| You can see a line of teenagers waiting in front of a | | | | production of melatonin, the sleep hormone means |
| vending machine, looking almost like zombies. A | | | | that teens don't start to feel sleepy unitl later. |
| teenager lies across a bench in the school waiting for | | | | Therefore, the teenage sleep disorder phase |
| the bell to ring, and as you walk past a classroom | | | | syndrome came to be. |
| you can see other children at their desks early, all | | | | There Are Some Other Causes |
| with their heads resting on the desks waiting for | | | | Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome isn't the one and only |
| another day at school. | | | | teenage sleep disorder. There are unfortunately |
| This is commonplace in alot of high schools at 7:00 in | | | | many other teenage sleep disorder that affects the |
| the morning, What does this tell you? Teens are | | | | teen and causes them to not get enough sleep. |
| tired! It's very easy to blame on the teens | | | | Some other commonplace teenage sleep disorders |
| themselves, why don't they go to bed early, and | | | | include: insomnia, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, |
| stop playing those video games? However, experts | | | | Restless Leg Syndrome, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, |
| have come to the conclusion that it might not be the | | | | Gastro Reflux Disease, nightmares, and sleepwalking. |
| teenagers fault, it could more likely be a result of | | | | Treatment |
| teenage sleep disorder. | | | | Before you rush off to the doctors telling him/her |
| Only For Your Teens: Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome | | | | about what you read on the internet, there are |
| The buzzwords teenage sleep disorder is actually | | | | some other ways that you could treat teenage sleep |
| called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. While it | | | | disorder. The doctor can give you medcation that |
| doesn't affect all teens, it can explain why many so | | | | could help, but there are many behavioural changes |
| many have sleep problems. It all happens when teens | | | | that could be made as well. If your teen drinks alot |
| enter into the adolescent years: the circadian rhythms | | | | of caffeine, reducing the intake could help. Try to |
| in their bodies change. This change naturally causes | | | | stop them playing video games or watching TV late |
| teens to fall asleep later and also wake up later too. | | | | at night. Making the small changes in your teens daily |
| The change occurs because the melatonin is | | | | life can have an amazing effect on a teenage sleep |
| produced later at night, whereas children and adults | | | | disorder. |
| produce melatonin earlier in the evening. This delayed | | | | |