| Lying in bed late at night you can feel very alone | | | | mind will be going over and over the situation trying |
| when everyone else in the house is sound asleep. | | | | to resolve it somehow. Your mind cannot relax and |
| Take comfort in knowing that you are not alone and | | | | therefore you will find it very difficult to fall into a |
| in fact insomnia is a very common sleep disorder. In | | | | deep sleep. |
| fact, it is estimated in the United States that $2.5 | | | | Once you start having trouble falling off to sleep at |
| billion is spent each year on prescribed anti-insomnia | | | | night, then you will tend to go to bed with the |
| medications and that doesn't take into account how | | | | thought in your mind that you are not going to be |
| much is spent on natural medicines used for insomnia. | | | | able to sleep. The mind has amazing powers over the |
| The amount of sleep you need will vary from person | | | | body and if the mind is telling your body that you |
| to person and most people will find that they tend to | | | | won't be able to sleep, then your body will believe it |
| sleep less as they get older. For example, children are | | | | and stay awake. If you can break this habit your |
| recommended to have 12 hours of sleep per night | | | | sleep patterns should return to normal. |
| while for adults the recommended sleep is between | | | | Some tips for beating Insomnia are: |
| six and eight hours per night. This is because as we | | | | - The first thing to do is to have a physical and make |
| get older our bodies produce less melatonin which is a | | | | sure there is no underlying medical condition that may |
| hormone that helps control sleep. | | | | be causing your sleeplessness. |
| However, if you are not receiving those six to eight | | | | - Get yourself into a good routine, and that may |
| hours of sleep at night and wake each day feeling | | | | include making sure you don't have any caffeine |
| like you haven't slept then you may be suffering | | | | within a few hours of going to bed and having some |
| from insomnia. | | | | quiet time leading up to bed time. |
| The main symptoms of insomnia are: | | | | - Try some relaxation techniques such as meditation, |
| - Difficulty in falling asleep at night | | | | soft music or yoga. This will help to relax your body |
| - Waking up during the night and being unable to fall | | | | and your mind in preparation for sleep. These |
| back to sleep | | | | techniques are also extremely good for helping you |
| - Waking up extremely early in the morning | | | | with deal with stress. |
| - Feeling tired all day and feeling like you haven't slept | | | | - Try some herbal medication for a few days, just |
| at all. | | | | long enough to break the habit. Once the habit is |
| There are many things that can cause insomnia but | | | | broken and your mind stops thinking that you will be |
| generally it tends to be psychological and often | | | | unable to sleep then your insomnia should stop. |
| becomes a habit. | | | | In some cases insomnia may just stop on its own, |
| Stress, anxiety and depression are the most | | | | but often it is a matter of trying some of these |
| common causes of insomnia as when you are | | | | steps and developing a positive mental attitude. Then |
| anxious your body finds it hard to relax and settle | | | | you can stop lying in bed listening to your family |
| into sleep mode. If you go to bed stressed you will | | | | snoring and join them instead. |
| be thinking about your stressful situations and your | | | | |