Today at work we had a Wellness Fair. At this wellness fair there was a booth. The booth was for sleep disorders. Remember that: Sleep. Insomnia, restless legs, etc. SLEEP.In this booth were pamphlets. These pamphlets told of symptoms, treatments and suggestions. (bare with me, I am going some place with this.)
In one of the pamphlets they wrote of things you could do in order to avoid sleep issues. Quite a few were helpful albeit they had the “duh” factor associated with them like most things do. “Seriously… drinking a vat of coffee prior to attempting to fall asleep is bad? Wow. I had no clue.”
The highlighted area was something that caused me to wonder if they merely copy/pasted something from a non-related article and glossed over it.
Apparently I am alone in my thinking as the people I ran this by saw the logic. I saw no logic. I see no logic. The logic is not there.
The issue is sleep. When I am trying to sleep I am at a place where there is an area to lay down, close my eyes and get unconscious. During this sleep cycle I am not planning to converse, leave the parameters, get in a car, and I hope I won’t have to get up for any reason whatsoever. Obviously I’ve had the entire idea of sleep incorrect for all these years?
As a part of planning for my sleep I intend on getting sleepy. I used to think the two go hand in hand. The brochure advises “Don’t drink alcohol when sleepy. When you are sleepy even a small dose of alcohol can affect activities like driving.”
Can some one please explain how that is relavent? I don’t plan on driving. I would hope the alcohol would make me more sleepy and IMPAIR my ability to drive. Granted consumption of alcohol may cause interrupted sleep, the REM can be disrupted and you won’t get a decent slumber. To begin that paragraph with “Don’t drink alcohol because it’ll make you too sleepy to drive”? Seriously, what am I missing here in which that looks to others normally placed?
If you typically go on road trips during the time of the night you’re wanting to fall asleep and you’re out driving around, well no wonder you have insomnia! My suggestion to those who claim to have insomnia and yet they are avoiding things that impair their ability to drive- please TRY to impair your ability to drive so that can you stay home and fall asleep.
I am with you sis, now get on the ball and answer my e-mail about changing my hair color slightly! Uh…wait-ing!
Where did you send it?