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Sleepwalking in adults is a sleep disorder in which part of the brain stays asleep while another part wakes, so you get up and move or act without being aware of it. It usually happens in deep non-REM sleep during the first third of the night. About 3.6% of US adults sleepwalked in the past
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How to stop taking sleeping pills safely starts with a plan made with your prescriber, because stopping suddenly can cause rebound insomnia and, with benzodiazepines, life-threatening withdrawal. Most plans lower the dose gradually and add cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), which improved the odds of getting off benzodiazepines in clinical trials. Some sleep medicines,
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Online sleep coaching can work, but only some versions have strong evidence. Digital CBT-I programs, which deliver the first-line insomnia treatment online, show real results across dozens of trials. A 2025 review of 29 randomized trials covering 9,475 people found fully automated programs help. The same review found that programs with therapist support beat fully
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See a doctor first if you have red flags like loud snoring, gasping, or heavy daytime sleepiness. A sleep doctor diagnoses sleep disorders. A behavioral sleep specialist treats insomnia with CBT-I, the first-line treatment. A sleep consultant works on habits, circadian rhythm, stress, and root causes, and works alongside medical care, not instead of
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Nasal congestion at night is often caused by swelling inside the nose, not extra mucus. Lying down shifts blood and fluid toward your head, so the blood vessels lining your nasal passages can swell and narrow the airway. The nose’s natural side-to-side swelling cycle, allergens in bedding, dry air, colds, medicines, and structural problems can
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Biphasic sleep means sleeping in two blocks per 24 hours instead of one. It comes in two forms: a long night’s sleep plus a daytime nap, or a night split in two with an awake period in between, called segmented sleep. Historical records and one lab study suggest people once slept in two segments, but
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Delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD) is a body-clock condition in which your sleep window sits about two or more hours later than normal, so you can’t fall asleep at a conventional bedtime and struggle to wake for school or work. People with DSPD sleep normally in length and quality when they can follow their own
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Natural short sleepers are people with rare gene variants who feel fully rested on about six hours of sleep or less, and you cannot train yourself to become one. Most people who cut back on sleep do not adapt. Experts recommend adults sleep seven or more hours a night. In one two-week lab study, six
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Early morning awakening means waking hours before you planned and being unable to fall back asleep. It has several possible causes, including insomnia, stress-related arousal, depression, anxiety, sleep apnea, alcohol, an early body clock, menopause-related changes, and the need to use the bathroom. Many people have more than one driver at once. Start by tracking
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Daylight saving time sleep problems come from a mismatch between the clock on your wall and the clock in your body. Your body clock follows sunrise and sunset, so moving the clocks an hour shifts when you wake, eat, and sleep without moving the light that sets your rhythm. When clocks fall back on Sunday,
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