Robin Lloyd, M.D.

Sleep specialist at Mayo Clinic Children's Center

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T7 Visit http://t.co/lmknGqcIuw for an excellent reference! #sleepchat

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T7 Sleeping in on the weekends does not pay back the sleep debt of accumulated in a week sleepchat

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T6 In home evaluations are expanding #sleepchat

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T6 Sleep medicine and treatments have come a long way in the past 20 years. Outpatient evaluations are expanding for OSA #sleepchat

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T6 Sleep medicine is a relatively new frontier in medicine and there is a plethora of research in OSA, narcolepsy, and insomnia. #sleepchat

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T5 Mixing sleep aids and alcohol is strongly discouraged#sleepchat

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T5 Cognitive behavioral therapies are more effective and safer for long term management of insomnia #sleepchat

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T5 Sleep medications can be associated with unusual behaviors such as sleep walking, driving, eating #sleepchat

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T5 Sleep medications are not routinely recommended in children #sleepchat

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T4 Perimenopausal and menopausal women can have significant problems with insomnia which tend to be multifactiorial #sleepchat

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T4 Limit setting around bedtime is important for children. Television in the child's bedroom leads to decreased sleep. #sleepchat

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T4 In Children, behavioral insomnia is common whereby there is dependence on external stimuli such as feeding or parent rocking #sleepchat

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T4 Cool, dark, non stimulating bedroom is important#sleepchat

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T4 Avoiding technologies and stimulating activities before bed #sleepchat

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T4 Cognitive behavioral therapies are helpful and safe #sleepchat

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T4 It is important that people with insomnia be screened for primary sleep disorders such as OSA. #sleepchat

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T3 OSA is generally worse in REM when the muscles are essentially paralyzed and contribute to airway collapse #sleepchatT