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What is Insomnia?
Insomnia includes having trouble falling or staying asleep. It's one of the most common medical complaints. With
insomnia, you usually awaken feeling unrefreshed, which takes a toll on your ability to function during the day. Insomnia
can sap not only your energy level and mood, but also your health, work performance and quality of life.
How much sleep is enough varies from person to person. Most adults need seven to eight hours a night. More than
one-third of adults have insomnia at some time, while 10 to 15 percent report long-term (chronic) insomnia.
You don't have to put up with sleepless nights. Simple changes in your daily habits can resolve insomnia and restore
your needed rest.
Symptoms
• Difficulty falling asleep at night
• Awakening during the night
• Awakening too early
• Not feeling well rested after a night's sleep
• Daytime fatigue or sleepiness
• Irritability, depression or anxiety
• Difficulty paying attention or focusing on tasks
• Increased errors or accidents
• Tension headaches
• Gastrointestinal symptoms
• Ongoing worries about sleep
Causes
Insomnia most often stems from some other problem, such as a medical condition that causes pain or use of
substances that interfere with sleep. Common causes of insomnia include:
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Medications
• Caffeine, nicotine and alcohol
• Medical conditions
• Change in your environment or work schedule
• Poor sleep habits
• 'Learned' insomnia
• Eating too much late in the evening
• A change in sleep patterns
• A change in activity
• A change in health
• Increased use of medications
Western Medicine Treatment
Changing your sleep habits and addressing any underlying causes of insomnia can restore restful sleep for many
people. Good sleep hygiene — simple steps such as keeping the same bedtime and rising time — promotes sound
sleep and daytime alertness. If these measures don't work, your doctor may recommend medications to help with
relaxation and sleep.
Behavior therapies
Behavioral treatments teach you new sleep behaviors and ways to make your sleeping environment more conducive to
sleep. Studies have shown behavior therapies are equally or more effective than are sleep medications. Behavior
therapies are generally recommended as the first line of treatment for people with insomnia.
Behavior therapies include:
• Education about good sleeping habits
• Relaxation techniques
• Cognitive therapy
• Stimulus control
• Sleep restriction
• Light therapy
Medications
Taking prescription sleeping pills, such as zolpidem, eszopiclone, zaleplon or ramelteon, also may help to sleep.
However, in rare cases, these medications may cause severe allergic reactions, facial swelling and unusual
behaviors, such as driving or preparing and eating food while asleep. Side effects of prescription sleeping medications
are often more pronounced in older people and may include excessive drowsiness, impaired thinking, night
wandering, agitation and balance problems.
Doctors generally don't recommend relying on prescription sleeping pills for more than a few weeks, but several newer
medications are approved for indefinite use.
If you have depression as well as insomnia, your doctor may prescribe an antidepressant with a sedative effect, such
as trazodone, doxepin or mirtazapine.
Over-the-counter sleep aids contain antihistamines that can induce drowsiness. But antihistamines may reduce the
quality of your sleep, and they can cause side effects such as daytime sleepiness, dry mouth and blurred vision.
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
Insomnia includes having trouble falling or staying asleep. It's one of the most common medical complaints. With
insomnia, you usually awaken feeling unrefreshed, which takes a toll on your ability to function during the day. Insomnia
can sap not only your energy level and mood, but also your health, work performance and quality of life.
How much sleep is enough varies from person to person. Most adults need seven to eight hours a night. More than
one-third of adults have insomnia at some time, while 10 to 15 percent report long-term (chronic) insomnia.
You don't have to put up with sleepless nights. Simple changes in your daily habits can resolve insomnia and restore
your needed rest.
Symptoms
• Difficulty falling asleep at night
• Awakening during the night
• Awakening too early
• Not feeling well rested after a night's sleep
• Daytime fatigue or sleepiness
• Irritability, depression or anxiety
• Difficulty paying attention or focusing on tasks
• Increased errors or accidents
• Tension headaches
• Gastrointestinal symptoms
• Ongoing worries about sleep
Causes
Insomnia most often stems from some other problem, such as a medical condition that causes pain or use of
substances that interfere with sleep. Common causes of insomnia include:
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Medications
• Caffeine, nicotine and alcohol
• Medical conditions
• Change in your environment or work schedule
• Poor sleep habits
• 'Learned' insomnia
• Eating too much late in the evening
• A change in sleep patterns
• A change in activity
• A change in health
• Increased use of medications
Western Medicine Treatment
Changing your sleep habits and addressing any underlying causes of insomnia can restore restful sleep for many
people. Good sleep hygiene — simple steps such as keeping the same bedtime and rising time — promotes sound
sleep and daytime alertness. If these measures don't work, your doctor may recommend medications to help with
relaxation and sleep.
Behavior therapies
Behavioral treatments teach you new sleep behaviors and ways to make your sleeping environment more conducive to
sleep. Studies have shown behavior therapies are equally or more effective than are sleep medications. Behavior
therapies are generally recommended as the first line of treatment for people with insomnia.
Behavior therapies include:
• Education about good sleeping habits
• Relaxation techniques
• Cognitive therapy
• Stimulus control
• Sleep restriction
• Light therapy
Medications
Taking prescription sleeping pills, such as zolpidem, eszopiclone, zaleplon or ramelteon, also may help to sleep.
However, in rare cases, these medications may cause severe allergic reactions, facial swelling and unusual
behaviors, such as driving or preparing and eating food while asleep. Side effects of prescription sleeping medications
are often more pronounced in older people and may include excessive drowsiness, impaired thinking, night
wandering, agitation and balance problems.
Doctors generally don't recommend relying on prescription sleeping pills for more than a few weeks, but several newer
medications are approved for indefinite use.
If you have depression as well as insomnia, your doctor may prescribe an antidepressant with a sedative effect, such
as trazodone, doxepin or mirtazapine.
Over-the-counter sleep aids contain antihistamines that can induce drowsiness. But antihistamines may reduce the
quality of your sleep, and they can cause side effects such as daytime sleepiness, dry mouth and blurred vision.
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
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