate sleep is not a luxury. You’re not at the top of your game when you don’t get a good night’s sleep. You become frustrated, irritable and easily aggravated, even over little things. Let us help you so you can wake up refreshed and looking forward to each day.
Excellent health should be your number one priority. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones. No more exhaustion; no more crankiness. Start getting enough sleep so you can fight illness and disease, have better relationships and enjoy life.
Change your life. Dr. Weiser will do a comprehensive evaluation and full analysis and provide sleep solutions which can ultimately save you from potentially long-term health problems. You deserve the best advice possible. You deserve to have the best life possible.
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To optimize your health and get answers to your snoring-, sleep apnea-, insomnia-, and all sleep disorder questions, your search is over.
Contact Dr. Mark T. Weiser today at (805) 899.3600 for the Santa Barbara location or (310) 277.5678 for the Los Angeles location.
