NOVEMBER 6, 2023 SLEEP AND DEMENTIA

If you sleep 6 hours or less per night in midlife there is a 30 % more likely to develop dementia. If this is less than 5 hours, you can double your risk for dementia. This is frightening. You need to sleep.

  1. You need to develop a sleep routine 2. You need to get in bed early 3. Yiu need to use different techniques to sleep as Calm App, Sound Apps

The adverse impact of sleep deprivation is not hidden. There are numerous published studies that show an increase in a wide variety of disease

Some of these diseases are 1, Alzheimer’s , 2 . Parkinson’s Disease 3. Stroke 4. Frequency of epileptic seizures. ; 5 behavioral changes in those on Autism Spectrum and those with neuropathic pain

It has been estimated that nearly 50 % of older adults have some sort of sleep problem. I know I did. I addressed it professionally. There is not one complete solution. There are many modalities I have used to combat my sleep problem. If you have a sleep issue—- try to solve it using different modalities

Until tomorrow…