Dr. Stasha Gominak Discusses Sleep and Vitamin D Pt. 1

Stasha Gominak, MD, neurologist, discusses Vitamin D and sleep-related issues at "A Cardiac Event," an educational symposium for medical professionals held January 2011 at East Texas Medical Center, Tyler, TX. The event was sponsored by the ETMC Cardiovascular institute. Video presented by http://etmc.org

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• sleep
• vitamin
• medicine
• hospital
• cardiovascular
• health
• heart
• apnea

[TheNMartist]

I am not a medical professional, but I found this lecture impressive. If this doctor's theories are confirmed (she is having success in treating her patients} she should be nominated for a Nobel Prize in medicine, in my opinion.

[linagee]

I had a vitamin D blood level of 13 when I was diagnosed with severe OSA. Now I take vitamin D supplements of 5,000 IU/day, my blood level is around 60 or so, and my AHI is less than 2 thanks to my CPAP. Did vitamin D cure my sleep apnea or was it my mask? Maybe both. When you have two things effective at treating and improving health, why not do both?

[linagee]

Other fun things about my OSA: I never knew I had OSA until I had a significant other stay the night in bed and tell me I was actually making a gagging motion in my sleep. I felt the way I felt then, but only now when I look back can I say I probably had chronic fatigue. Its hard to see where you are when you've been there so long.

[szrgirl]

I was Dr. Gominak's patient from 1996-2000 and only left her when I relocated. I love this woman. She treated me for epilepsy (lol - hence my screen name) but after moving I was diagnosed with apnea and have worn a cpap mask for 11 yrs. I've only watched half of this first video, but I connect with it. I don't think it helps my seizures, but the first study with the mask I felt I had never slept before.

I think the seizures are returning. Just hearing her voice relaxes me. Thank you Dr. Gominak.

[dannymaccyable]

v V Read the second one first* V v

[dannymaccyable]

sense! I am usually quite an outdoorsy kind of person but now am definitely going to try and become a very outdoorsy person. I am now grateful for my fair complexion as it does not require me to be exposed to the sun for very long to still achieve a decent intake of "Vitamin" D. P.S. If you've taken the time to read this whole comment: GET OUTSIDE IN THE SUN'S GLORIOUS RAYS!, unless it's night time in which case: GET TO BED AND SLEEP! Thank you Doctor Stasha Dominac.

[dannymaccyable]

This is amazing and has given me a new lease of life! I am so grateful for this information as I am a healthy young man of nineteen years and have been recently unwell, unable to sleep, rarely going out and therefore glued to my Xbox! I thought I might have been not feeling great because of a virus I picked up playing football in the cold (night) but apart from a few trips to town I have rarely been out during the day. I think this information in breathtaking yet so simple and makes a hundred p