Insomnia: The nightmare of not being able to sleep

If you have trouble falling asleep or wake up several times during the night, you’re not alone, it is very common. This condition is known as insomnia and affects your mood, your physical and mental health, your job performance and your quality of life. What is insomnia and what can be done to fight it? In MenHealthCare we tell you why you might happen and how you can regain your lost sleep.

You go to bed tired (a) and you start tossing and turning in bed unable to sleep. As much as you want to sleep, you cannot. Suddenly you fall asleep (a) and after a while you wake up unrefreshed. Evenings are eternal, and days, too. Do not let fatigue do well at work, you have trouble concentrating and are starting to get sick. However when you go to bed, you cannot sleep. There is no worse nightmare! Lack of sleep is a serious problem. It is a condition called insomnia.

Symptoms of insomnia

If you’re not sure (a) if your sleep problems can be classified as insomnia, open your eyes to these symptoms:

• Difficulty falling asleep every night
• Wake up very early and wake up several times during the night
• Feeling tired, as if you had not slept at all
• Irritability, depression or anxiety
• Fatigue and daytime sleepiness
• Trouble concentrating
• Increase in the number of accidents
• Anxiety when the time draws near bedtime
• Gastrointestinal problems.

Causes of insomnia

But if the dream is so necessary for our health, what can be the cause of losing? What can be interfering with your ability to rest? Insomnia is often a consequence of other health problems. Some common causes of insomnia include the following:

• Depression: When you’re sad and depressed (a) for something, you have trouble sleeping or oversleeping can at times that are not normal. This is because there is chemical imbalances in your brain that prevent you relax and falling or staying asleep.
• Stress and anxiety: Concerns about work, health, family and / or school can make your mind is too active at night, making it difficult to sleep. Also, if you’re going through stressful times of life, such as loss of a job, the breakdown of a relationship or health of a loved one, you may suffer from insomnia.
• Caffeine, nicotine and alcohol: Coffee, tea, soda (cola) and other beverages containing caffeine are stimulants and make you not sleep easily. Also, if you smoke, snuff and nicotine are stimulants also cause insomnia. Alcohol, unlike what many people believe, helps you sleep you, but you do it prevents you deeply. This makes you wake up several times during the night and rest well.
• Medical conditions: Some diseases that are related to insomnia or difficulty sleeping are arthritis, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, shortness of breath, sleep apnea, thyroid problems ,gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s . This is because you can suffer from chronic pain, having to urinate during the night or difficulty breathing. If you treat these conditions with medications and treatments prescribed (pain pills, control your diabetes, etc.) you’ll probably sleep better.
• Medications: Prescription medications such as antidepressants, allergy medications or blood pressure can affect sleep. Counter medications may contain caffeine and other stimulants; they’re going to leave overnight with open eyes. This includes some herbs and supplements.
• Changes in your schedule and lifestyle: Traveling for work, have a turn too early or too late at work can affect the rhythm of your body and can cause problems sleeping.
• Eating too much too late at night: Insurance happened to you before. You are at a dinner with friends and the food is plentiful. Although he had a good time, when you get home you feel too full (a) and cannot sleep. The digestion process takes, it can give you heartburn and that you awake (a). So better eat early and if you get hungry after dinner, stung by a light snack, like a glass of skim milk, yogurt or fruit.

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What can you do to catch up on sleep?

According to your case, your doctor may recommend therapies for insomnia or sleeping pills, which are used usually only for a while. Ideally, using relaxation techniques, fixed schedules go to bed and other techniques such as sleep deprivation (to get tired and want to sleep more) your body will regain the ability to rest.

Surely he will recommend:

• Always go to bed at the same time.
• If you’re not sleeping, you do not stay in bed. Go to another room to read a book or watch television until you sleep.
• Do not sleep siestas.
• Decrease your consumption of caffeinated beverages and alcohol.
• Do not try too falling asleep (a). This will only cause you to wake up more.
• Practice some relaxing bedtime ritual, like taking a bath, meditate, play soft music.
• Exercise daily, but not close to bedtime.

If you are among the group of people who suffer from insomnia practice these recommendations. But, if not sleep is affecting your daily life, seek professional help. Recover your dream and Say goodbye to the nightmare of insomnia!