Too light sleep can be associated with too much mental work during the day, hormone imbalances and stress. Professor, doctor of medical sciences, neurologist, neurophysiologist and scientific director of the Restorative Neurology Clinic, Rinat Gimranov, told socialbites.ca about this.
“The sensitivity of sleep is often tied to a particular period of life or the events of the day. This is why sleep can be disrupted by intense exercise, excessive caffeine intake, working at night, or too much mental activity during the day, as well as hormonal imbalances during the menstrual cycle, menopause, or pregnancy. The age of more than fifty years, hereditary predisposition and unconscious psychological stress also affect the sensitivity of sleep, ”explained the doctor of science Gimranov.
The doctor noted that for such reasons, it is enough to exclude or reduce the use of caffeine and intense physical activity before bedtime, as well as stabilize the mode of work and rest.
Nikita Kanushin, a neurologist and head of the doctors’ group at medical and law firm PryzivaNet, added that light sleep can also be a natural state that is often caused by the REM sleep phase.
“This phase accounts for 25% of the total sleep. This phase of sleep begins and then repeats every hour and a half. In addition, the phase is the brain’s response to external stimuli – sounds, light, etc. This explains the possible awakening even from a very quiet sound. ”said the neurologist Kanushin.
However, the doctor added that some diseases may be the result of light sleep. These include depression, various neurotic disorders, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, insomnia, somatic diseases.
He recommended that a doctor be consulted in order to find the right solution according to the problem in systematic sleep disorders.
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