Insomnia is just insomnia right?

Sleeplessness, lack of sleep, transient insomnia, intermittent insomnia, sleep-maintenance insomnia, chronic insomnia the list goes on. Whatever you want to call it is up to you, but most people find that their insomnia evolves and changes over time.

Insomnia does not discriminate as it affects people of all ages, races and sex. Among other factors, insomnia can develop from depression, lack of relaxation, i.e. stress and poor sleep habits.

Insomnia can differ from one person to the next, for some many areas in their life need to be addressed to combat insomnia, for others it’s merely getting into good habits. But the method to combating insomnia is always dealing with the root cause and not just the affects.

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Insomnia the worldwide epidemic

Did you know that one of every three Americans has suffered from insomnia during some period in their lives? What is more shocking is that insomnia remains largely under-recognized and inadequately treated.

What is clear is that there is a severe lack of physician education about insomnia, and also the belief that sleep complaints are not important, among both patients and physicians. This obviously does not help and contributes to the fact that only 5% of Americans with sleep disorders ever seek help from their physicians.

A whopping 40% of insomniacs medicate themselves to get to sleep, more commonly with the use of over-the-counter sleep aids. For the common insomniac it would appear that there really isn’t an awful lot of help out there. It’s not a surprise that big companies are cashing in on over-the-counter sleep aids.

What people generally realise is that sleeping pills don’t cure their insomnia, but they have no choice in order to fall asleep, however brief and unrefreshing it may be. What needs to be tackled is the cause of insomnia, only then will you be able to conquer insomnia effectively.

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Dreaded insomnia

So you’re suffering from insomnia, another sleepless night and you’re wondering how much more you can take before you crack. You’re tired, no you’re more than tired, you’re completely exhausted yet you still can’t sleep.

You feel like you’re being punished for something you’ve done ‘Why can’t I sleep?!!’, ‘Why can’t I beat this insomnia?!’, ‘What’s wrong with me?!!’ You take another sleeping pill, hoping to fall asleep.

You lie there awake, tormented by the clock as it ticks away any time left to sleep, any chance of being remotely energised or awake the next day. You can’t remember the last time you’ve slept well, you’ve tried all the sleep remedies but you can’t seem to overcome this problem, this nightmare, this dreaded insomnia.

Sound familiar? Over the next few weeks we’re going to look into insomnia in more depth. After all you wouldn’t go to war without knowing more about your enemy. By learning more about insomnia we can look at ways to deal with it and learn to overcome it.

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