The Effect of Insomnia can differ from one person to another, as individuals need different amounts of sleep; So Insomnia cannot be defined by the amount of hours you sleep or how quickly you can fall asleep, but by the quality of sleep achieved.
You know when you are suffering from insomnia because it disturbs your waking as well as your sleeping hours. At nighttimes you suffer from: waking up to early, difficulty in actually sleeping and awakening frequently
As a result of this, in the daytime you can suffer from: fatigue, drowsiness, irritability and poor concentration.
All this makes for a long night and an even longer day. It is very frustrating for the people concerned as it not only affects them but all those around them, whether it is family or work colleagues.
Insomnia will have a very negative affects on your health and well being and as the effects of the Insomnia increases, you will probably find that you are less able to manage the stresses of everyday life.
Are there side effects to Insomnia?
As a guide, it presents itself when some kind of change has occurred that disrupts your normal lifestyle. Side effects of insomnia can be bothshort and long term depending on their cause and can last for as little as a few weeks or continue for a long period of time. The lack of sleep can be harmful to living a normal and healthy lifestyle.
So what can bring on Insomnia?
Well many things can bring on insomnia. It is not so much a disorder but a complaint. The aim should be to find the underlying problem causing the complaint.
Your mental attitude for one, will significantly effect how well you sleep or don’t as the case may be. Often your sleep difficulties will stem from having a ‘busy’ mind or being unable to quieten your thoughts to allow sleep to occur. Being awake at night compounds those mental troubles and often intensifies an already overactive and busy mind.
Other causes, which will not help you, are: Late night eating causing indigestion and an upset stomach, drinking which increases the need to go to the toilet and exercising within a couple of hours before going to bed.
Sometimes a change of a bed mattress can dramatically improve your sleeping simply because your bed has become too ’soft’ and you are getting no benefit from it.
Are there Techniques to help Improve Sleep?
Learning to relax through yoga can help and thinking positively can also help you to sleep better although you would probably need guidance with these.
Limit your eating; drinking and any exercises close to your normal bedtime will help, as mentioned above.
Making sure there are no lights shinning in your room at night from outside or in.
Do not go to bed straight after an argument, as your mind will be racing.
Sometimes even sleeping on your own will bring about a dramatic improvement for you.
Perhaps best of all though is listening to Audio sound Tracks that are especially made for those suffering from Insomnia. These can greatly improve the quality and therefore, the lifestyle, of that individual!
Keith Richardson
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