Which Sleep Aids Are Ideal For You To Take Along With Ambien?

 

If you can't sleep due to stress, travel, or other interruptions, sleeping medications may be helpful. Behaviorimprovements learnt in behavioral therapy are typically the most effective approach to treating chronic insomnia.

Arrange a meeting with your doctor if you frequently struggle with insomnia, a disorder that makes it difficult to fall or remain asleep. The best course of action will depend on the root of your sleeplessness. Occasionally, a medical disease or a condition connected to sleep can be identified and addressed as the true source of the problem, which is a far superior strategy than simply curing insomnia itself.

The best way to treat persistent insomnia is typically through behavioral modifications that are learned during cognitive behavioral therapy. Maintaining a consistent sleeping pattern, working out frequently, preventing caffeine in the afternoon, minimizing midday naps, and managing stress may also be beneficial. The use of pharmaceutical sleeping aids, however, may occasionally be necessary to help you obtain some necessary slumber.

There are hazards associated with any prescribed sleeping drugs, particularly for older folks and those who have specific medical conditions, such as liver or kidney illness. Before attempting a novel way to treat insomnia, always speak with your doctor.

Details on a few of the most popular categories of prescribed sleeping tablets are provided below.

The several kinds of pharmaceutical sleeping tablets

Taking generic sleeping medications may make it simpler for you to fall asleep, keep asleep for longer, or do both. The advantages and disadvantages associated with different prescribed sleeping medications can vary. Your doctor will typically:

ü  To gain a clear image of your sleeping habits, ask questions.

ü  For the purpose of ruling out any deeper conditions that could be creating sleep problems, order tests.

ü  Talk about the possibilities for using prescribed sleeping pills, including how frequently to use them, what time to take them, and whether to consume pills, a mouth spray, or disintegrating tablets.

ü  For a short period of time, recommend a sleeping aid so you can assess its advantages and drawbacks.

ü  After taking the initial medication for the whole recommended course, have you tried some other authorized sleeping pill?

ü  Assist you in determining whether a generic alternative—which is often more affordable than trademarked medication—is available

ü  There may be limitations regarding what sleeping drugs are protected by insurance providers. And they could want you to try other methods of treating your sleeplessness first.

A Focus On Safety

 

If you can't sleep due to stress, travel, or other interruptions, sleeping medications may be helpful. Behaviorimprovements learnt in behavioral therapy are typically the most effective approach to treating chronic insomnia.

Arrange a meeting with your doctor if you frequently struggle with insomnia, a disorder that makes it difficult to fall or remain asleep. The best course of action will depend on the root of your sleeplessness. Occasionally, a medical disease or a condition connected to sleep can be identified and addressed as the true source of the problem, which is a far superior strategy than simply curing insomnia itself.

The best way to treat persistent insomnia is typically through behavioral modifications that are learned during cognitive behavioral therapy. Maintaining a consistent sleeping pattern, working out frequently, preventing caffeine in the afternoon, minimizing midday naps, and managing stress may also be beneficial. The use of pharmaceutical sleeping aids, however, may occasionally be necessary to help you obtain some necessary slumber.

There are hazards associated with any prescribed sleeping drugs, particularly for older folks and those who have specific medical conditions, such as liver or kidney illness. Before attempting a novel way to treat insomnia, always speak with your doctor.

Details on a few of the most popular categories of prescribed sleeping tablets are provided below.

The several kinds of pharmaceutical sleeping tablets

Taking generic sleeping medications may make it simpler for you to fall asleep, keep asleep for longer, or do both. The advantages and disadvantages associated with different prescribed sleeping medications can vary. Your doctor will typically:

ü  To gain a clear image of your sleeping habits, ask questions.

ü  For the purpose of ruling out any deeper conditions that could be creating sleep problems, order tests.

ü  Talk about the possibilities for using prescribed sleeping pills, including how frequently to use them, what time to take them, and whether to consume pills, a mouth spray, or disintegrating tablets.

ü  For a short period of time, recommend a sleeping aid so you can assess its advantages and drawbacks.

ü  After taking the initial medication for the whole recommended course, have you tried some other authorized sleeping pill?

ü  Assist you in determining whether a generic alternative—which is often more affordable than trademarked medication—is available

ü  There may be limitations regarding what sleeping drugs are protected by insurance providers. And they could want you to try other methods of treating your sleeplessness first.

Consequences of taking prescribed sleeping tablets

Before picking which sleeping drugs to use, always consult your doctor about possible adverse effects. Based upon their kind, prescription sleeping medications could have negative consequences like:

ü  Feeling lightheaded or dizzy

ü  Headache

ü  Feeling sick or throwing up

ü  Chronic sleepiness, which is made worse by sleep aids

ü  Acute allergic response

ü  Driving or eating when still sleepy is sleep-related behaviors.

ü  Mental and behavioral changes, including hallucinations, anxiety, memory issues, contemplation of suicide, and strange behavior

ü  Daily issues with efficiency and memory

ü  The sedative effects of antidepressants

When used in lesser amounts, prescription drugs typically used for the management of depression may assist with sleeplessness. These medications might be introduced to the regimen if the patient's insomnia is linked to depressive disorders or anxiety.

A Focus On Safety

If you are pregnant, nursing, elderly, or on specific antidepressants, Ambien medicine even some over-the-counter sleeping medications will not be safe for you. The probability of nocturnal falls and injuries among senior citizens may rise if they take sleeping pills. Your doctor may recommend a smaller amount of medication if you're mature enough to lessen the possibility of complications.

Your alternatives may be limited if you have kidney illness, low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, or past experiences of seizures, for instance. Additionally, both pharmaceutical sleeping pills and over-the-counter sleep aids might interfere with other drugs. It's crucial to heed the guidance of a physician because using some prescribed sleeping drugs might result in drug abuse or addiction.

Hip Hop Dance

Hip Hop Dance Moves

Elements of Hip Hop

DJ-ing: The person in charge of the music played at any jam, the DJ also creates the energy of the crowd by the records he or she selects. Any good DJ knows what to play and when to play it, in order to get a positive response from the people attending the jam. The DJ’s objective is to control the emotion of the crowd by making the Poppers Pop and the Breakers Break.

MC-ing: An MC is the master of ceremonies. The job of an MC is crowd control. An MC also is a hype man or woman for the DJ. An MC is also a poet/storyteller who has lyrics that slice any audience as the words that come from your mouth are very powerful and can make a positive or negative impact in someone’s life. Lyrics can be crucial. Last but not least the MC is an educator to the world abroad. What the MC decides to teach is at their discretion.

Graffiti: A graffiti artist or writer’s claim to fame is through visual art usually applied by spray paint. This element of the Hip-Hop culture started in the early 70’s and some of the first people to start this movement were Taki 183, Cornbread (in West Philly) ,Tracy 168, and Top Cat (also in Philly). These were some of the first writers to write their names and images everywhere, from subway trains to city walls and buildings. Soon after graffiti became the most visible form of expression in Philadelphia and New York City, movies like Style Wars and Wild Style best capture this ingredient of the culture in its truest form. Graffiti is illegal to do on public property when the artist is not given permission or hired to write, but it still remains one of Hip Hop’s key elements.

Breaking: This is a combination of martial arts and gymnastics as well as funk and free style dance.
Breaking originated in the Bronx close to Harlem New York in the first half of the 70’s. The term for a person who does this style of dance is a B-Boy or B-Girl, which is short for break boy or break girl. DJ Kool Herc created something called break beats in this same time period. He noticed that people went crazy at the break of a song so he bought two of the same songs and when the break came, he cued it up on a second turntable and as one break ended he repeated it on the second turntable which extended the break. The Breakers would dance on the break of a song so that’s why they were called Break boys and Break girls which eventually was shortened to b- boy and b- girl, and later the media gave it the name Break dance. The first to start b-boying were the Nigger Twins, Keith and Kevin who were African American as were most of the first b-boys. But quickly kids from the same block followed and shortly after that, b-boying became largely associated with Latinos because they too would rock jams, but in much larger numbers. Some of the first b-girls to hit the scene were Bunny Lee, Mama Maribel, and Sunkist Evie. Some of the first crews to break were the Rock Steady Crew, The Dynamic Breakers, the New York City Breakers, The Incredible Breakers and the Floor Lords. Breaking is the culture’s truest and first style of Hip-Hop dance forms.

Popping or Hitting and Boogalooing The origins of these styles started with mime, which is a form of physical story telling without words. This also goes as far back as 1963 with movies like Chittie Chittie bang bang and its robot scene done by Dick Vandyke. In that same movie there were toy soldiers who had choreographed steps completely in sync with a very staccato way of movement. Later the robot became a very popular dance amongst the urban culture.

Eventually kids began to personalize the robot with there own punctuation. That punctuation is what we know as a Pop or Hit. It’s really impossible to determine the first person to ever do that since the robot was such a popular dance, but we can certainly credit a style called boogalooing to a man by the name of Boogaloo Sam. Boogalooing started in the early 70’s and is primarily done to funk music (Parliament Funkadelics, Roger and Zapp etc…), but can be done to anything with a bass hit. There is also the wave, which came from Compton California and can be credited to Pop-n-Taco a legendary dancer who also worked as a personal trainer to another legend named Michael Jackson who also Pops in his famous Billy Jean solo.

The people responsible for bringing the two worlds of west coast Popping and Boogalooing together with east coast Breaking are groups such as chain reaction and Mr. Wiggles of the Rock steady crew (and Electric Boogaloos) and Sugar Pop of the Electric Boogaloos, as well as Oz Rock and Mr. Freeze who took breaking to Los Angeles for its debut. There are many styles of Popping most influences from television to animals to puppets and martial arts films, but ultimately with the ecseption of Boogalooing which has a specific way of movement it’s all up to you what style you create.

Campbell Locking: The definition of Campbell Locking is "Freedom of movement through music and dance" as given straight from it’s creator Don Campbell who created this dance in 1970. Don a St. Louis native move to the West Coast in the early seventies where he accidentally made this dance up through clumsy experimentation. Don entered several contests and won, so other dancers quickly began to mimic his style. Don noticed that some were as good as he was at this dance he created so he formed a performance group call the Campbell Lockers. They toured around the world and made regular appearances on shows such as Soul Train, American Band Stand, and The Carol Burnett show to name a few. Don has always had the ability to bring people out of their shell with positive reinforcement through dance, and still today Don passes his dance and positive message to people all over the world.

Beat boxing: Beat boxing is making music with your mouth. In the early days of crooning on the street corners there was no music needed to accompany these harmonizers, but as times changed so did the activity of the crooner. As you may know, MC-ing or rapping are a major part of the Hip- Hop culture, so just as much as you had Breaking battles you had MC battles, and because these battles were so spontaneous, there wasn’t always music available to assist the MC, so this is where beatboxing came into play. In some cases the MC would make his or her own beat by hitting the wall with an open hand or the side of a closed fist. Some of the most popular beatboxers of our time have been Dougie Fresh, Biz Markie, Buffy (Fat Boys), and most recently Razel (Roots). Beat boxing is a part of America’s everyday influence from Twix candy commercials to Chili’s Baby back rib commercials it is recognized as a legitimate form of expression.

Fashion: What makes Hip-Hop’s evolution is the range of flavor the culture has to offer and what Hip-Hop heads thrive on is individuality and creativity, which is never more apparent than in Hip-Hop fashion. From head to toe we show style that is recognizably of our ever-vast culture. From one pant leg up to backward upside down sun visors we create trends like a team of advertisers do slogans. One of the first trend setters is one of Hip-Hop’s most profound figures Afrika Bambaataa who when doing shows would wardrobe his crew in a futuristic costume to make his show and his message unique from the rest. The tradition of flavor still continues today from Run DMC and Jam Master Jay with their leather suits, Adidas sneakers and black brim hats to LL Cool J and his kangol Hip-Hop fashion represents freedom of expression and is the fatigue of a Hip-Hop soldier.

Knowledge: The person responsible for consciousness in Hip-Hop is known as the grandfather of Hip Hop Afrika Bambaataa, who taught the infinity lesson to MC’s like KRS-One who helps the never-ending battle of preserving the true essence of Hip-Hop. The true essence of Hip- Hop is peace, love, unity, justice, respect for all especially God above all and having fun through expression. It is important to read as much as you can to gain knowledge and awareness of yourself and your surroundings, and remember when you’re looking for change start with yourself.

Hip Hop Dance

In the late 80’s Break dance went underground again so more focus was placed on freestyle party dancing. At the same time music videos started incorporating way more choreographed party dancing to go with the performance. Heavy D, Kid N Play, Troop and Salt N Peppa just to name a few artist who accompanied their songs with a lot of freestyle party dancing. Self proclaimed as Hip Hop’s first choreographer, Rosie Perez really changed the game when she opened up Spike Lee’s movie "Do The Right Thing" with an intentese solo that was unmistakably freestyle Hip Hop at it’s best. Shortly after that she raised the bar again with the choreography she did for the Fly Girls on "In Living Color" which created a demand and opened the door for other street dance choreographers. While Rosi and other legendary Hip Hop choreographers like Big Lez blazed a path for others, Hip Hop dance was quickly headed toward mainstream but still hadn't made it to the suburban dance studios of America. Hip Hop was such a raw form of dance that your average tap or jazz teacher couldn’t just jump on the wagon and teach it, so it wasn’t as "marketable" to the dance studio world.

It wasn’t until a LA Lakers cheerleader named Paula Abdul landed a job as the choreographer for an up and coming megga super star named Janet Jackson that things took a turn. Paula had a very Jazz/sassy cheerleader style of dance that Janet was able to express an attitude that had the feeling of Hip Hop. Soon after, a choreographer named Tina Landon who had some exposure to Hip Hop dance added Locking, a true Hip Hop element, to Janet's dancing. That gave Janet’s "Rhythm Nation" video, which was choreographed by Anthony Thomas, even more edge. Because of the Hip Hop influence in Janet’s videos her style was quickly titled Hip Hop.

Girls across the world all wanted to be and dance like Janet Jackson, and one of those girls was an up and coming star name of Brittany Spears. Brittany being young and white hit an untapped market which was predominately white and between the ages of 8 and 16. Brittany quickly began to imitate Janet’s performance style, Now it was official Hip Hop dance had become mainstream, so of course every dance studio in America wanted a piece of the action, so every Jazz, teacher, and cheerleading coach in America went and bought their first Hip- Hop CD (Will Smith) and put up big signs that said NOW OFFERING HIP-HOP. Enrollment for these places doubled so as far as they were concerned this was a legitimate art form.

Most of the dancers taking Hip Hop know very little about the culture so they enter the classes blind to what is or isn’t authentic Hip Hop. Just like Jazz, Tap and Ballet, Hip Hop dance has a foundation a vocabulary and a history. The majority of studios that offer Hip Hop don’t know or care anything about the Hip Hop culture and see it as a great money maker for their studio. In a lot of cases kids only want to take Hip Hop but the studio will make it a requirement to take other dance forms they offer or you can’t take Hip Hop.

Dancing now for over 20 years I’ve taught many workshops and seen a number of classes and very few offer foundation and in some cases there are students that have been taking Hip Hop for five years and can’t do basic Hip Hop movements. My philosophy on Hip Hop dance is that if you want to be a Hip Hop dancer you should be trained in Hip Hop dance forms. Free style party dancing, Popping/boogalooing, Breakin, Campbell Locking, House and Whacking. Today a lot of music videos feature dance that’s titled Hip Hop, but is really Fusion which is a combination of Jazz, cheer leading and Hip Hop.

The artist known for her raw authentic Hip Hop both in her shows and on video is Missy Elliot who has a combination of choreographers that convey 100% bounified Hip Hop. One half of Missy’s dynamic moves come from Hi Hat, her foundation was established as a street dancer in clubs and doing freestyle. She’s been blazing trails with her brilliance for years and has mastered the art of adding the influence of other dance forms without losing the Hip Hop essence. The second half of Missy’s choreography comes from the NU Styles duo Cicely Bradley and Olisa Thompson creators of the "Dutch Dance" and featured in most all of Missy’s video’s are possibly the most raw and influential Hip Hop dancers of our generation these two are simply mind blowing and in my opinion the best.

Budda Stretch of the famous Mop Top Crew gave Hip-Hop its biggest reward with the choreography he did for Michael Jackson's "Remember The Time" and is responsible for the Pee Wee Herman dance. Here are more Hip Hop choreographers who are keeping the true style of raw Hip Hop dance alive, Fatima (whose skills were also acquired not through formal dance training but through freestyle club dancing) is also one of Hip Hop dance’s Queens when it comes to style and trend setting. As the choreographer for Aaliyah she let it be known that Hip Hop was not just hardcore but smooth and sexy. Dancers like Fly (Missy & Usher) and Brian Green who have a house foundation and K-Mel (Breaking choreographer for Missy Elliot) and Flo Master (Usher) who are B Boys and Dave Scott (B2K) keep the realness alive and kicking for artist like Missy Elliot, Usher, and B2K. I can’t go without mentioning Poppers/ Boogallooers Mr. Wiggles, Poppin Pete and Poppin Taco who have been behind the scenes working with artist for many years. Poppin Taco personally trained Michael Jackson for 18 years.

It is your responsibility as someone participating in the Hip Hop culture to educate yourself about the culture and the dance and if you’re taking classes your instructor should be able to give you most if not all of the answers you need to have answered if not you make it happen for yourself. Hip Hop dance runs through these bones.

Hip Hop Dance

In the late 80’s Break dance went underground again so more focus was placed on freestyle party dancing. At the same time music videos started incorporating way more choreographed party dancing to go with the performance. Heavy D, Kid N Play, Troop and Salt N Peppa just to name a few artist who accompanied their songs with a lot of freestyle party dancing. Self proclaimed as Hip Hop’s first choreographer, Rosie Perez really changed the game when she opened up Spike Lee’s movie "Do The Right Thing" with an intentese solo that was unmistakably freestyle Hip Hop at it’s best. Shortly after that she raised the bar again with the choreography she did for the Fly Girls on "In Living Color" which created a demand and opened the door for other street dance choreographers. While Rosi and other legendary Hip Hop choreographers like Big Lez blazed a path for others, Hip Hop dance was quickly headed toward mainstream but still hadn't made it to the suburban dance studios of America. Hip Hop was such a raw form of dance that your average tap or jazz teacher couldn’t just jump on the wagon and teach it, so it wasn’t as "marketable" to the dance studio world.

It wasn’t until a LA Lakers cheerleader named Paula Abdul landed a job as the choreographer for an up and coming megga super star named Janet Jackson that things took a turn. Paula had a very Jazz/sassy cheerleader style of dance that Janet was able to express an attitude that had the feeling of Hip Hop. Soon after, a choreographer named Tina Landon who had some exposure to Hip Hop dance added Locking, a true Hip Hop element, to Janet's dancing. That gave Janet’s "Rhythm Nation" video, which was choreographed by Anthony Thomas, even more edge. Because of the Hip Hop influence in Janet’s videos her style was quickly titled Hip Hop.

Girls across the world all wanted to be and dance like Janet Jackson, and one of those girls was an up and coming star name of Brittany Spears. Brittany being young and white hit an untapped market which was predominately white and between the ages of 8 and 16. Brittany quickly began to imitate Janet’s performance style, Now it was official Hip Hop dance had become mainstream, so of course every dance studio in America wanted a piece of the action, so every Jazz, teacher, and cheerleading coach in America went and bought their first Hip- Hop CD (Will Smith) and put up big signs that said NOW OFFERING HIP-HOP. Enrollment for these places doubled so as far as they were concerned this was a legitimate art form.

Most of the dancers taking Hip Hop know very little about the culture so they enter the classes blind to what is or isn’t authentic Hip Hop. Just like Jazz, Tap and Ballet, Hip Hop dance has a foundation a vocabulary and a history. The majority of studios that offer Hip Hop don’t know or care anything about the Hip Hop culture and see it as a great money maker for their studio. In a lot of cases kids only want to take Hip Hop but the studio will make it a requirement to take other dance forms they offer or you can’t take Hip Hop.

Dancing now for over 20 years I’ve taught many workshops and seen a number of classes and very few offer foundation and in some cases there are students that have been taking Hip Hop for five years and can’t do basic Hip Hop movements. My philosophy on Hip Hop dance is that if you want to be a Hip Hop dancer you should be trained in Hip Hop dance forms. Free style party dancing, Popping/boogalooing, Breakin, Campbell Locking, House and Whacking. Today a lot of music videos feature dance that’s titled Hip Hop, but is really Fusion which is a combination of Jazz, cheer leading and Hip Hop.

The artist known for her raw authentic Hip Hop both in her shows and on video is Missy Elliot who has a combination of choreographers that convey 100% bounified Hip Hop. One half of Missy’s dynamic moves come from Hi Hat, her foundation was established as a street dancer in clubs and doing freestyle. She’s been blazing trails with her brilliance for years and has mastered the art of adding the influence of other dance forms without losing the Hip Hop essence. The second half of Missy’s choreography comes from the NU Styles duo Cicely Bradley and Olisa Thompson creators of the "Dutch Dance" and featured in most all of Missy’s video’s are possibly the most raw and influential Hip Hop dancers of our generation these two are simply mind blowing and in my opinion the best.

Budda Stretch of the famous Mop Top Crew gave Hip-Hop its biggest reward with the choreography he did for Michael Jackson's "Remember The Time" and is responsible for the Pee Wee Herman dance. Here are more Hip Hop choreographers who are keeping the true style of raw Hip Hop dance alive, Fatima (whose skills were also acquired not through formal dance training but through freestyle club dancing) is also one of Hip Hop dance’s Queens when it comes to style and trend setting. As the choreographer for Aaliyah she let it be known that Hip Hop was not just hardcore but smooth and sexy. Dancers like Fly (Missy & Usher) and Brian Green who have a house foundation and K-Mel (Breaking choreographer for Missy Elliot) and Flo Master (Usher) who are B Boys and Dave Scott (B2K) keep the realness alive and kicking for artist like Missy Elliot, Usher, and B2K. I can’t go without mentioning Poppers/ Boogallooers Mr. Wiggles, Poppin Pete and Poppin Taco who have been behind the scenes working with artist for many years. Poppin Taco personally trained Michael Jackson for 18 years.

It is your responsibility as someone participating in the Hip Hop culture to educate yourself about the culture and the dance and if you’re taking classes your instructor should be able to give you most if not all of the answers you need to have answered if not you make it happen for yourself. Hip Hop dance runs through these bones.