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100
You can buy this medication over the counter without a prescription.
What is Benadryl?
100
This is a supplement to a hormone the body already produces naturally.
What is Melatonin?
100
The Pineal Gland produces this hormone that makes you sleepy.
What is Melatonin?
100
This is what REM stands for.
What is Rapid Eye Movement?
100
Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with this childhood friend.
Who is Paul Allen?
200
This medication is actually an anti-depressant and is known for giving people vivid dreams.
What is Trazodone?
200
This smelly flower can be used to help promote sleep.
What is Lavender?
200
This hormone is released when you are feeling stressed. Which can impact you're ability to fall asleep.
What is Adrenaline?
(epinephrine, cortisol, and norepinephrine also accepted).
200
This is the fastest of the stages of sleep.
What is Stage 1?
200
This animal sleeps the most in the world.
What is the Koala?
They sleep on average 18-22 hours a day!
300
This medication affects your blood pressure and can help you fall asleep by reducing the amount of norepinephrine.
What is Clonidine?
300
This is a herbal drink that can help you fall asleep.
What is Sleepy Time Tea?
300
Adenosine, the neurotransmitter that makes you sleepy, is blocked by this substance.
What is Caffeine?
300
This stage of sleep shows brain activity near to what it is like when you're awake.
What is Stage 4 or REM?
300
This popular young adult book series sends “tributes” to participate in a televised competition in which they fight to the death.
What is The Hunger Games?
400
Two medications that BMH prescribes are the only non-addictive medications FDA approved for sleep.
What is Ramelteon and Doxepin?
400
Decreasing and managing your ______ & ______ can improve your sleep.
What is Stress and Anxiety?
400
These are factors that can impact your sleep/wake cycle.
What are medical conditions, medications, stress, sleep environment, age, what you eat and drink, and exposure to light?
Points to be given if you've named at least 3.
400
This stage is considered to be when you sleep the deepest.
What is Stage 3?
400
This military leader conquered the Persian Empire, India and Egypt, among others, to become one of the greatest conquerors of all time.
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
This generation of antihistamines passes through the blood brain barrier and can make you feel drowsy.
Double points if you can name two of the antihistamines that we use for sleep!
What is first generation?
(Hydroxyzine, Benadryl).
500
You should stop consuming this about 6 hours before you're planning to go to bed.
What is Caffeine?
500
These are two internal biological mechanisms that work together to regulate when you are awake and when you are asleep.
What are Circadian Rhythm and Homeostasis?
500
This stage is where your body begins to display a more subdued state.
What is Stage 2?
500
This Canadian hockey player is considered to be the greatest of all time.
Who is Wayne Gretzky?