Insomnia is the inability to get high-quality sleep. It can last a day or two, a month, or even months on end. Because different individuals need different amounts of sleep, insomnia is not defined by the number of hours you sleep or by how quickly you fall asleep. Instead, it depends on the quality of your sleep, and how you feel after sleeping. Insomnia may be caused by a host of different reasons. These causes may be divided into situational factors, medical or psychiatric conditions, or primary sleep problems.
Insomnia can be short term or chronic.
The factors responsible for short term insomnia can be characterized as under:
• Uncomfortable sleeping environment (too much light or noise, uncomfortable temperature).
• Unusual sleeping environment (e.g., a hotel room).
• Changes in the daily rhythm, such as a change in work shift or jet lag.
• Acute medical illness or their treatments.
• What you eat and drink during the day can affect your sleep at night. Too much caffeine, smoking, and alcohol before bed all contribute to poor sleep
• Too much stimulating activity before bed be it vigorous exercise or watching violent stories and images on the nightly news can make it hard to sleep. TV is best avoided altogether.
• Stress related factors like significant personal events, such as losing a job, marital problems, and financial problems can keep you awake at night.
Chronic insomnia may be caused by one of the following:
• Certain medical illness can interfere with sleep, especially disorders of the heart and lungs. Other important physical causes include heartburn, prostatism, menopause, diabetes, arthritis, hyperthyroidism and hypoglycemia.
• Disorders of sleep that cause one to stop breathing while asleep may fragment sleep and cause frequent awakenings during the night.
• Restless leg syndrome, an unpleasant tickling, burning, pricking or aching sensations in the legs that are generally only relieved with movement and tend to occur while relaxing in the evening hours.
• Many people go to bed worrying about insomnia because of previous episodes. This creates an anxiety about going to sleep, which usually leads to greater difficulty sleeping.
• As we age, sleep becomes lighter and more fragmented. Older people often struggle with frequent nighttime awakenings and the inability to sleep past the very early morning. Also, during our life spans, the internal biological "clock" that regulates sleep creeps slightly forward, compelling older people to go to sleep earlier and to wake earlier.
• Excessive caffeine consumption, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, and poor sleeping habits are often overlooked as cause of chronically disturbed sleep.
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Insomnia can be short term or chronic.
The factors responsible for short term insomnia can be characterized as under:
• Uncomfortable sleeping environment (too much light or noise, uncomfortable temperature).
• Unusual sleeping environment (e.g., a hotel room).
• Changes in the daily rhythm, such as a change in work shift or jet lag.
• Acute medical illness or their treatments.
• What you eat and drink during the day can affect your sleep at night. Too much caffeine, smoking, and alcohol before bed all contribute to poor sleep
• Too much stimulating activity before bed be it vigorous exercise or watching violent stories and images on the nightly news can make it hard to sleep. TV is best avoided altogether.
• Stress related factors like significant personal events, such as losing a job, marital problems, and financial problems can keep you awake at night.
Chronic insomnia may be caused by one of the following:
• Certain medical illness can interfere with sleep, especially disorders of the heart and lungs. Other important physical causes include heartburn, prostatism, menopause, diabetes, arthritis, hyperthyroidism and hypoglycemia.
• Disorders of sleep that cause one to stop breathing while asleep may fragment sleep and cause frequent awakenings during the night.
• Restless leg syndrome, an unpleasant tickling, burning, pricking or aching sensations in the legs that are generally only relieved with movement and tend to occur while relaxing in the evening hours.
• Many people go to bed worrying about insomnia because of previous episodes. This creates an anxiety about going to sleep, which usually leads to greater difficulty sleeping.
• As we age, sleep becomes lighter and more fragmented. Older people often struggle with frequent nighttime awakenings and the inability to sleep past the very early morning. Also, during our life spans, the internal biological "clock" that regulates sleep creeps slightly forward, compelling older people to go to sleep earlier and to wake earlier.
• Excessive caffeine consumption, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, and poor sleeping habits are often overlooked as cause of chronically disturbed sleep.
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