These are just a few questions that your doctors should be asking you or you should be asking yourself. Sleep impacts so many aspects of our daily lives. One of the largest mis- conceptions in our society is that sleep is a luxury. Sleep is like eating; we must do it to survive. And like hunger, sleepiness is the body’s way of telling you that it needs sleep. Unfortunately, there are often problems associated with the natural sleep process; either in the physical quality of sleep, the difficulty with falling asleep or staying asleep, or feelings of sleepiness that may occur at inappropriate times.
The body does not just “turn off” when we are asleep. In fact, our bodies have a dramatically different physical state of being during sleep, which in turn affects our daily health. So, while asleep, the “diseases” that we may live with during the day don’t “turn off” either. It is essential to understand that the physical quality of your sleep or coexisting sleep disorders that you may have may in fact negatively impact a chronic disease and how you are treated by your physician.
The Sleep Disorders Center of CDS is a comprehensive sleep center, established to provide care for the sleep needs of the metropolitan Atlanta community. We have established programs and dedicated personnel to help optimize sleep health and improve the quality of our patient’s lives. We specialize in treating all sleep disorders across the life spectrum, from pediatric patients to geriatric patients. If you think you may have a sleep problem, take the sleep quiz or call today for an appointment.