Please note this is not proper medical advice. For any medical issues please see your GP.
Thank you for taking the Sleep Right Australia Online Sleep Test.
Your score indicates that there may be environmental, physiological or psychological issues effecting your sleep. Typical symptoms are:
- Trouble falling asleep at night: This could be because you don’t have a good bedtime routine, your bed is uncomfortable, or environmental factors (noise, light, pets, etc) are waking you during the night.
- Waking for an extended period during the night? It’s common for people to experience arousals (waking) at change of sleep cycles. If there is a noise or a pet that is causing you to wake you need to do something about this (earplugs?). It is also common for people to wake and stress or worry about things during the night. A good strategy is to set aside some time for thinking during the day and remind yourself at night that you have done your thinking for the day.
- Getting up at the same time every morning: This helps set your body clock. Spending time outdoors at the same time every morning is basic good practice for establishing and maintaining good sleep patterns throughout your life . Exposure to sunlight stimulates melatonin production, the hormone that regulates your body clock. As the day darkens and cools the melatonin is released helping you get to sleep and stay asleep.
- Visiting the toilet two or more times during the night (nocturia): This could be due to drinking to much water towards the end of the day. It can also be an indicator of sleep apnoea.
The first step towards resolving your sleep disorder is understanding sleep and what you can do to establish healthy sleeping patterns. For more information on sleep visit Dr SleepRight’s blog.
Sleep Right Australia is committed to helping you re-discover the health and wellbeing benefits of a really good night’s sleep. If you would like to talk to a sleep expert, please contact Biomedical Scientist, Andrew Nunn for some personal advice today.
Please note this is not proper medical advice. For any medical issues please see your GP.
