Pure Sleep Tonight
Research has shown that approximately 70 million people in the United States are affected by a sleep problem. About 40 million Americans suffer from a chronic sleep disorders, and an additional 20-30 million are affected by intermittent sleep-related problems. However, an overwhelming majority of sleep disorders remain undiagnosed and untreated (National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research, 1992).
Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders are estimated to cost Americans over $100 billion annually in lost productivity, medical expenses, sick leave, and property and environmental damage (National Sleep Foundation).
Let’s face it, broken night sleep, being unable to get to sleep for hours, waking up after only 3 or 4 hours sleep has happened to most of us. However, when this becomes a continuous cycle it really is time to take some action.
You may well ask why is this happening. It could be for any of the following reasons:
To fall aspect you must be cool; the body temperature and the brain’s sleep-wake cycle are closely linked. A lot of people find it quite hard to fall asleep on hot summer nights, and when they do fall aspect they can a restless night. This is because the blood flow mechanism that transfers core body heat to the skin works best between 18 and 30 degrees.
You might feel stressed about something happening in your life, therefore the mind is unable to relax and just ‘cut off’, such a stimulated mind will be unable to tell the body to rest, so you will get restless sleep patterns.
Diet is also an extremely important factor. It is a fact that when the diet is healthy e.g. plenty of fruit and vegetable, fibre, lean meats etc. and sugar and processed food are minimal in your diet, you will certainly find it easier to fall and stay asleep.
For instance, after a Christmas or thanksgiving feast you feel so incredibly tired that you will find it easy to fall asleep. Such holiday food will include turkey or chicken which are very high in an amino acid called trytophan, which has been shown to affect the part of the brain that governs sleep. The body converts tryptophan into serotonin, which is then converted into melatonin. Both serotonin and melatonin make you feel relaxed and sleepy.
So, if you feel the need to eat before bedtime have a glass of milk to piece of cheese which will boost your levels of tryptophan, which will make getting to sleep easier.
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Help with Insomnia
Restless nights and counting the tiles on your ceiling are not an ideal situation to find yourself in if you suffer from an inability to fall asleep at night, a condition known as insomnia. Luckily, there are many sources that can offer you relief and help with insomnia if you understand your condition and understand why you have insomnia problems.
Most of the most effective help with insomnia treatments will work best if you can diagnose the reason why you suffer from insomnia.It is important to understand when seeking help with insomnia that insomnia is a symptom and not the actual medical condition.
There is a source behind why you cannot seem to fall asleep at night and if you can get to the root of what that source is you can start to get to the bottom of your night time aggravations.
There are three main reasons you may be experiencing insomnia and each offers its own source of help for insomnia solutions.The most common source of insomnia is stress, so if you want help with insomnia you may consider seeing a counselor or addressing where the stress levels exist in your life.
If you want help with insomnia you will have to be willing to do a little self-discovery both into your conscious state and your medical history. Of course, if you have a medical condition that is causing your insomnia, you may choose to use sleeping pills to help with insomnia, discuss this with your doctor, as a temporary solution. I have used sleeping pills, and was advised just use them for a week or two, after this I managed to find a natural solution which has helped me tremendously.
There are many aids that are both medications and natural help with insomnia remedies that may help you sleep better at night. Oftentimes, when you are in pain, you are unable to sleep, so if your body rhythm is off because of a medical condition you will need help with insomnia to balance your body and get much needed sleep.
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Insomnia Tips
Many of us try lots of different remedies so we get the appropriate amount of sleep. Why is it sometimes so difficult. Sometimes you can just lay there, and lay there, thinking if you breathe deeply; if you pretend, even if you just relax as much as possible you will fall asleep. Sometimes it works. But when it doesn’t what can you do.
I have tried Nytol, in your local chemist you will find both the herbal and ‘chemical’ remedies. I have tried the herbal - didn’t do a lot for me. But the chemical version - yep certainly did get some sleep with this one. In fact, if you take the strong version, in the morning you can feel so groggy, it can take an hour or so, just to feel normal. It certainly works, but at what cost.
What do I mean by that? Well, everytime, I mean every time I went to buy some, I would be given a semi lecture by the counter assistant to tell me, that I mustn’t take it for more than 7 days because, the body begins to rely on it - and when you don’t take it, you can’t get to sleep because your body begins to need it. Well, a bit dodgy don’t you think. The very thing that initially sends you to sleep, begins to keep you awake if you take it for a few nights.
So there, what can you do?
Well I next tried valarian. Watch this space and I’ll let you know my thoughts on that!
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Your Kitchen Is a Treasure Trove of Insomnia Remedies
When you have insomnia, intones the narrator in the 1999 hit movie Fight Club, you’re never really asleep and you’re never really awake. If you’re not asleep and you’re not awake, where does that leave you then? Probably googling your way into the morning, looking for insomnia remedy.
The bad news for insomniacs like you is that sleep will never come easy to you. You would never be able to zonk out in the afternoons or during your lunch break; or find sleep even while lolling about in a king-sized bed. The good news is that as far as insomnia remedy is concerned, there is a whole lot out of options out there ranging from products like Melatrol to complementary and alternative medicines.
Interestingly, food - or the clever use thereof - can serve as an insomnia remedy, too. These food and herbs may not be recognized by the medical community as “cures” for insomnia but they have been used to great effect by many people. In fact, some of them just might do wonders for you! Read the rest of this entry »
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Can’t Sleep? Get Insomnia Help!
It’s four in the morning. Your eyes feel heavy, almost as if they’ve been weighed down with iron. Your mouth is dry, your hands are clammy, and your head throbs dully, painfully to the beat of some primal African drum. You would give anything - a week’s salary, your Doberman, hell, even your firstborn - just to be able to go to sleep. Does this predicament sound familiar? You have insomnia, and you have it bad. You know what else? You need insomnia help.
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services estimates that every year, roughly 64 million Americans need the same thing you do - insomnia help. Of this number, women are more heavily affected, with insomnia likely to occur 1.4 times more in women than in men.
Before you seek insomnia help, however, it is vital that you understand the problem. There are many types of insomnia, and each one comes in varying degrees of gravity. Transient insomnia could last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. It may be caused by stress, poor sleep timing, changes to the sleeping environment, or by an underlying disorder that is far more serious. Read the rest of this entry »
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