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Mr. Sandman bring me a dream by Debra Melani Sound Slumber Can Grow More Evasive With Age Have you ever found yourself wishing the Sandman's nightly route included adult bedrooms and not just children's? Just a little sprinkling of that magic dust in your eyes – that's all you crave, as you lie awake fearing that sleep won't come before the alarm clock blares. Sound like you? Then you might be getting old. Slumber becomes elusive as we age, and the reasons are as bountiful as the gray hairs on our heads. Restful REM cycles decline, circadian clocks fall out of sync, underlying diseases and their drug treatments wreak havoc, and the risk of a number of sleep disorders inches upward with every birthday candle. Sleep specialists Dr. Evelyn Bolt of North Suburban Medical Center and Dr. Dawn Stanley of Sky Ridge Medical Center offer snapshots of sleep-robbing issues affecting baby boomers today. Both experts advise all weary souls to seek help from specialists, who — unlike certain childhood figures of folklore — do treat people of all ages. 72 Dr. Dawn Stanley of Sky Ridge Medical Center Dr. Evelyn Bolt of North Suburban Medical Center