Ten of the counties reported rates of 0% sleep difficulty.
Of the 45 "coldspots" identified, 42 had rates of sleep difficulty at or below 20%.
Abrupt discontinuation of heavy marijuana (MJ) use is associated with self-reports of sleep difficulty.
In many of these counties, rates of sleep difficulty fall below 20 percent.This represents a bit of a puzzle.
Methods: The AIS is a self-assessment psychometric instrument designed for quantifying sleep difficulty based on the ICD-10 criteria.
Almost all patients with major depression report some form of sleep difficulty including insomnia, oversleeping, and poor-quality sleep.
Sleep difficulty is a common symptom of cannabis withdrawal, but little research has objectively measured sleep or explored the effects of hypnotic medication on sleep during cannabis withdrawal.
In a study that followed heavy marijuana users, Dr. Budney found that when people quit using the drug, they experienced a host of unpleasant symptoms, including craving, decreased appetite, sleep difficulty, weight loss, aggression, anger, irritability, restlessness and strange dreams.
Insomnia describes various forms of sleep disturbances that result in unrefreshing sleep or too few hours of sleep: difficulty falling asleep, frequent awakenings, waking up too early and being unable to fall back to sleep.
Colagiuri B, Christensen S, Jensen AB, Price MA, Butow PN, Zachariae R (2011) Prevalence and predictors of sleep difficulty in a national cohort of women with primary breast cancer three to four months postsurgery.
Although melatonin is widely used as a sleep aid, a review of the research says there is little evidence that it works, either for jet lag, shift work or sleep difficulty caused by other medical or psychiatric problems.
