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alpha, delta, theta bursts

Posted by semele on October 11, 2006 at 07:00:39:

Hi,

This is my first post. About six months ago, I spent a night in a sleep lab, after suffering through years of chronic insomnia. (I fall asleep right away but routinely wake up about four hours later and usually can't get back to sleep.) According to my final polysomnography report, my sleep that night was "fragmented by mild to moderate alpha/delta/theta bursts." The sleep doc explained that it was a neurotransmitter/neuroreceptor irregularity that they usually see in people with long-term insomnia. (They rarely see it in people with sleep apnea, for example.) The doctor used this analogy: some people are champion runners, some are not. I am, in his own words, more like a "stumbler." While I also have been doing CBT, the sleep doctor suggested I use Sonata in the middle of the night upon awakening, because, sleep stumbler that I am, I may always need medication -- not every night -- but when, I, uh, stumble. This stumble thing has really thrown me. Has anyone else run into this? (Alpha/Beta/Theta bursts are a relatively new thing -- couldn't find anything about them on the Internet. I believe they're also known as CAP waves. At this point, I'm not sure what the value of having spent a night in a sleep lab, because I found out what I already knew: That I'm a poor sleeper, which has only served to undermine my confidence that I can one day sleep well. (Okay, I may not be the Marion Jones of Sleep but I want to know there's some hope.) If anyone can shed some light on this, it would be vastly appreciated. Thanks

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