Insomnia

What is insomnia..? Actually it is not disease nor a diagnosis.Instead,it is just a word indicating the poor quality or too limited amount of sleep.

Some people treat their insomnia with sleeping pills.It is,however,not the best treatment for the problem because it does not addressed the underlying causes.Furthermore,some causes of insomnia are actually made worse by the administration of sleeping pills.Also of cronic use of sleeping pills can perpetuate insomnia and my result in addiction.In the United States,for example,sleeping pills are the major cause of insomnia.

Basically,there are there types of insomnia.The first is inability to fall asleep initially,lying fully awake until sleep finally occurs.Since people can tell What is happening to them when they are fully awake,doctors usually can sort out the cause of this difficulty simply by talking with the patien.Possible specific factors include restless legs syndrome,psychophysiological insomnia,inadequate sleep hygiene,edjustment sleep disorder,chronic of sleeping pills,stimulans

or alcohol,physical discomfort,anciaty and mood disorder,and delayed sleep phase syndrome.

The second type is walking up too early with inability to return to sleep.This symptom can be due to depression,which if present should prompt consultation whit a mental healt frofesional.However,this type of insomnia also can result from many other possible factors that can remain hidden and escape recognition,due to their occurrence in sleep.Evaluato ion by a sleep medicine specialist may be needed to get at the underlying cause.

Thelast is difficult in a sleep due to repeated ‘dozing and arousing’,or sleep that too ‘light’ and / or fragmented by repeated awakening.There are many possible medical and physical causes for this group of problems-and some of this causes are potentially serious!!!Also,it often is impossible to identify these causes by history alone,since most abnormal sleep events that provoke arousals are ‘over with’ by the time the person is fully awake,leaving no clues as to their nature!!!