disoriented when woke up?

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On rare occasions it happens that I wake up at night and I feel like the whole time/space continuum has collapsed. For about 60 seconds I am in a near panic state not being able to get my bearings. Who am I? How did I get here? What time is it? Where is everybody? then it sorta passes. What could be a potential reason. I am 26 years old female.
I have this happen to me to from time to time, and I know how frightening it can be.

The most logical explanation I can put to this is that it is an altered state of conciousness-
Your brain hasn't had time to adjust to an awake state, and is partially in it's sleep cycle.


It would probably be worth having a chat with you Dr if it worries you, or if you have any other symptoms that accompany. An EEG might be done to rule out any siezure activity, but most probably the Dr would give you a good explanation about sleep cycles.  (+ info)

Making a Health Continuum (need help if you know what it is!)?

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Unless you know what a health continuum is:

http://www.dimensions-ohs.com/image/HealthArrowDiagram.jpg

it kind of looks like that.

I needed to write down factors for each side of the health continuum. On one side, which is called "Premature Death", I wrote factors like reckless behavior, Drug Abuse, Unprotected sex, etc. And on the other side "Extended Life", I wrote factors like Eating Healthy, Excersising, Sleeping, etc.

Now I need atleast two factors for each of those sides that one has no control over.

any ideas?
Accidental death - hit by a bus, your flight lands unsuccessfully on a mountainside, etc. Murder - someone either doesn't like you, and kills you, or you're the victim of a random killer..

I can't think of any for extended life.. I think you pretty much covered it with your examples.  (+ info)

The continuum concept includes co sleeping with your child. Does this mean the parent has to go to sleep at 7?

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My son sleeps in his cot at first then wakes up and comes to our bed. (He is often ill lately. so I don't mind). I have read about the Continuum Concept method of parenting but am unsure what happens at bedtime.
Thanks for your answers already. I am happy with things the way they are for now (I go to bed at 10pm when I'm tired). I just wondered how people did it if they followed the Continuum Concept to the letter.
Its fine, all kids sleep with their parents some times. No, don't change your sleep schedule for you kids. You need to have some grown up time after your kid goes to sleep.  (+ info)

Where can I find someone who gives talks on The Continuum Concept/Attachment Parenting/Natural Parenting?

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I have started a playgroup for mums and babies on meetup.com (you may wish to join!) and we are looking for a guest speaker to come and give us more insight into Attachment Parenting.

Does anyone know who to contact in Victoria, Australia?

I have already got in contact with Natural Parenting Melbourne, The Continuum Concept.org, DrSears, Attachment Parenting Australia and Attachment Parenting.org but no joy yet...

Here's the link to my humble group. We are hoping to get more members so if you are interested:

http://www.meetup.com/AttachmentParentsMelbourne/

(If you're not interested in any of this, then find someone else to insult...)

Thanks!
Thanks alicialions but that is the choice of the members of my group and not yours. You know nothing about myself or my family. FYI she is a very settled, happy child and I didn't chose AP, we fell into it naturally because it is what worked. If how you raised your children worked for you then good on ya. But I will go as far as saying you don't sound like a mum or someone with much experience in raising children so please read the WHOLE of my entry again and take it all into account. Thanks.
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Epileptic or not?

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Ok , my class went on a trip to Borholm(denmark) and this is what happened to my roomate:
-He fell to the floor and screamed
-he started shaking very much
-You could only see the white part of his eyes
-he had green stuff beetween the teeth
-he started spiting blue stuff out of his mouth
-he vomited
-he couldnt breath for a while

What i want to know is what disease is this?
epilepsia or not?
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I have a Shih Tzu with problems pls help?

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My Shih Tzu is about 7 or 8 years old and a couple off weeks ago( about a month) she had an attack the vet said she had en epilepsia attack he gave us meds for her but it was getting worse and worse i thinked that she was dying so we went to the vet once more and he sead that she did not have epilepsia and then he gave us different meds for a cople of week she was doing very good but today after a copel of weeks she just got very bad she cant walk and if she dose she gets very tired and her breathing is very heavy
not only that but she dose not eat or drink water.
dose any one know what is the problem or help me know what is the problem?
More info is needed but look at her diet!!!  (+ info)

Is asthma measured as bipolar, continuum, or coexist?? Or all three?

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3 Ways to Measure Health:

Continuous - on a scale of 1 to 10 you can be unhealthy just a little or very healthy. It depends on where you are in the scale

Coexist - Bit of both - healthy and ill and the same time

Bi-polar - You are either healthy or unhealthy, no in between.



please help!!
all answers are greatly appreciated :)
please help me research this with a good link
thanks
Please note!! I have learnt this at school and my teacher said that it is one of these. The descriptions I added were just an example. An example for Bi-polar would be - you are either having an attack or your not (it is based on active and non active symptoms).

There has been some awesome additional information on asthma although nothing really about this question that i have been looking for...

Thankyou for all your answers which have helped in one way or another...
more would be appreciated
Asthma is a respiratory disease, not a mental problem.  (+ info)

Can anyone explain Schizotypy?

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ok I googled it and found this:

Schizotypy is a psychological concept which describes a continuum of personality characteristics and experiences related to psychosis and in particular, schizophrenia

But its still not clear to me. Can someone dumb it down so I know what it means? ((someone just told me there suffer from this))
Basically, it's having personality traits that are similar to psychosis but are much less severe.

For example, someone might have unusual beliefs such as UFOs, being able to foretell the future, etc. The person would probably be considered "unusual", "oddball", "eccentric." They might have some trouble "fitting in", maybe they wear odd clothes or something like that. Maybe they have a little trouble getting along with other people, maybe they are kind of "paranoid."

It's a little bit like autism; but autism is a disorder that begins in childhood. Schizotypy kind of develops over time, but the person doesn't necessarily have other traits of autism such as communication delays.

The person can function at a job or other normal daily activities and does not need medication. Someone with Schizophrenia would usually need medication to be able to function.

I'm used to this being referred to as Schizotypal Personality Disorder.

Some people with this disorder later develop Schizophrenia, while others are just eccentric.  (+ info)

Is this the reason I AM HYPOCHONDRIAC ?

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Ok, since I remember my life I have been hypochondriac, when I was like 10 years old my favorite cousin who was 12 at that time died from brain cancer, after that incident i think i was checking to see if i had lumps on my head or anywhere else etc, i was crying that i woul ddie if i found something , i was very anxious with germs ilnesses, then when i was 15 my dad got in the hospital for lung cancer, he foght for 2 years but when i was 17 he died, i am now 29 yo and i am extremely frightened of diseases, i thought i had mad cow disease, brain cancer, epilepsia, ms, a dizziness means tumor to me, a lump means cancer, a swollen gum means mouth cancer, a fever means something bad, a bruise means leuckemia etc etc, I also suffer from OCD, i have irrational thoughts and stuff, my life is really miserable and i cant take it anymore, lately i have been drinking a lot, i dont want to go out, i dont find joy in anything, i am bored going out with my friends, i am bored of watching tv or go to the movies , i just go to work come back home and think of being dizzy and what could it be etc etc, its really terrible ...... :((( merry xmas to you all. x
Wow, sorry to hear you're in such bad shape.

I had a heart attack about five years ago and ever since then I've been a hypochondriac, too. I mean, like every time I get an ache or a pain or some unknown unwell feeling, I'm absolutely convinced it's another heart attack and I'm going to die right then and there. But I don't. But one day I will, I'm positive of it. It's like that tombstone in that cemetery in Key West that says, "I Told You I Was Sick!!" (see link, below).

Anyway, it's really kinda messing up my life, too... my wife left me and stuff like that, so, believe me, I sympathize, but I'm afraid I have no help or other suggestions to offer, just my commiseration. I mean, I tried anti-depressants and, well, they weren't any help, and the side effects just made me feel even sicker, so I dropped them. And life, such as it is, goes on.

Good luck!...  (+ info)

WHy do I suffer so much ????? How can this end ??? :(((?

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Ok, since I remember my life I have been hypochondriac, when I was like 10 years old my favorite cousin who was 12 at that time died from brain cancer, after that incident i think i was checking to see if i had lumps on my head or anywhere else etc, i was crying that i woul ddie if i found something , i was very anxious with germs ilnesses, then when i was 15 my dad got in the hospital for lung cancer, he foght for 2 years but when i was 17 he died, i am now 29 yo and i am extremely frightened of diseases, i thought i had mad cow disease, brain cancer, epilepsia, ms, a dizziness means tumor to me, a lump means cancer, a swollen gum means mouth cancer, a fever means something bad, a bruise means leuckemia etc etc, I also suffer from OCD, i have irrational thoughts and stuff, my life is really miserable and i cant take it anymore, lately i have been drinking a lot, i dont want to go out, i dont find joy in anything, i am bored going out with my friends, i am bored of watching tv or go to the movies , i just go to work come back home and think of being dizzy and what could it be etc etc, one day i say its MS, then I say its brain tumor, then I say its leuchemia, its really terrible ...... :((( yesterday i got pharyngitis i thought i had swine flu, i am at bed thinking about swine flu and dizziness i feel so terrible want to end this what could i do ???? :((((((((( merry xmas to you all. x
4 years ago i had again dizzy spells and i went to the doctor blood test everything ok she told me its from stress and stuff, i am also afraid of doctors !!!
You have been suffering a long time. You do sound depressed. Things are not getting better on their own. It would be a good idea to have a Mental Health evaluation. Therapy and medication can help you feel better. The worrying must be exhausting. Please reach out for help so you can start to feel better. Take Care.  (+ info)

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