No more counting sheep for a good night’s sleep. It’s here close to home!

Do you have a sleep disorder?
This questionnaire is designed to help you identify any problems you may have resulting from poor sleep patterns. Simply check the box beside the symptoms you have experienced in the last year. If you mark three or more of the symptoms, you show signs of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, a life-threatening disorder, which causes you to stop breathing during sleep-possibly several hundred times a night. Please take this questionnaire and consult your physician.

• I have been told that I snore.
• I have been told that I stop breathing when I sleep, though I have no recollection of it.
• I am always sleepy during the day even though I sleep throughout the night.
• I have high blood pressure.
• I have been told that I sleep restlessly. I am always “tossing” and “turning.”
• I tend to sweat extensively during my sleep.
• I frequently awaken with headaches.
• I tend to fall asleep in inappropriate situations.
• Others and/or I have noticed a recent change in my personality.
• I am overweight.

Understanding and Combating Sleep Disorders
Regular, restful sleep is vital in maintaining optimal health. Sleep is a human need as basic as food, and is essential to emotional and physical well-being. A lack of quality, consistent sleep can have profound effects, which can make even simple tasks difficult.

For the most part, however, sleep disorders go undiagnosed and untreated. Some researchers estimate that 18 to 25 million people have sleep apnea or a related sleep disorder, but less than a million are aware of it.

At the Sleep Disorders Laboratory at Woodland Heights, we diagnose sleep disorders and guide patients to treatment.

Sleep-Inducing Atmosphere
The Sleep Disorders Laboratory at Woodland Heights invites you to spend the night in one of our beautifully decorated bedrooms. Furnished with a full size or queen size bed, the bedrooms are designed and decorated for your comfort with overstuffed comforters with throw pillows and each has its own private, handicap accessible bathroom. To help you relax, each room is equipped with a 32" flat screen television with cable programming. This pleasing, sleep-inducing atmosphere is removed from the hustle and bustle of the hospital and its close to home. For more information, call 936-639-6863.