Insomnia (or insomnia) is the most common sleep disorder at any age. More than half of elderly people suffer from chronic insomnia, but almost everyone, regardless of age, is familiar with the pain of this condition.
Insomnia symptoms
* You need 30 to 45 minutes or more to fall asleep; * You often get up at night; * You wake up early and cannot go back to sleep; * You wake up feeling tired. The shortest period of insomnia is less than a month. It happens when you cannot sleep for completely objective medical or psychological reasons. Emotional upheavals – moving, changing jobs, deadlines, separation from a loved one unsettle us, in particular, because they literally don’t let us sleep, but if insomnia lasts more than one month, it can be considered chronic and start a little bit worry. Just enough to draw attention to it and do something about it. It’s hard to fall asleep if something hurts – for example, arthritis broke out in the offseason, heartburn – in short, something that causes pain and discomfort during nights, distracts from pleasant relaxing thoughts and does not allow you to lie down comfortably. Insomnia is also closely linked to depression, and it is often difficult to determine whether something is causing you to sleep poorly, or whether sleep deprivation (sometimes due to organic causes) reduces your ability to cope with the stress of everyday life. bad habits that prevent you from falling asleep normally. So, for example, lack of physical activity is very harmful: in order to sleep normally, your body must be as tired as the brain. If your work requires active mental stress, physical activity is simply necessary for you. Lack of sunlight or excessive stay in a room with very bright artificial lighting, in front of a monitor, is also harmful – this disrupts the natural cycles of sleep and wakefulness associated with lighting. Try turning off the computer and TV for a week or two before bed – perhaps this will be enough to remember what it is like to fall asleep, barely touching the pillow with your head. The irregular consumption of alcohol or caffeine also knocks us off the normal rhythm. Before bed, make yourself not ordinary black or green tea, but, for example, chamomile. Replace the “sleeping” sip of cognac with a piece of chocolate or a small cake (you can, of course, without this, if you are not inclined to easily forgive yourself Delicious Junk Food, and the ghost of cellulite will torment you until dawn). It is worth trying to organize your lifestyle and leisure. Most likely, you will be able to cope with insomnia without medication, and start getting enough sleep without waiting for a vacation.