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Sleep Hygeine

The habits that help you get a good night's sleep is called sleep hygiene. The habits that can help you are, limiting daytime naps, sleeping and getting up at a fixed time every day, avoiding caffeinated drinks before bedtime, avoiding fatty foods at night, and exercise.

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I get disturbed sleep during night and could sleep only in the morning these days. What is the reason?

Query: Hi doctor, It has been a week now and yet I feel like I do not get enough sleep. I would sleep from 1 AM onwards but tend to wake up every hour and my sleep feels like it is not in deep sleep. I could get a deep sleep only aound morning 5-6 AM and woke up at 10-11 AM. Please help.  Read Full »


Dr. Vandana Patidar

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, this pandemic is causing a lot of stress in everybody is mind. We all processing information at the conscious subconscious and unconscious level of our brain. Sometimes that is to this kind of disturbance in biological rhythms. Along with that at times people s...  Read Full »

How to overcome anxiety that disturbs my daily life?

Query: Hi doctor, I am 14 years old. I usually experience these symptoms in my daily life. I have a habit of worrying more about things that ordinary people will not worry about it. I easily get traumatized. There was a minor earthquake in the midnight a couple of weeks ago. Now, whenever I sit, my mind st...  Read Full »


Dr. Vandana Patidar

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You seem to be suffering from anxiety disorder (may be a generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder or both, a specific diagnosis can be made after detailed discussion). Some anxious personality traits are developing in you. The people with this type of problems are...  Read Full »

How to fix my son's sleep deprivation at night?

Query: Hello doctor, This is for my 19-year-old son who has been struggling with not being able to regulate his sleep schedule for several years. He is up all night and sleeps all day. He consulted a sleep specialist once. He suggested sleep modifications but they did not work. This has really not allo...  Read Full »


Dr. Vandana Patidar

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Sleep disorders to the extent like your son which is continuing for so long and it is not getting better need a evaluation in my opinion. 1) Thyroid function test. 2) Serum vitamin B12 are the basic blood tests need to be taken. Sleep modifications is must and do ...  Read Full »

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