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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.

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