Having trouble with sleep is not just about what you do at night. How you think and behave during the day impacts on sleep and can result in the brain being over stimulated or hyperaroused at night. In this episode Moira and David discuss how the brain works in insomnia, and talk with Professor Dieter Riemann from University of Freiburg about hyperarousal. What is it? How does it impact on sleep, and what can be done about it?

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 -  00:49 Introduction
• 00:49 - 02:18 What's news in sleep?
  • Getting back up to 'work speed'
• 02:18 - 41:23 Theme - Hyperarousal
  • 02:18 - 03:40 What is hyperarousal?
  • 03:40 - 13:01 Prof Dieter Riemann - Recognising and treating hyperarousal
  • 13:01 - 19:09 Hyperarousal, regional sleep and the Ebb Sleep device 
  • 19:09 - 22:40 Ebb Sleep device for insomnia
  • 22:40 - 23:30 Take home messages around hyperarousal
• 23:30 - 25:40 Clinical tip: Pay attention to arousal levels across the day
• 25:40 - 41:29 Pick of the month:
  • 25:40 - 27:00 David - Thrive
  • 27:00 - 28:02 Moira - Smiling Mind app
• 28:02 - 29:26 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: March - Sleep and Cancer (Part 1) 

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

• Review article on hyperarousal by Dieter Riemann
• Neuroimaging of Sleep and Sleep Disorders - Book edited by Eric Nofzinger
• Ebb Sleep device - Product website
• Ebb Sleep device - Randomized controlled trial
• Stress Performance Curve - Video on Sleephub
• Thrive - Book by Arianna Huffington
• Smiling Mind App

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