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Sleeping Disorder
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When Getting A Good Night's Sleep Remains A Dream
By jm
Getting a good night's sleep is essential for feeling refreshed and alert during the day. When we sleep, our body rests and restores energy levels. However, sleep is an active state that affects both
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When Getting A Good Night's Sleep Remains A Dream
By jm
Getting a good night's sleep is essential for feeling refreshed and alert during the day. When we sleep, our body rests and restores energy levels. However, sleep is an active state that affects both
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How To Get Rid Of Sleep Insomnia
By Brue
Sleep insomnia, or lack of sleep, is a very frustrating condition because the side effects of not getting enough rest can be very debilitating to our everyday lives. Inadequate sleep makes us tired,
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Insomnia
By jeanette2505
Insomnia is a feeling of not being able to get enough sleep. It is usually related to finding it hard to get to sleep, waking up without having had enough sleep, or having unrefreshing sleep.
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Insomnia - The Inability To Sleep
By Heather Colman
Insomnia is characterized by an inability to sleep and/or to remain asleep for a reasonable period. One who suffers from insomnia will typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or "rest
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Herbal Sleep Aids And Herbs For Insomnia
By Alien
Natural sleep aids, or herbal sleep aids, are quickly becoming a popular choice for treating insomnia naturally. In more recent years, studies have shown that some herbs and certain combinations of
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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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