Sleep Dynamic Therapy

Archive for the ‘ADHD’ Category

Some reporting on Fox News about the study in Pediatrics on overmedicating children in UK and USA. As always not a word about the possible link between those prescribed Ritalin and underlying sleep disorders.

What’s remarkable and disappointing about this program is the number of kids with obvious sleep disorders. Many of the kids highlighted with bipolar disorder were clear mouth breathers. Several had thick necks or retrognathia (recessed chins). And, of course several of the kids had sleep complaints. You would think that such findings would spark some interest in pursuing overnight sleep studies. For future research, it certainly would be fascinating to see how many of these bipolar patients can be turned into successful bilevel patients.

A very discerning article about ADHD, but it seems unlikely that any of the new research is looking at sleep connections.

A very interesting report on long-term treatment of ADHD with medications. The good news is that school performance is enhanced. The bad news is we don’t hear anything, at least in this mainstream media article, about whether Ritalin is treating a condition or the symptom of a condition. Considerable research has already shown that some ADHD type symptoms are related to sleep breathing or sleep movement conditions in children. Which means that treating the sleep disorders may improve some of these symptoms.

This article exemplifies the types of targets we are looking for in our new Snoozebusters.com site, which will provide our readers the opportunity to blog along with us to pull back the sheets on those stories that inadvertently cover up the pertinent sleep angle. Snoozebusters.com will also have a monthly award for the 3 best entries. More to come in a few weeks when Sound Sleep, Sound Mind is published and we re-launch our updated website sleeptreatment.com.