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Re: brain wave patterns

Posted by Cobi on December 20, 1997 at 23:16:33:

In Reply to: brain wave patterns posted by mike minnicozzi on December 19, 1997 at 12:28:22:

Theta is a wave form that you find in all stages of sleep. So saying theta breakthrough may be a miss interpretation. Alpha happens typically when you are awake, relaxed, with your eyes closed. It is also common to have short periods of alpha in REM sleep. Some people will have alpha intrusion during sleep or sometime specifically what is called alpha delta sleep where alpha in riding on top of your high voltage slow waves which coined the term alpha-delta sleep. The most common reason for this is pain disorders. Treat the pain and the alpha can go away. Other causes are post traumatic stress syndrome, psychiatric disorders, arthritis, fibromyalgia and a few more that are not coming to me right now. Alpha in sleep tends to keep sleep lighter and the end result is you will not feel as refreshed as with normal sleep. Also anything that causes an arousal during sleep can cause alpha to occur having the same effect.

Let me know what the diagnosis was. Need to keep up on these things.

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