slow thinking‚ and slow speech‚ loss of appetite‚ hallucinations‚ and memory difficulty. Some patients lose the ability to function in family‚ social‚ occupational‚ or other settings. Hypersomnia may be caused by another sleep disorder (such as narcolepsy or sleep apnea)‚ dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system‚ or drug or alcohol abuse. In some cases it results from a physical problem‚ such as a tumor‚ head trauma‚ or injury to the central nervous system. Certain medications‚ or medicine withdrawal
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speech‚ and trouble remembering. Medline Plus states‚ “Idiopathic hypersomnia is usually treated with stimulant medications such as amphetamine‚ methylphenidate‚ and modafinil. These drugs may not work as well for this condition as they do for narcolepsy.” Narcolepsy is not to be confused with Idiopathic Hypersomnia‚ in that it is a much more difficult disease that involves instantly falling asleep or losing muscle control because of strong emotions . If someone has trouble sleeping or excessive drowsiness
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situation and overestimate disposition Ethnocentrism Belief that one’s cultural/ethnic group is superior Tendency to judge all cultures based on your own II. Intro and Scientific Inquiry Key People Calkins Memory researcher 1st female president of APA Washburn Animal behavior researcher PhD in Psych Freud Psychoanalytic theory of
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paralysis develops? According to www.medicinenet.com 4 out of 10 people develop this condition. Factors that may lead to sleep paralysis are: lack of sleep‚ mental conditions such as stress or bipolar disorder and other sleep disorders such as narcolepsy. Myths about sleep paralysis: Sleep paralysis was often attributed to
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One of the major stigmas with purchasers of crystal meth‚ is that only freaks‚ low income and homosexual men . The truth is that a vast array of people from all different specs of society are using and purchasing this deadly drug. College students to stay awake and study‚ maybe even the stockbroker you hired to invest your money for you. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug that can be manufactured by using products commercially available anywhere in the United States. So‚ in fact many middle
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popular drugs that are reported to be at the forefront of this trend: Ritalin‚ which is used to control hyperactivity in children and Modafinil‚ which is used to treat narcolepsy. It is important to remember that these drugs should only be dispensed with a prescription and for a specified condition (i.e. hyperactivity‚ narcolepsy). However‚ this too is changing. Probably at the heart and heat of this debate are the ethical landmines (Lamb 2004)‚ which we need to pay attention to: 1. By allowing
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psychoactive medication to patient may lead to side effects‚ such as restlessness‚ insomnia‚ dribbling‚ and other health risks. In addition‚ Dexedrine is a central nervous system stimulant which used to treat attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. It stimulates the sympathetic nerves and release the drug substance in a gradual mode. It makes neurotransmitters stay longer in the attention and alertness region of the brain and increases the concentration of neurotransmitters. It is widely
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Today prescribe medications have become the new drug of chose for many people. People abused prescription drugs by taking medication in a way that is not prescribed. People of all ages abuse prescription drugs for a number of reasons. Some of the reasons people would abuse prescription medications are to feel good‚ get high‚ to relax or relieve tension‚ to reduce appetite‚ to experiment‚ peer pressure or to feed an addiction. Also people may take medications that were not prescribed to them. People
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Adderall Adderall is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. Adderall is also used as a performance and cognitive enhancer‚ and recreationally as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant. The medication is a mixture of various salts of the two amphetamine stereoisomers and inactive ingredients; by salt content‚ the active ingredients are 75% dextroamphetamine salts and 25% levoamphetamine salts . Adderal
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was twelve or thirteen she suffered an accident when an overseer became angry at another slave and threw a two pound weight at a slave. Since the overseer had bad aim he hit Harriet Tubman instead‚ and for the rest of her life she suffered from narcolepsy a sleeping sickness. First of all‚ Abolition is a movement when something that is bad is taken
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