Pierre Philippe, a sleep specialist, published several explanatory videos about night awakenings on his Instagram account.
At night we sometimes wake up unable to go back to sleep. Besides being unpleasant, these micro-awakenings basically disrupt our sleep cycles. In order not to start counting sheep in the middle of the night, you still need to understand the possible reasons for these night awakenings in order to act in advance. In a video published on his Instagram account on February 1, Professor Pierre Philippe, head of the Department of Sleep Medicine at the University Hospital of Bordeaux and author of the book. Learn to sleep again to be healthy shows one of the reasons.
Too early to bed
“Total mistake […] he falls asleep very early,” says the doctor. “This will encourage nighttime waking.” To treat night awakenings, therefore, you can try delaying your bedtime, “which will compress the night’s sleep and avoid those awakenings,” advises the doctor.
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The best way to determine the ideal bedtime is to listen to yourself and pay attention to the signals your body sends you. That’s what sleep-trained psychologist Severin Brune learned and interviewed Madame Figaro in the previous article. “Yawning, heavy eyelids, feeling cold, neck stiffness are the first alarms,” he said.
Anxiety and sleep apnea
During the month of January, the specialist also published two other videos in which he mentioned several common reasons for sleep interruptions. If people with anxiety disorders can have their nights interrupted, so can those who stop breathing while they sleep. “This is called obstructive sleep apnea syndrome,” the doctor explains. It is associated with snoring and non-restorative sleep.’ If you are worried, you need a consultation at a sleep center, he finally advises.
Source: Le Figaro
