how long should you wait to go to sleep if you have a concussion?
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well i have been in health care for about 8 years and you r suppose to wait at least 3-4 hours before going to sleep and you are to be woke up either by someone or your alarm its better if you have someone their so if something goes wrong and you don't wake up or have someone call you ever hour and a half
911769
No, it's not "ok".  You're not giving your body the rest it needs to recuperate and heal and eventually you will have sleep deprivation.  The average person needs at least 8 hours a night...some a little more.  Sleep deprivation can cause a lot of health problems, so get some more shut eye for your own sake.  Now go take a nap!  Godloveya.
12129
Eight to ten hours is best, although even a solid eight is better than less. Kids really shouldn't cut their sleep too short until they age a bit more; normally around 14-15. Even then, six to eight is what to shoot for. It just gets harder, the further you move into the teenage years, to find the time for enough sleep.
1004210
Qualitatively 4 hours 20 minutes!!! Your sleep consists of two parts-the first being the REM( rapid eye movement phase) about 20 minutes  and a NREM phase of 40-50 minutes( non-rapid eye movement phase). Its during the NREM phase that your brains de- frags the various bits and pieces and during this time you are on autopilot. During the REM phase the brais checks all systems and gives you necessary commands like the bladder full signals etc.In disturbed sleep the NREM phase is reduced considerably and thus the quality is not achieved. Thus if you can relax and sleep well for 4 hours at a stretch without the assistance of any drug, thats all you need.
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Most human beings can go for 16 to 20 hours without sleep. After 20 hours, the first symptoms are usually listfulness, a noticable kinetic energy depletion in the extremities, lack of mental focus on complex activities, and irritability. A tendency for the eyes to droop and the head to become limp briefly are also indications. Operating heavy machinery (like driving) without sufficient sleep should definitely be avoided.\n\nMood swings tend to increase after a full 24 hour period without sleep is reached, and even the simplest of activities can become cumbersome. If the mind refuses to allow the body to rest beyond this period, the subject can display zombie-like characteristics. While, dementia, hallucinations, and increased levels of crankiness and irritability occur as a sleep-deprived person approaches over 48 hours without sleep.\n\nIt is believed sleep deprivation for more than 72 hours straight can lead to schizophrenia and irreversable brain damage. Although the scientific results are still inconclusive. \n\nThe record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.\n\n- It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.\n\n- Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you're sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you're still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day.\n\n- A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year\n\n- One of the best predictors of insomnia later in life is the development of bad habits from having sleep disturbed by young children.\n\n- The continuous brain recordings that led to the discovery of REM (rapid eye-movement) sleep were not done until 1953, partly because the scientists involved were concerned about wasting paper.\n\n- REM sleep occurs in bursts totalling about 2 hours a night, usually beginning about 90 minutes after falling asleep.\n\n- Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) in non-REM sleep phases. It's possible there may not be a single moment of our sleep when we are actually dreamless.\n\n- REM dreams are characterised by bizarre plots, but non-REM dreams are repetitive and thought-like, with little imagery - obsessively returning to a suspicion you left your mobile phone somewhere, for example.\n\n- Certain types of eye movements during REM sleep correspond to specific movements in dreams, suggesting at least part of the dreaming process is analagous to watching a film\n\n- No-one knows for sure if other species dream but some do have sleep cycles similar to humans.\n\n- Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep.\n\n- Some scientists believe we dream to fix experiences in long-term memory, that is, we dream about things worth remembering. Others reckon we dream about things worth forgetting - to eliminate overlapping memories that would otherwise clog up our brains.\n\n- Dreams may not serve any purpose at all but be merely a meaningless byproduct of two evolutionary adaptations - sleep and consciousness.\n\n- REM sleep may help developing brains mature. Premature babies have 75 per cent REM sleep, 10 per cent more than full-term bubs. Similarly, a newborn kitten puppy rat or hampster experiences only REM sleep, while a newborn guinea pig (which is much more developed at birth) has almost no REM sleep at all.\n\n- Scientists have not been able to explain a 1998 study showing a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain's sleep-wake clock.\n\n- British Ministry of Defence researchers have been able to reset soldiers' body clocks so they can go without
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Hi, Do not drink anything with caffeine in it after 2pm.  Eat dinner as early as you can, at least 4-5 hours prior to bedtime.  Take a hot relaxing bath just before going to bed.  Do not watch TV in bed.  It helps sometimes to read after getting in bed.  If I have real insomnia, where I don't fall asleep in 15 minutes, I start with my toes, and I say, "My toes are going to sleep."  I then say the same thing for every part of my body, working from the toes up to my head.  I have never gotten all the way to head without falling asleep.  I don't know why it works, but it does.  Hopefully, these tips will help you.  I too am against taking sleeping medication.  Good Luck
444346
Sleep when you're tired, but the most crucial sleeping hours are considered to be 2-6am (you should sleep more than 4 hours though, at least 6 at a MINIMUM).  Happy sleeping.
487583
U need at least 4 hours sleep. Your body needs to rest so it can stay healthy. U will probably go crazy before your body will give out lol.. Sleep is important!! Stop to rest and close your eyes!
328740
because when you get a concussion you brain slams aginst your skull, and causes you brain to swell.  The reason you have to stay awake is so that who ever is watching you can tell if you are acting really weard (more than normal) or if you feel some of your body go numb, you are better able to get cair then if you are asleap and have to have some one moniotr your eyes.  The swelling can be so bad the dr's might have to drill holes in yuor head to releave the preasure.  By staying awake the dr's are better able to tell how much your brain is swelling and how they will need to treat you.
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Adult requires a minimum sleep of 6 hours a day, sleeps will seriously effect your health in a very big way, if you do not get enough sleep, your anxienty, stress level will increase with ease, your mind will not think properly and also that your health will deteriorate extremely fast. so please try not to sleep at the minimum of 6 hours, get a healthy 8 to 9 hours. \n\nIn Korea this guy died of being awake for 50 straight hours playing online game. A few cases has happend already. so Take care Cheers
879232
You should have gone to the ER. You definitely have a concussion, but the real danger is a subdural hematoma. There may still be a chance medical treatment can help your brain heal; go to a doctor or hospital.
889753
yes you can but it sucks.........your brain re charges after 4 hours of sleep, the other 4 are for your body, but your body can function on a half charge, so if you sleep roughly 4 hours a night that's all you really need to keep from getting nerve disorders and shit like that witch will kill you, Ive heard that a person will die if they go more than 4 days straight with out sleeping. Also, I dint know how long they would go but I have heard the Nazi's would force Jewish prisoners to work until they died from exhaustion.  \n\nI myself have conditioned myself to the point that I could stay awake while driving after 4 and a half hours sleep each night for a week, but the tax it in poses on the body is not cool. After about a year and a half I became allergic to the sun, doc. said that it was because one of my origins was increasing the out put of some long named chemical that I cant pronounce or come close to spelling, all thanks to a lack of sleep. my doc. recommended at least 6 hours of sleep each night, I sleep 6-7 hours and stay healthy
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Simple. After a good night's restful sleep, the body needs a few minutes (usually) to regain its alert state. \n\nThe average time that elapses between the first opening of the eyes and the readiness to get off bed (touch down) is in the range of 5-15 minutes. So an ideal snooze time has been designated so that a person is really ready to 'touch down' in about 9-10 minutes after he or she wakes. \n\nSnooze time in some clocks/phones is 5 mins while in others it is 10 mins. Some models allow the user to set their own snooze time.
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The body needs what the body needs. If you fell to sleep you obviously needed the rest. It may take you a day or two to get back on schedule but you will be fine.
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are you being funny or for real? \nstriking the jaw -or any part of the skull properly will allow the brain to move inside the skull- see, the brain is sitting in a bit of cerbrospinal fluid, and the force of the strike causes the brain to move in the skull-rubbing the brain against the inner skull- this is where the concussion comes in- think of a short-circuit. lights out, brain is calling it quits, knees, arms, legs, all buckle and it's nighty-night, out of the fight!
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Make sure the bedroom you sleep in is cool and dark. You may want to listen to some tunes, if you happen to be on of those people that can't turn your brain off. This distracts your thinking process. A glass of milk, before you go to bed will actually help some. Cut caffeine drinks off at least 4 to 6 hours before you go to bed. If your bed is uncomfortable, you may need a new mattress, or at least add a egg crate mattress to the top. Your sheets should feel and smell good. They also have aroma therapy sprays, (you spray these on your pillow cases) that can relax you. Also try this, a hour before you go to bed, relax in your favorite chair, and start clearing your mind, and preparing it for sleep. Mind over matter! I hope you "sweet dreams"!
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Normally Seven to Eight Hours r quite enough for a healthy person\nbut if u want to sleep u should/must sleep n try to relax ur self as much as u can\nIf u'll be relax u can work n do things with concentration n easily without tiredness