Sleep Disorders - Making the Daytime a Nightmare
Frank Guglielmelli was so sleep deprived he was falling asleep at the wheel. Cars would be honking, and away I would go. That's kind of scary and then I realized there's a problem, says frank. 53 year old Frank says he felt as though he was living life in a fog, struggling to get through the day, barely able to keep his eyes opened. After visiting his doctor, he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. Frank says he had no clue that he had a sleep disorder. He attributed his decreased energy level and fatigue to weight gain and just a part of getting older. “People can have sleep disorders that they really aren’t aware that they have. The biggest problem is that most people are not getting enough sleep. And, there has been recently some studies that say the average American is getting about 6 ½ hours a sleep per night which is definitely below the recommended limit,” says Dr. Ilene Rosen of the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Sleep Medicine. (Read more about Sleep Disorders - Making the Daytime a Nightmare)
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