take it to their doctor

Instead of what we notice in some cases

the women being told they were neurotic

and getting the prescription for Valium

because the husband is the bed partner

may always in denial

I don't have any problem

I don't have problem, whatsoever

So I would have them tape record it

take that to the doctor to play it

and then they will take it seriously

But we get tapes of bed partner

who were sleeping in different rooms now

and banging on the wall

stop snoring! Turn over!

All kinds of issues for awakening during the night

Women are afraid to go to sleep when they are sleeping

with somebody who has sleep apnea

They are thrilled to get treatment

sleep apnea is treated very successfully

with nasal Cpap

nasal continuous airway pressure Cpap

It not only keeps the airway splinted and open at night

but it's a nice wide noise sort of machine

that is soothing and restful to bed partners

That's...when to be concerned is a lot of these issues

The other thing is falling asleep during the day

Obviously

if you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow

and you fall asleep during the day

when you don't intend to

that's when you should be concerned

If the bed partner is reporting excessive limb movements

or loud snoring or your breathing stops

So I want to talk a little bit

about the pineal gland and melatonin

and why we sleep anyway

and some of the physiology behind that

So this is just a picture of night scene

but we are controlled by day and night

light and dark

Light comes in through our retina

through the eye into the retina

and the light is a signal actually to the brain

and to the pineal gland