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Sleeping Disorder
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Heading For Dreamland
It all started when my friend, John, resigned from his previous job where he worked as a lay-out artist in a publishing house for three years due to burnout. For two long months, John considered it a
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Herbal Remedies For Insomnia
By Rachel Broune
Insomnia is a condition in which you have trouble falling or staying asleep. Some people with insomnia may fall asleep easily but wake up too soon. There are mainly two types - sleep onset insomnia
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Health News Alert: Discover The Startling Facts About Insomnia!
By Ryan
Insomnia or the inability to sleep is a common disorder that is suffered by millions of people worldwide. It may be comforting for insomniacs to learn that this is not considered a disease but a
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Insomnia - It's Not Like They Tell You In The Movies Is It
By Steve Simpson
I have suffered from Insomnia in the past, and if you have to then you know its more than just lack of sleep, or not falling asleep quickly. Insomnia can potentially take over your life if you let
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How To Get Rid Of Sleeping Problem: Tips That You Should Know
By tangopang
Chronic insomnia is quite a horrible sleeping problem that keeps the one tossing up all night without getting a wink of sleep and is faced with nightly torture. Such a torture is simply unbelievable
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Rozerem In The Treatment Of Insomnia
By Jeff Foster
The most common sleep complaint in the United States today impacts many of the population at some time in their lives. This sleep disorder is known as insomnia. Insomnia keeps you from
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Insomnia & Sleep Disorders
Insomnia, Over
60 million Americans suffer from Insomnia each year. Insomnia tends to
increase with age and affects about 40 percent of all women and 30
percent of men.
Transient or short-term insomnia is typically
caused by stress, jet lag or a medical illnesses. Certain medications
will also make sleeping difficult. Normal sleeping habits usually
return once things are back to normal.
Insomnia is Not A Disease
Insomnia is a
symptom,
not a disease. It may take the form of difficulty in either falling or
staying asleep. Sleeping problems, dissatisfaction with sleep quality
and tiredness are the only common characteristics of insomnia. By its
nature Insomnia is an individual experience. Long-term chronic insomnia
needs professional support from a sleep disorder clinic or specialist.
A
good night sleep varies widely from person to person, the average
night’s sleep for an adult is around seven or eight hours. Some can
cope with as little as four hours, while others like up to 9-10 hours
sleep. What may feel like insomnia to one person might be considered a
good night’s sleep by another.
If
Insomnia Lasts a Month
If
you experience sleeping
difficulties for a month or more, this is called persistent or chronic
insomnia and more proactive action may be required to effect a cure.
There are many causes of persistent insomnia, some are obvious while
others are not so apparent.
The types
and
common causes include:
Secondary
Insomnia
Due to a range of medical and psychiatric problems including the
chronic use of drugs and alcohol
Primary
sleep disorders
This type of insomnia include circadian rhythm disorders, central sleep
apnoea-insomnia syndrome, inadequate sleep syndromes and periodic limb
movement or restless legs syndromes.
Idiopathic
Insomnia
Sleeplessness without a known cause, formerly called childhood onset
insomnia.
Some home remedies that may help with short-term insomnia are:
Simple Remidies to Try
- Don’t nap
during the day.
- Cut down on
smoking and drinking.
- Avoid
Caffeinated (Tea, Coffee) drinks before bed.
- Don’t
exercise strenuously before bedtime.
- Do something
to relax, such as meditate or have a warm bath.
- Only go to
bed if you feel sleepy.
- Go to bed
later.
- Cut Down on:
- - Reading,
- - Watching Television
- & Worrying in bed
- Limit the bedroom for
sleeping and sex.
- If you can’t sleep, get up, go to another
room, do something else until you feel sleepy again.
- Get up at the same time every morning
regardless of how much sleep you have had.
- Avoid ‘judging’ your sleep on a daily basis.
Contained
in this Insomnia Guide there are a
multitude of reports and information to help give you the
latest Sleep
Disorder
information
available.
And again, thank you to those contributing daily to
our
insomnia website.
TheTeam@awareness-guide.com
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