Insomnia treatment
| The sleeplessness (insomnia) is a desease which is expressed in disorder of sleep. The sleeplessness is evident in a complexities with falling asleep, awakenings at night, complexities with the subsequent falling asleep, and nervous sleep which does not restore organism’s inner sources.
The need for sleep is strictly individual. It is enough for some people just five hours of sleep a day, and there are someone who cannot sleep enough even during ten hours. From time to time all people suffer from sleepless nights. Almost 25 % of the population of planet frequently confronted with the disorder of sleep, and this problem increases in years. 29 % of men and 37 % of women of 65 suffer from sleeplessness. Typical symptoms of sleeplessness: - Complexities with falling asleep (when for falling asleep 45 minutes and more are required), - Nervous sleep (often night awakening and complexities with repeated falling asleep), - Early morning awakenings, - Sleep which does not restore organism’s inner sources. Sleeplessness treatment People suffering from sleeplessness can help themselves in many ways. Methods for sleeplessness treatment is called means of sleep hygiene : - Don’t sleep within day. - Reduce coffee, tea or cola consumption especially in the evening. - Reduce the intake of alcohol. - Do not smoke - more often smokers face a problem of respiratory rhythm impairment during sleep. - Try to do regular physical excersices. - Try to go to bed and wake up every day in one time. - Exclude from your menu fat food, especially before dream. - The warm bath, dairy drinks and pleasant easy music will help you to fall asleep in natural way. |
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Medicine therapy of sleeplessness
There is a set of medicines which help to cure sleeplessness if it is not developed into the chronic ailment. In combination with the techniques described above these medicines are very effective. |
| Effective medicines for the sleeplessness treatment are soporific antihistaminic preparations, for example, Atarax and Promethazine (Phenergan) .
There are also scientific proofs of efficiency of herbal preparations. Valerian is very effective against sleeplessness. Professional medical assistance If your habitual life is broken with day time drowsiness which hinders work or if the sleeplessness has a negative effect on your emotional state, consult to a doctor. Many doctors consider that the sleeplessness should be treated only soporific medicines (immediately after onset of the first symptoms) and others hold opposite opinion and trust in efficiency sleep hygiene . In any case one should intake a medicine no more than two weeks, or there is a danger of development of drug dependence. Besides it is necessary to define the reasons of sleeplessness which demand treatment. For example, if you suffer from depression it is necessary to take a course of treatment by antidepressants . |
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