Factors that aggravate RLS Sleep deprivation can make subtle RLS symptoms much worse, so
sleep specialists often find that when a separate cause of sleep loss is treated — insomnia with medication, or sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy — patients report that their RLS improves as well.
Pediatric
sleep specialists often advise parents to tackle sleep problems by putting their children through sleep training.
Not exact matches
Sleep specialists like MacFarlane and Shapiro are
often called in by industrial companies to help workers adapt to shifts or optimize productivity through scheduling, but they're rarely invited into the white - collar pressure - cookers like the trading floor or the boardroom in the midst of merger negotiations.
But, says Jean Matheson, a
sleep - disorders
specialist at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, these preset natural rhythms
often don't align with daily realities — work or school start times can not be adjusted to fit a person's
sleep schedule.
Fixing it
often involves gradual adjustment of
sleep patterns, timed exposure to light and melatonin, which usually requires consultation with a
sleep specialist.