Talk:Sleep disorder

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Contents 1 Sleepwalking 2 REM deprivation 3 Insomnia 4 Can't Sleep 5 Sudden infant death = parasomnia

[edit] Sleepwalking

There is enough information and enough of interest about the phenomenon sleepwalking to have a separate article (IMO). --Daniel C. Boyer 19:28 19 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Why is sleepwalking the only sleep disorder that redirects to here? --Miguel 19:24, 17 August 2003

Okay, made sleepwalking a seperate article. I don't know why it redirected to here originally. The article is rather stubbish, so feel free to expand. —Frecklefoot 14:35, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)

[edit] REM deprivation

Deleted reference to REM sleep in the first sentence. It simply is not true. In fact, REM deprivation is a common side effect of antidepressant use (some attribute their effects to REM deprivation). REM deprivation may affect memory negatively...but so does sleep fragmentation and total sleep deprivation. --MrSandman 19:25, 23 September 2005

[edit] Insomnia

Okay, I'm thoroughly confused here. In the common sleep disorders list, Insomnia is like the third one down... but in the Insomnia page, it states: "Many believe that insomnia is a sleep disorder, but it is not. It is a symptom, as insomniacs typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or 'rest their mind' for more than a few minutes at a time. As opposed to being a sleep disorder, insomnia is most often caused by sleep disorders, though they are not the only causes."

Which is true? Is Insomnia a sleeping disorder, or is it not?

--70.95.59.46 07:30, 26 February 2006

[edit] Can't Sleep

In summertime I find my self up til 2AM trying to sleep, sume times 3, once 4. Now I can but it takes a while. --Realg187 17:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sudden infant death = parasomnia

Maybe its worth mentioning SIDs as a "sleep disorder". But is it really classified as a parasomnia? "characterized by partial arousals during sleep" - given that it's sudden and fatal, SIDs couldn't involve multiple arousals. This just seems silly. --Sourcejedi 14:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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