Sleep disorders Flashcards
What is chronic insominia?
insomnia for 3 months
In insomnia what are the three ways that you can have sleep disturbances?
Difficulty initiating sleep
- Difficulty maintaining sleep (i.e., frequent awakening with problems returning to sleep) - Early morning awakening with the inability to return to sleep
In insomnia, sleep disturbances cause clinicaly significant (blank) in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning
distress or impairment
In insomnia, sleep difficulty occurs at least (blank) nights per week and presents for at least (blank) months
3
3
In insomnia, sleep difficulty occurs despite adequate (Blank) to sleep
opportunity
The insomnia is not better explained by and does not occur exclusively during the course of another (blank)
sleep-wake disorder
Insomnia is not attributatable to physiologic effects of a (blank)
substance
UP to (blank) primary care patients experience insomnia, with only 1/3rd actually mentioning the problem and only 5% seeking treatment
50%
Who is most likely to have insomnia?
older female patients with chronic medical or psych problems
What are some common problems associated with insomnia?
depression, PTSD, substance use, sleep disorders, chronic pain, medical disorders
T or F
poor sleep increases risk for development of widespread pain
T
Insomnia can be linked to illness. Patients with insomnia are more likely to suffer from….?
- pain
- GI distress
- HTN
- Heart disease
- diabetes
- depression
What is depression disturbed sleep associated with?
- increased symptom severity
- slower and lower rates of remission
- higher treatment dropout rates
- less stable response to treatment
- increase suicide risk
What are the nonbenzodiazepines for insomnia?
- zolpidem (ambien)
- Zolpidem ER (ambien CR)
- Zaleplon (sonata)
- Eszopiclone (lunesta)
What are the pros of nonbenzodiazepines?
bind to GABA receptors the modulate sleep and have limited SEs
What are the cons of nonbenzodiazepines?
drowsiness, dizziness, unsteadiness of gait rebound insomnia and memory impairment
Which nonbenzodiazepines are approved for falling asleep or sleep onset?
Ambien
Which nonbenzodiazepines are approved for both sleep onset and sleep maintenance?
lunesta and ambien CR
Which nonbenzodiazepines are approved fro sleep onset only?
sonata
What are the benzos used for insomnia?
- alprazolam (Xanax)
- Lorazepam (Ativan)
- Clonazepam (klonopin)
- Temazepam (restoril)
- Diazpepam (valium)
What are the pros of benzos?
ehance sleep, decreased anxiety