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• Do you need an alarm to wake up in the
morning?
• If so, clo you usually press the snooze but-
ton?
• Do you feel like you need a nap during the
day?
• Do you fall asleep while watching TV?
• Does reading a book make you feel sleepy?
If you answered "yes" to any of these ques-
tions, you may not be getting enough quality
sleep, Talk to your physician for help.
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of hormone replacement
therapy reduces the inci-
dences of hot flashes and
these patients tend to wake
up less in the middle of the
night.
"For men, prostate
enlargement is often a
cause of lack of sleep
because of frequent trips to
the bathroom."
According to Dr.
Organek, changing the
patient's behavior is the
first step to overcoming
sleep disorders before pre-
scriptive or even over-the-
counter medication is con-
sidered. "Oftentimes, the
treatment is a heavy dose of
common sense.
"We're so used to seeing
people fall asleep after din-
ner while watching TV that
we think it's normal. People
tend to skip needed sleep
during the week and try to
make up for it over the
weekend. It doesn't work
like that.
"In fact, if you're getting
up more than an hour later
on weekends than you do
during the workweek,
chances are very good that
order. Patients seldom
tell their physician about
these problems. Many
people think it's normal.
Meanwhile, the lack
of sleep takes its toll on
the patient's well being."
Not that long ago, the
accepted theory was that
people over age 65 needed
less sleep than younger
individuals. Today, the
theory is that the amount
of sleep we need remains
constant throughout our
lives. However, the pattern
of sleep changes with nor-
mal aging.
By age 50 to 60, peo-
ple spend less time in
deep sleep, during which
Caryn Zilber reads to Abigail May during nap time at
the heart rate, breathing
Roeper School.
and brain activity are
slowed.
you're depriving yourself from sleep
"Most menopausal women experi-
during the week.
ence hot flashes which often cause
"I tell my patients to start going to
them to wake up during the night,"
bed
earlier in 15-minute increments
explains Dr. Stanley Dorfman, a
until they figure out how much sleep
gynecologist in Bloomfield Township.
they do require." ❑
"For some women, different versions