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ʻO Calcium oxybate, magnesium oxybate, potassium oxybate, a me sodium oxybate he mau lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka narcolepsy a me nā maʻi hiamoe ʻē aʻe. He mau ʻano like ʻole kēia o ka mea hana like i kapa ʻia ʻo gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), akā ua hui pū ʻia me nā paʻakai like ʻole e palekana a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i kekahi o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka narcolepsy, kahi maʻi e hana ai i nā hanana koke o ka hiamoe i ka lā. Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke kōkua ʻana iā ʻoe e hiamoe hohonu a hoʻihoʻi hou i ka pō, hiki ke hōʻemi i ka hiamoe i ke ao a me nā hōʻailona narcolepsy ʻē aʻe.
ʻO kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau he mau lāʻau hiamoe i kuhikuhi ʻia i loaʻa ka mea hana like i nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻO ka ʻāpana hana ʻo gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, he mea maoli i hana ʻia e kou lolo i nā mea liʻiliʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hiamoe.
Hoʻohui ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻano me nā paʻakai like ʻole e like me ka calcium, magnesium, potassium, a i ʻole sodium. Hoʻopilikia kēia hui ʻana i ke ʻano o kou kino e hana ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. E koho kāu kauka i ke ʻano kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau pono olakino pilikino a me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa ai.
Ke lawe ʻoe i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kauoha ʻia, e ʻike paha ʻoe i ka hiamoe i loko o 15 a 30 mau minuke. Hele mai kēia hiamoe me ka mālie a kōkua iā ʻoe e hiamoe hohonu e mau ana no kekahi mau hola.
ʻAʻole hoʻomanaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka manawa ma waena o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka ala ʻana, he mea maʻamau loa ia. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ke kūpaʻa ʻole no ka manawa pōkole ma hope o ka ala ʻana, ʻoiai i nā pule mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino.
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ikaika a me ka makaʻala i ka lā ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau no kekahi mau pule. Hana ʻia kēia no ka mea ke loaʻa nei iā ʻoe ka hiamoe hohonu a hoʻōla e pono ai kou kino.
Kauoha nā kauka i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka narcolepsy, kahi maʻi neurological e pili ana i ka hiki o kou lolo ke hoʻomalu i nā pōʻai hiamoe a me ke ala. ʻIke pinepine ka poʻe me ka narcolepsy i ka hiamoe nui i ka lā e hoʻopilikia i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka cataplexy, ʻo ia nā hanana koke o ka nāwaliwali o ka ʻiʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā manaʻo ikaika e like me ka ʻakaʻaka a i ʻole ka pīhoihoi. ʻO kēia maʻi e hana pinepine ʻia me ka narcolepsy a hiki ke weliweli loa ke hana ʻole ʻia.
ʻAʻole maʻamau, hiki i nā kauka ke noʻonoʻo i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi hiamoe ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hana ʻole ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau. Eia naʻe, he mau lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā kēia e koi ai i ka nānā pono ʻana a ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau mua no ka insomnia maʻamau.
ʻO ke kūlana mua e mālama ai kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo ia ka narcolepsy type 1 a me type 2. Aia i loko o ka narcolepsy type 1 nā hanana cataplexy, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka type 2. Hoʻopili nā ʻano ʻelua i ka hiamoe nui i ka lā e pili nui ana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kekahi mau hōʻailona e hele pū me ka narcolepsy. Eia ka mea e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe:
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hoʻopilikia loa a keakea i ka hana, nā pilina, a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou maikaʻi o ke ola ke hoʻohana pono ʻia.
ʻO nā hopena koke o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e mau ana ma kahi o 3 a 4 mau hola no ke ana, ʻo ia ke kumu e lawe pinepine ai ʻoe iā lākou i ʻelua manawa i ka pō. E pau nā hopena hiamoe a me ka hiamoe e like me ke kino e hana ana i ka lāʻau.
Eia naʻe, ʻo nā maʻi e mālama ʻia e kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau, e like me ka narcolepsy, he mau maʻi maʻi ʻaʻole e hele wale. Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā lōʻihi e mālama i nā pōmaikaʻi no kā lākou hiamoe a me ka hana i ke ao.
Inā ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pōkole, e hoʻi hou ana nā hōʻailona narcolepsy i loko o nā lā a i ʻole nā wiki. E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau lōʻihi kūpono e mālama pono ai i kāu mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka lawe palekana ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e pono ai ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka. E lawe maʻamau ʻoe i ka mahele mua i kou wā e moe ai a hoʻonohonoho i kahi alarm e ala aʻe ma 2.5 a 4 mau hola ma hope no ka mahele ʻelua.
Eia nā ʻanuʻu palekana nui e pono ai ʻoe e hahai:
Kōkua kēia mau ʻanuʻu i ka hōʻoia ʻana e hana pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻemi i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Mai lawe i nā mahele hou aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kāu manawa me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka iā ʻoe ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a e hoʻonui mālie ia i nā pule he nui e ʻike i ka mea e hana maikaʻi loa ai iā ʻoe. Kōkua kēia ʻano mālama i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi no kāu hiamoe a me nā hōʻailona o ke ao.
ʻO ka maʻamau, pili ka mālama ʻana i nā manawa hālāwai maʻamau e nānā i ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā kāu kauka i ka maikaʻi o kou hiamoe, ka makaʻala o ke ao, a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike nei.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka wā lōʻihi e mālama i kā lākou pōmaikaʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele i kekahi manawa ma muli o ke ʻano o ka loli ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona i ka manawa a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi olakino hou.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole e hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. Mai kali i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hiki mai ana inā he pilikia kāu.
E kelepona koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi:
E hoʻokaʻaʻike pū i kāu kauka inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi ana kāu mau hōʻailona narcolepsy ma hope o kekahi mau pule o ka mālama ʻana, a i ʻole inā he pilikia kāu e hahai ana i ka papa manawa. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau e hana maikaʻi ai no kou ola.
Hiki i kekahi mau maʻi olakino a me nā mea ola ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana iā lākou.
He kiʻekiʻe paha kou pilikia o nā pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau maʻi:
Hiki nō hoʻi ke lilo ka makahiki i mea, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā mākua kahiko i kēia mau lāʻau. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kēia mau mea a pau i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻOiai hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua nui no ka narcolepsy, hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka maʻalahi a i ka koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao i ka wā mua, akā nui ka maikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai ka poʻe he nui:
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i nā pilikia hanu, ke kaumaha nui, a i ʻole nā hana hele wāwae i ka pō. E nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe no kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi.
No ka poʻe me ka narcolepsy, he mea pono loa kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻohana pono ʻia ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka maikaʻi o ka hiamoe i ka pō a hoʻemi i ka hiamoe nui i ke ao.
Akā, ʻaʻole kūpono kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau me nā pilikia hiamoe. Ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia lākou no ka narcolepsy a me nā maʻi pili, ʻaʻole no ka insomnia maʻamau a i ʻole nā pilikia hiamoe maʻamau.
ʻO ke kī, pono e hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kauoha a ke kauka loea i nā maʻi hiamoe. Ke hoʻohana pono ʻole ʻia a i ʻole me ka nānā ʻole ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā lākou ke weliweli a hōʻeha paha.
Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i nā mea i pāpā ʻia no ka mea aia i loko o lākou ka waikawa gamma-hydroxybutyric. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomākaukau pono ʻia nā mana kauoha, hoʻoponopono ʻia, a nānā ʻia no ka palekana.
Hiki nō hoʻi i nā kānaka ke kuhi hewa i nā hopena o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi ʻē aʻe. He maʻamau a manaʻo ʻia ka hiamoe hohonu a me ka grogginess a lākou e hana ai, ʻaʻole nā hōʻailona o ka overdose lāʻau a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
I kekahi manawa hopohopo nā lālā o ka ʻohana ke ʻike lākou i kekahi e lawe ana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea e hiamoe hohonu loa ke kanaka a paʻakikī ke ala. ʻO kēia ka hopena i manaʻo ʻia a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi hiamoe.
ʻAʻole, pono ʻoe e pale loa i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻonui i nā hopena sedating a hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hanu koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka nalowale o ka ʻike. ʻOiai nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka waiʻona hiki ke pilikia ke hui pū ʻia me kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau.
E ʻike ʻoe i nā hopena hoʻolaha hiamoe i loko o 15 a 30 mau minuke o ka lawe ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahele. Eia naʻe, hoʻomohala ʻia nā pōmaikaʻi piha no kāu mau hōʻailona narcolepsy i nā pule he nui o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. Nui ka poʻe e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i ka makaʻala i ke ao ma hope o 4 a 6 mau pule o ka mālama ʻana.
Inā ʻoe e hala i kāu lāʻau mua, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe inā he 7 hola kāu e hiamoe ai. Inā ʻoe e hala i kāu lāʻau ʻelua, e lele wale a hoʻomau me kāu papa maʻamau i ka pō aʻe. Mai lawe i nā lāʻau hou e hoʻoponopono ai i nā mea i hala, no ka mea, he mea weliweli kēia.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele me kēia mau lāʻau, akā pono ʻoe e lawe iā lākou i loko o kā lākou pahu lāʻau lapaʻau mua me nā lepili kūpono. No ka hele ʻana i ka lewa, e noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi leka mai kāu kauka e wehewehe ana i kāu kauoha. E nānā i nā lula o kou ʻāina e hele ai, no ka mea, aia kekahi mau wahi i nā kapu i kēia mau lāʻau.
He hiki i kēia mau lāʻau ke hilinaʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu he mau mea i kāohi ʻia e pono ai nā kauoha kūikawā. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻohana ʻia e like me ke kauoha ʻia no ka narcolepsy, he haʻahaʻa ka pilikia o ka hoʻohui. E nānā kāu kauka iā ʻoe no nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana a i ʻole ka hilinaʻi.
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