Insomnia Cure

When it comes to battling insomnia, cause and effect are the first thing a person should look at. While there are some people who just naturally have trouble falling asleep, and there’s really nothing they can do that will help solve the problem, those people are few and far between.

Probably not one in a hundred people suffering from insomnia fall into that category. So the odds are good that if you can find what’s causing your insomnia, you can cure it. Let’s look at some of the most common ones.

Caffeine is probably the biggest culprit for most people. Many people consume far more caffeine than they realize, and part of the problem is that caffeine is so ubiquitous. There are lots of products that contain caffeine besides coffee and tea. Chocolate, for one. It’s surprising how many people are unaware that chocolate contains caffeine. The popular energy drinks are another often overlooked source, as are over the counter medicines.

Another insomnia cause is lack of exercise. In today’s service economy, fewer and fewer people actually do physical labor for a living. As a result, when it comes time to go to bed, they’re not even tired. Our ancestors, who were by and large farmers and laborers, never had this problem. A related problem is exercising late in the day. This is not a good idea. Exercise should be done every day, and it should be done early in the day, so as not to interfere with sleep.

Irregular hours will also cause insomnia. Going to bed at all sorts of hours, or getting up at different times will play havoc with our body clock. Our bodies adapt to a rhythm, or at least they try to, and a big part of that rhythm is a regular routine. Do you like to sleep in on the weekends? If so, this could be what’s causing your sleeplessness.

So look at your life, your schedule, your habits, your diet, etc. Once you do, you may well find your insomnia cause. For the vast majority of people, making some basic changes will solve the problem. But if you honestly can’t find any cause for your insomnia, or you’ve made changes but it didn’t help, you may need to consult additional resources to help cure your sleeplessness.

Symptoms of insomnia can be a little more subtle than the obvious “I can’t sleep”.

Insomnia can come in a variety of forms. For example some are unable to reach the deep dreamless sleep where the brainwaves slow down to 4 or less hertz per second. This deep dreamless sleep is of utmost importance for restoration, not only physical but mental and emotional as well.

Others may wake up repeatedly during the night, disturbing the normal cycle from light sleep (dream phase) to deep sleep (dreamless phase) The person may not remember waking up during the night when they get up the next morning.

And then we have those who get up so early in the morning they never really complete the natural, normal sleep cycle which is crucial for our physical and mental wellbeing.

So. Insomnia can be a little harder to spot than most believe…

Here are 10 symptoms that may be connected to insomnia:

1. Constantly feeling tired or drowsy during the day.
2. Frequent or chronic headaches.
3. Irritable or short tempered.
4. Problem with concentrating and focusing.
5. Waking up in the morning feeling tired, feeling like you haven’t slept yet.
6. Having a hard time falling asleep. (Takes more than 30 minutes to fall asleep)
7. Sleeping better when not sleeping in your own bed.
8. Waking up multiple times during the night.
9. Waking up early in the morning, unable to go back to sleep.
10. Can only sleep well after consuming alcohol, or after using a sleepiong pill.

This is not a complete list, however these symptoms are frequent problems for insomniacs. Some of these signs can have other causes, but this list can get you started in your own investigation.

How long you have been having trouble sleeping is also important in determining how severe the insomnia is, and also what could have caused the problem.

Remember, humans are creatures of habits and what may start as insomnia due to a very stress full event can become a chronic case of insomnia.

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