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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| What You Can Skip | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| I Couldn't Sleep at All Last Night | |
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| Sleep, Blessed Sleep | |
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| Sleep: Recharging Your Brain and Body | |
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| While you were out | |
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| Telling time--your brain's internal clock | |
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| Deciding how much sleep is enough | |
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| Recognizing the Dangers of Sleep Deprivation | |
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| Problems associated with poor sleep | |
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| Sleepiness and driving | |
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| Sleepiness and industrial accidents | |
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| What Sound Sleep Giveth, Sleep Disorders Taketh Away | |
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| Do you need help? Examining your symptoms | |
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| Reviewing the diagnostic process | |
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| Taking a quick look at sleep and sleep disorders | |
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| Evaluating Your Sleep | |
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| Considering the Causes of Poor Sleep--Is Your Problem Chronic or Temporary? | |
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| Identifying causes of temporary sleeplessness | |
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| Pinpointing chronic sleeplessness | |
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| Taking the First Steps toward Diagnosis | |
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| Keeping a sleep diary | |
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| Adding up your sleep debt | |
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| Calling Mr. Sandman--Seeking Professional Help | |
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| What's Up, Doc? Getting a Diagnosis | |
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| Consulting a Doctor | |
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| Starting with your PCP | |
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| Being referred to a sleep specialist | |
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| Getting Current on Your Insurance Coverage | |
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| Testing, Testing--One, Two, Zzzzz: Undergoing Evaluation at a Sleep Lab | |
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| Locating an accredited sleep lab | |
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| Touring a sleep lab | |
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| Being tested | |
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| Receiving the results | |
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| Insomnia: The Most Famous Dyssomnia of Them All | |
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| I Can't Sleep a Wink: Examining Insomnia | |
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| So What Is Insomnia, Anyway? | |
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| Who Gets Insomnia? | |
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| Why women have insomnia more frequently than men | |
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| Growing older with insomnia | |
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| Insomnia and depression | |
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| Classifying the Types of Insomnia | |
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| According to the type of sleep disturbance | |
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| According to the duration of symptoms | |
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| According to underlying causes | |
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| Sleep mechanisms gone awry | |
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| Considering Common Causes of Insomnia | |
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| Focusing on the Symptoms of Primary Insomnia | |
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| Diagnosing Insomnia | |
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| Sleep history | |
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| Sleep studies | |
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| Treating Insomnia | |
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| Using prescription sleep aids | |
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| Using OTC sleep aids | |
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| Using herbal sleep aids | |
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| Effective behavioral treatments | |
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| Kicking the Sleep Habit--Movement Disorders and Insomnia | |
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| The creepy crawlers--RLS | |
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| Shake a leg--PLMD | |
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| Dealing with Secondary Insomnia | |
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| Howling at the Moon: Pain--The Great Awakener | |
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| Looking at how pain disrupts sleep | |
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| Identifying the most common causes of nighttime pain | |
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| Alleviating pain for a good night's sleep | |
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| Fighting for Breath--Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
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| How breathing problems make sleep difficult | |
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| Promoting better sleep in patients with breathing problems | |
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| Worrying about Heart Disease | |
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| Sleep apnea and heart disease | |
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| Anxiety and sleeplessness in cardiac patients | |
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| I Shouldn't Have Eaten That Anchovy Pizza--Indigestion and Sleeplessness | |
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| Burning the Midnight Oil--Sleep and Mental Health | |
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| Battling the blues--sleep and depression | |
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| Who's that hiding underneath my bed? Paranoia | |
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| Too wired to sleep, or too sad--bipolar disorder | |
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| Fretting the night away--anxiety disorders | |
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| It's happening again--post traumatic stress disorder | |
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| Wintering the storm--seasonal affective disorder | |
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| Adopting a Sleep-Well Lifestyle | |
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| Promoting Good Sleep Hygiene | |
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| Establishing Healthy Sleep Habits | |
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| Including sleep in your regular daily routine | |
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| Making sleep a priority | |
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| Choosing your bedtime | |
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| Planning ahead for bedtime | |
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| A Good Book, a Glass of Milk, and You: Benefiting from a Bedtime Routine | |
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| Putting a plan in place | |
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| Winding down: Considering activities conducive to sleep | |
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| Avoiding Known Sleep Disrupters | |
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| Managing stress | |
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| Feeling your pain | |
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| Illness | |
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| Battling nasal congestion | |
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| Reconsidering stimulating herbal supplements | |
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| Getting "un-wired"--avoiding alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco late at night | |
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| Avoiding problem foods | |
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| Adjusting Your Bedroom Environment for a Better Night's Sleep | |
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| Keeping Negative Emotional Energy Out of the Bedroom | |
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| Canning Clutter | |
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| Tempering the Temperature | |
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| Tracking Down the Invisible Sleep Interrupter: Poor Air Quality | |
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| Ahchoo! Dealing with aggravating allergens | |
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| Handling humidity | |
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| Sleeping with the Lights On | |
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| Blocking Out Noise for Some Zzzzzzs | |
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| Getting the Lumps Out--Choosing Comfortable Bedding | |
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| Removing the pea from under your mattress | |
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| Picking the pillow that's right for you | |
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| Loving the linens you're lying on | |
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| Reconsidering Your Bedfellows | |
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| Catering to your kids' needs without sacrificing your sleep | |
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| Putting your pets in their place | |
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| Sleeping with a restless spouse | |
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| Sleeping Safety | |
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| Burning issues--nighttime fires | |
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| Breathing in danger | |
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| Everything You Need to Know about Other Troubling Dyssomnias | |
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| Mixing Up Day for Night: Circadian Rhythm Disorders | |
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| Understanding Circadian Rhythm Disorders | |
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| Leaving on a Jet Plane: Jet Lag | |
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| How does jet lag affect you? | |
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| Preventing jet lag | |
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| Treating jet lag | |
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| Working Odd Hours: Shift-Work Sleep Disorder | |
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| Factories go all night--why can't you? | |
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| Connecting sleep problems and night-shift workers | |
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| How does shift-work sleep disorder affect you? | |
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| Treating shift-work sleep disorder | |
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| Coping with Delayed Sleep-Phase Syndrome | |
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| How does DSPS affect you? | |
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| Treating DSPS | |
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| Reviewing the Less Common Circadian Rhythm Disorders | |
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| Dealing with an irregular sleep-wake pattern | |
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| Handling advanced sleep-phase syndrome | |
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| Looking at non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome | |
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| There's Snoring, and Then There's Snoring: Dealing with Sleep Apnea | |
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| Snoring 101 | |
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| Looking at the science of snoring | |
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| Considering some causes | |
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| Evaluating your treatment options | |
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| Knowing When Snoring Is Dangerous: Sleep Apnea | |
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| Categorizing sleep apnea | |
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| Wrecking sleep: What sleep apnea does | |
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| Understanding risk factors for sleep apnea | |
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| Recognizing symptoms of sleep apnea for an accurate diagnosis | |
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| Diagnosing sleep apnea | |
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| Treating sleep apnea | |
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| Falling Asleep Standing Up: Narcolepsy and Hypersomnia | |
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| Understanding Narcolepsy | |
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| Pinpointing narcolepsy's causes | |
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| Identifying narcolepsy's symptoms | |
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| Diagnosing and treating narcolepsy | |
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| Living with narcolepsy | |
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| Coping with Hypersomnia | |
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| Hypersomnia versus narcolepsy | |
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| Getting a diagnosis and treatment | |
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| Walking, Talking, and Other Parasomnias | |
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| While You Were Sleeping: Walking, Talking, and Other Strange Nighttime Activities | |
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| Figuring Out What Parasomnia Means | |
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| What causes parasomnias? | |
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| Genetic predisposition | |
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| Diagnosing and treating parasomnias | |
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| I Was Up Last Night, but Didn't Even Know It--Arousal Disorders | |
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| The midnight strider--sleepwalking | |
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| Confusional arousals | |
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| The midnight raider--eating while sleeping | |
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| Rough Passage--Sleep-Wake Transition Disorders | |
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| Talking in your sleep--somniloquy | |
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| Headbanging and bodyrocking--rhythmic movement disorder | |
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| Ouch! Now I'm awake for sure!--nocturnal leg cramps | |
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| Please help me, I'm falling--sleep starts | |
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| Grinding Your Teeth: Bruxism | |
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| Dripping with Night Sweat | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Night Terrors and Other Frightening or Unpleasant Sleep Problems | |
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| Being Scared Out of Your Wits and Not Knowing Why--Night Terrors | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Confronting the Monster in the Closet--Nightmares | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Hypnagogic Hallucinations (Sometimes Terrifying, Usually Not) | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| When Sleep Turns Violent--REM Sleep Behavior Disorder | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Frozen to the Bed--Sleep Paralysis | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Dealing with Nocturnal Seizures or Sleep Epilepsy | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Suffering with Sleep-Related Painful Erections | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Hidden Danger--REM-Related Sinus Arrest | |
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| Causes | |
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| Symptoms | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Living with a Parasomnia | |
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| Staying Safe | |
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| Making a plan | |
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| "Sleep-proofing" your bedroom | |
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| Down the up staircase | |
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| File under "sleep"--considering the bedroom office | |
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| Securing the kitchen and bathroom | |
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| Escape-proofing your house | |
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| Managing a Sleepwalking or Dream-Enactment Parasomnia Episode | |
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| Don't fence me in--pondering restraints | |
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| Padding for protection | |
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| Sleeping in separate bedrooms | |
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| Sleeping in the same room, but separate beds | |
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| Adjusting to Your New Routine | |
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| Battling the Midnight Blues: Pediatric Sleep Disorders | |
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| Grappling with Why Your Child Won't Go to Bed | |
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| Showing your child good sleep habits | |
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| Building a bedtime routine | |
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| Analyzing Your Child's Possible Sleep Disorder | |
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| Identifying Pediatric Sleep Disorders | |
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| Infant and childhood sleep apnea | |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | |
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| Sleepwalking and sleep talking | |
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| Sleep terrors and nightmares | |
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| Bedwetting | |
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| Rhythmic movement disorders | |
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| Teeth grinding | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| The Top Ten Sleep Disrupters--And How to Deal with 'Em | |
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| Pain | |
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| High Caffeine Consumption | |
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| Emotional Upsets | |
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| Too Darn Hot (or Too Darn Cold) | |
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| Stress | |
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| Illness | |
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| Indigestion | |
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| Reaction to Medication | |
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| Unfamiliar Environment | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Ten Signs That Your Bedmate Has a Sleep Disorder | |
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| Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | |
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| Snoring Really Loud | |
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| Sleepwalking | |
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| Eating in the Middle of the Night but Denying It in the Morning | |
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| Grinding Teeth | |
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| Restlessly Moving Your Limbs | |
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| Unexplained Bruises or Other Injuries upon Awakening | |
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| Cranky, Irritable Mood | |
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| Poor Judgment and Memory Lapses | |
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| Recurrent Nightmares | |
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| Ten Tips to Help You Turn Your Bedroom into a Sleep Sanctuary | |
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| Change the Lighting | |
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| Keep Cool with a Ceiling Fan | |
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| Get a Comfier Mattress | |
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| Paint the Walls a Soothing Color | |
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| Add a Tabletop Fountain | |
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| Use an Aromatherapy Diffuser | |
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| Scent Your Bed Linens | |
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| "Home Office" Doesn't Mean "Bedroom Office" | |
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| Throw Out Decorative Items You Hate | |
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| Declutter | |
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| Resources and Products | |
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| Finding Helpful Information Online | |
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| Sleep organization sites | |
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| General information sites | |
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| Purchasing Valuable Products | |
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| Pillow cooler | |
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| Memory foam mattresses | |
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| Feather beds | |
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| Dream pillows | |
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| Jet lag visors and light boxes | |
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| Earplugs | |
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| Index | |