14de Sleep and PTSD Flashcards
Stage 1 sleep
Theta waves
- 5% sleep
- 10 mins
- slow regular breathing, =HR, dec. BP temp and cranial blood flow,
- easily awoken
Rem sleep
Random pattern with sawtooth waves
- 25% of sleep
- 90 minute cycles 10-40 minutes each
- ^ Bp, pulse, resp
- erection
- Skeletal muscle paralysis
- dreams
Stage 2 sleep
K complexes and sleep spindles
- 45% sleep (MOST TIME)
- 20 mins
- slowing bodily functions
- blindness
- awoken by sounds
Stage 3 and 4
Delta waves
- 25% sleep- most during first 1/2 of night
- 30-45 mins after start of sleep
- wakens only to loud noises and active wakening attempts
- Stage 4 is disoriented upon awakening
Awake
Alpha and beta waves
Aging sleep changes
- Increased latency and awakenings
* decreased REM and DELTA
Depression sleep changes
- Frequent awakenings, early waking
- Decreased rem latency- INCREASED REM
- Decreased DELTA
Dyssomnias
Abnormal timing
- Narcolepsy
- Cicadian rhythm sleep disorder
Abnormal quality
- RLS
- Apnea
Abnormal amount
- insomnia
- hypersomnia
Parasomnia
Bruxism -stage 2
Night terror and sleepwalking - DELTA
REM sleep behavior disorder
Narcolepsy
- Sleep attacks
- hallucinations hypnagogic(going to sleep)and(hypnopompic)post sleep
- cataplexy
- sleep paralysis
-decreased sleep latency, decreased rem latency, less rem
- Orexin D
- adolescent
- significant genetic component
Tx: Schedduled naps, stimulants: ritalin/methylphenidate and modafinil/provigil
Circadian Rhythm sleep disorder
- inability to sleep at appropriate times (delayed or advanced)
- blindness, head trauma, shift work etc.
Tx: Melatonin for delayed, Light for Advanced
Modafinil/caffeine for shift work, Melatonin/hypnotic at bed
RLS
- uncomfortable sensation in legs leading to jerking
- frequent awakenings
- older adults
TX:
Anti-parkinsonian agents
Levodopa, carbidopa, ropinarole
Apnea
Cessation of breathing
Frequent reawakenings
increased risk sudden death
Tx: weightloss, CPAP, Medroxyprogesterone acetate, uvuloplasty/tracheostomy
Insomnia
Increased sleep latency and awakenings >3x/wk, one month or more Daytime sleepiness *30% population *cognative impairment common
Tx:
No caffeine, AM exercise, Sleep routine and relaxation technicques, Hypnotics
Bruxism
STAGE 2
Tx: dental appliance