At some point in your life, you have tossed and turned just simply unable to sleep.
This can be considered a mild case of insomnia and everyone has dealt with it at least once in their lives.
On average thirty to fifty percent of the general public have had or are experiencing symptoms of insomnia.
Sleep problems such as the inability to fall asleep can be due to many environmental and health conditions.
Any time you have difficulty falling or staying asleep for a period of time it qualifies as insomnia.
Most people who suffer from insomnia do not discuss the problem with their physician and believe that it will go away on its own.
The sleep disorder insomnia is classified depending on how long the symptom occurs.
When symptoms are resolved in less than a week, it is called transient insomnia.
Short term cases range from one to three weeks.
Long term conditions last for a month or longer.
This particular disorder affects people of all ages.
It is more common in women, lower income groups, alcoholics, and people who have mental health problems.
The number of occurrences increases as people get older.
Stress is one of the biggest contributors for short term insomnia.
When it is not treated, it can turn into chronic insomnia and require medications and other treatments that would otherwise not be necessary.
Transient and short term incidents may be due to jet lag, shift changes, noise at night, uncomfortable bed room temperature, and stressful situations.
Stressful situations vary depending on the individual.
Some generic situations are a school exam, death, unemployment, and divorce.
Medical issues that cause pain or other side effects may prevent sleep for prolonged periods of time.
Any time you are in withdrawal from alcohol, drugs or other stimulants, insomnia can become a problem.
When the condition is chronic it is most likely due to an underlying medical condition.
This condition must be treated to reduce or relieve the affects of insomnia.
Certain groups of people are more at risk and include travelers, shift workers, seniors, adolescent students, and pregnant women.
Medications have been found to bring about cases of insomnia.
Over-the-counter cold medicines contain stimulants.
Blood pressure, depression, and anxiety medications have been linked to a lower quality of sleep.
If you are taking any of these medications, it is a good idea to talk to your doctor and rule them out as a cause.
The inability to fall and stay asleep is the most noticeable symptom of this sleep disorder.
Day time symptoms such as being unable to concentrate, impaired memory, and bad coordination may be present.
Your doctor will need to do an examination to establish whether medication or a specific medical condition is contributing to the problem.
Treatment can be as simple as finding the cause and removing it.
Medication or other treatments might be needed to control the underlying trigger or the insomnia itself.
Non-medical treatments like relaxation therapy and sleep hygiene can be used to treat milder cases.
Anyone suffering from this condition for more than a week should consider discussing it with their doctor before it becomes more severe.
This can be considered a mild case of insomnia and everyone has dealt with it at least once in their lives.
On average thirty to fifty percent of the general public have had or are experiencing symptoms of insomnia.
Sleep problems such as the inability to fall asleep can be due to many environmental and health conditions.
Any time you have difficulty falling or staying asleep for a period of time it qualifies as insomnia.
Most people who suffer from insomnia do not discuss the problem with their physician and believe that it will go away on its own.
The sleep disorder insomnia is classified depending on how long the symptom occurs.
When symptoms are resolved in less than a week, it is called transient insomnia.
Short term cases range from one to three weeks.
Long term conditions last for a month or longer.
This particular disorder affects people of all ages.
It is more common in women, lower income groups, alcoholics, and people who have mental health problems.
The number of occurrences increases as people get older.
Stress is one of the biggest contributors for short term insomnia.
When it is not treated, it can turn into chronic insomnia and require medications and other treatments that would otherwise not be necessary.
Transient and short term incidents may be due to jet lag, shift changes, noise at night, uncomfortable bed room temperature, and stressful situations.
Stressful situations vary depending on the individual.
Some generic situations are a school exam, death, unemployment, and divorce.
Medical issues that cause pain or other side effects may prevent sleep for prolonged periods of time.
Any time you are in withdrawal from alcohol, drugs or other stimulants, insomnia can become a problem.
When the condition is chronic it is most likely due to an underlying medical condition.
This condition must be treated to reduce or relieve the affects of insomnia.
Certain groups of people are more at risk and include travelers, shift workers, seniors, adolescent students, and pregnant women.
Medications have been found to bring about cases of insomnia.
Over-the-counter cold medicines contain stimulants.
Blood pressure, depression, and anxiety medications have been linked to a lower quality of sleep.
If you are taking any of these medications, it is a good idea to talk to your doctor and rule them out as a cause.
The inability to fall and stay asleep is the most noticeable symptom of this sleep disorder.
Day time symptoms such as being unable to concentrate, impaired memory, and bad coordination may be present.
Your doctor will need to do an examination to establish whether medication or a specific medical condition is contributing to the problem.
Treatment can be as simple as finding the cause and removing it.
Medication or other treatments might be needed to control the underlying trigger or the insomnia itself.
Non-medical treatments like relaxation therapy and sleep hygiene can be used to treat milder cases.
Anyone suffering from this condition for more than a week should consider discussing it with their doctor before it becomes more severe.
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