Insomnia

Insomnia can be defined as the inability to fall asleep, or an unrevivifying light sleep. This condition is more common than most people think. It is estimated that half the population in the United States will experience insomnia in any single year and thirty percent of the people have insomnia on a regular basis. There are approximately ten million people taking prescription medications to help them sleep as well as many more millions taking over the counter sleeping aids.

Experts recognize three categories of insomnia: acute, chronic and intermittent. Acute insomnia is most common, but short in duration. It is usually due to some crisis and when the crisis is over, the insomnia ends. Chronic insomnia can last a year, many years or a lifetime. In intermittent insomnia, a person goes through weeks or months of sleeping well and then days or weeks of wakefulness.

The causes of insomnia can be medical, psychological, dietary, drug related or environmental. Medical causes of insomnia are chronic disease, physical pain and discomfort, medical conditions such as low blood sugar and sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a disorder where the person stops breathing during sleep and then wakes up. This can happen hundreds of times a night. Read the entire article.

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