Insomnia

Insomnia, or sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which there is an inability to fall asleep or stay asleep as long as desired.

There are three categories of insomnia, classified by its duration:

1. Transient Insomnia lasts less than a week. It can be caused by another disorder, by changes in the sleep environment, severe depression or stress.
2. Acute Insomnia is the inability to consequently sleep well for a period of less than a month. Acute insomnia is also known  as short term insomnia or stress related insomnia.
3. Chronic Insomnia lasts for longer than a month. It can be caused by another disorder or it can be the primary disorder. People with high levels of stress hormones are more likely to have chronic insomnia.

Insomnia symptoms may include:

• Difficulty falling asleep at night
• Awaken too early
• Awaken during the night
• Not feeling well rested after a night's sleep
• Day time fatigue and sleepiness
• Irritability, depression or anxiety
• Difficulty paying attention or focusing on tasks
• Increased errors or accidents
• Tension headache
• Gastrointestinal symptoms
• Ongoing worries about sleep

The following points explain the common causes of insomnia:

• Stress. Concern about work, school, health, or family can keep your mind active at night, making it difficult to sleep.
• Medication. Many prescription drugs can interfere with sleep including antidepressant, heart and blood pressure medications, allergy medications, stimulants, corticosteroids.
• Change in your environment or work schedule. Travel or working a late or early shifts can disturb your body's circadian ryhthms, making it difficult to sleep.
• Caffein, nicotine, and alcohol. Coffee, tea, cola, and other caffein-containing drinks are well-known stimulants. Drinking coffee in the late afternoon and later can keep you from falling asleep at night. Alcohol is a sedative that may help you fall asleep, but it prevents deeper stages of sleep and often causes you to awaken in the middle of the night.
• Eating too much late in the evening. Having a light snack before bed time is OK, but eating too much may cause you to feel physically uncomfortable when lying down. This uncomfortable feeling may keep you awake.

Here are 11 tips that might help you to reduce insomnia:

1. Exercise regulary
2. Avoid eating and drinking too much before bedtime
3. Sleep in comfortable environment
4. Reduce the consumption of stimulant-consisting products; such as tea, coffee, alcohol, ciggarate, etc
5. Eat snacks that contains little carbohydrate before bedtime; for example: a glass of milk
6. Go take shower with warm water 30minutes-1hour before bedtime
7. Stop watching TV, browsing the internet, or reading book at lease 1 hour before bedtime
8. Use your bed for sleeping
9. Perform regukar relaxation activity; like listening to music instrument, breathing practicing, etc
10.  Clear your mind
11. Sleep and wake up in a regular time period everyday

Well.. That's all I got about Insomnia! Hopefully these information may enlarge your knowledge or even help you to reduce and prevent Insomnia. Having a healthy life is the best way to live :)

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Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/insomnia/DS00187

http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/alternative-medicine/2134068-11-tips-reduce-insomnia/