I Didn't Get Much Sleep Trying to Read all These Case Studies

Wow, there are so many interesting stories of people who are unfortunately afflicted by some form of sleep disorder. All of them ranging from kind of funny to pretty dangerous. But all very interesting and unique. What I learned from this slightly dense collection of case studies is that there are many types of disorders that are characterized and diagnosed very carefully or you could easily misdiagnose someone.

I have also learned that there are so many ways to treat and monitor these disorders. While I was reading it got me thinking back to Drs. Matlock and Springer’s visit and how they were talking about how much medicine has changed in only 20 short years. Things like PSG and Actigraphy have become so common place to us. As well as medications like benzos and SSRI’S, our society today gives out drugs like they were candy, I mean not to devalue the importance and usefulness of these drugs but it is true. The fast acting holy grail in pill form, the world has become totally desensitized to some prescription drugs.

I Liked that each case study was broken down into different informational sections that let the reader know exactly what to do when faced with a certain sleep disorder.

My favorite case out of these was Case #4 the Arousal Disorder, I mean the guy shattered a window in his sleep! That is crazy! The interesting part about this study to me was the fact that they said that it is usually more common in childhood but this guy was 20, which raised the question in my head to “well is it stress related?” which the article claimed it to be something psychopathologic about it despite myths. Another thing I liked about this case was that not only did they introduce the drugs that could help alleviate symptoms of arousal but they recommended psychotherapy which I think is a great alternative to the traditional prescription.