All about Insomnia (Sleep ) Disorder

 

Hi my name is Saira & today's topic of my Blog is about Insomnia (Sleep disorder)

What keeps you up at night? 

Pondering deep questions? Or is it stress about unfinished work, an upcoming test.  For many people, this stress is temporary, as its cause is quickly resolved. But what if the very thing keeping you awake was stress about losing sleep?

This seemingly unsolvable loop is at the heart of insomnia, 

the world’s most common sleep disorder. Almost anything can cause the occasional restless night - physical pain, or emotional distress.

But in most cases, sleep deprivation is short-term. 

However, some long-term conditions like respiratory disorders, gastrointestinal problems, and many others can overpower fatigue. And as sleepless nights pile up,

the bedroom can start to carry associations of restless nights

 with anxiety. Come bedtime, insomniacs are stressed. So stressed their brains hijack the stress response system, flooding the body with fight-flight-or-freeze chemicals, increasing heart rate and blood pressure, and jolting the body into hyper arousal. In this condition, the brain is hunting for potential threats, making it impossible to ignore any slight discomfort or nighttime noise. And when insomniacs finally do fall asleep, the quality of their rest is compromised. Our brain’s primary source of energy is cerebral glucose, and in healthy sleep, our metabolism slows to conserve this glucose for waking hours ,sleep for insomniacs also speeds up their metabolisms.

This symptom of poor sleep leaves insomniacs

 

waking in a state of exhaustion, confusion, and stress, which starts the process all over again. When these cycles of stress and restlessness last several months, they’re diagnosed as chronic insomnia. And while insomnia rarely leads to death.

Its chemical mechanisms are similar to anxiety & 

depression . So if you are suffering from any one of these conditions increases your risk of experiencing the other two,  there are ways to break the cycle of sleeplessness. Managing the stress that leads to hyper arousal is one of my best-understood treatments for insomnia, and good sleep practices can help rebuild your relationship with bedtime.

Make sure your bedroom is dark and comfortably cool . 

Only use your bed for sleeping, and if you’re restless, leave the room and tire yourself out with relaxing activities like reading, meditating, etc .

Regulate your metabolism by setting consistent resting and waking times 

to help orient your body’s biological clock. This clock  or circadian rhythm, is also sensitive to light, so avoid bright lights at night to help tell your body that it’s time for sleep.

Another way  to these practices, 

some doctors prescribe medication to aid sleep, but there aren’t reliable medications and over-the-counter sleeping pills can be highly addictive,

But before search of  any treatment, make sure your sleeplessness is actually due to insomnia. Approximately 8% of patients diagnosed with chronic insomnia are actually suffering from a less common genetic problem called delayed sleep phase disorder. People with D S P D have a circadian rhythm significantly longer than 24 hours, putting their sleeping habits out of sync with traditional sleeping hours.

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