Insomnia Causes & Cure

When insomnia attacks, a person often finds it difficult to cope through the days and the nights are often frustrating and depressing. When a person lies down at night to rest, but sleep will not come the person can easily feel upset or frustrated. The next day when the person goes off to work and has to survive task after task and interruptions from co-workers the person may feel a breeze of anger. The problem is the co-workers are not going to understand your bitterness, unless they too have suffered in their lifetime. Therefore, it is up to you to find relief so that you can move forward in life without enduring stress, anxiety, panic and other symptoms that come along with insomnia and its components.

The fact is there is no such thing of insomnia alone without a component. Some people may suffer insomnia, but stress is the component that is shackling the mind. When a person experiences negative or even positive changes in their life they may go through a night or two without sleep. Sometimes the person may suffer for a week, but rarely does the person ever suffer longer.

Acute insomnia lasts between a few weeks and a few months, however it often clears up after the person refines his lifestyle. Chronic insomnia may last for years, thus causing the person to suffer ongoing changes throughout the lifetime. Statistics claim that more females suffer insomnia verses men, but new studies are finding that men, women, and children around the world are suffering the symptoms of insomnia.

In a face-paced world and high tech environment constant changes are underway, thus it is unfair to use statistics as a source as to who is suffering on what level, since statistics are merely conducted on a 100 scale basis, with sometimes higher number of people questioned during the study. Thus, during a study conducted by myself as to who suffers PMS symptoms and what are the symptoms involved I found that more men suffered PMS over women, since PMS is merely pain in the lower back, headaches and other body pains. The world is confused when it comes to most diagnoses, prognosis and diagnosis, since again PMS is merely pains over the body.

When a women during mental cycles is moody, anxious, nervous, or else showing additional symptoms, it is not PMS you are witnessing, rather what you are seeing is a women suffering some sort of medical or mental ailment that is causing the emotions to implode, or outburst openly.

Women are often afraid of the change of life; however, the change is merely a biological change that takes away and adds something new. The women that are experiencing anxiety, nervousness, panic attacks and other symptoms are suffering from some type of medical and mental ailment, rather than suffering from a biological change.

There are various reasons insomnia occurs, but usually it is because of deficiencies. Chemical imbalances can throw the mind off track, thus symptoms that follow may be anxiety, stress, panic attacks, frustration, hypertension, and so forth. As you can see insomnia is not the problem, rather there is usually an underlying reason that insomnia occurs.

Still, regardless of medical and mental ailments a person can find relief by adjusting their lifestyle. Few people that suffer insomnia will drink caffeine all through the day and even at nighttime. The caffeine consumption absorbs through the body and some of the chemicals leave the body, but for the most part the caffeine is causing the body and mind harm. Nicotine has the same affect as caffeine, yet nicotine is more harmful and affects the body and mind internally, thus possibly causing sleeplessness. Therefore, if a person changes their habits it is possible to find relief even if medical and mental ailments exist causing the stress to the nerves, leaving the person hopeless of sleep. Finally, if you are suffering insomnia you may want to visit your doctor first to find out if any medical ailments are causing the sleeping problem. Delaying will only prolonged the suffering, thus the problem can only get worse.

Insomnia has affected millions of people around the world everyday. When a person experiences insomnia they often have difficulty sleeping at night, and during the day, they may try to take a nap, but sleep never comes. The person often feels knots in the stomach and tension over the entire body when insomnia rules the person’s life.

Talking from experience, I can say that insomnia is no road to travel. When insomnia hits it brings forth impulsive actions, panic attacks, nervousness, inability to cope with stress, and so forth. The person rarely gets proper nutrition, since the body is worn from lack of sleep, that food is no longer appealing.

One of the key obstacles in the way of sleep when a person undergoes insomnia is the mind is often chaotic. When a person lays down to rest the mind starts wondering, worrying about things that haven’t happen yet. The person may worry how he/she is going to pay bills, or else worry about death in the family that may not have occurred yet. There are several reasons that insomnia attacks, and sometimes it is strictly the mind hindering the body from rest, while at other times mental illness is underlying the surface. Persons that suffer Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome, Multiple Personality Disorder, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, or other disorders often experience insomnia.

To cope with insomnia a person may need medications, or else if you know how to use mind over matter you can learn strategies and techniques to help you master insomnia. One of the first actions I attempted was training my mind to think “sufficient for today, for no one knows what tomorrow will bring.” This helped me to relax and not worry about anything outside of today. I also trained my mind to think “one day at a time” and “I am only changing what I can, and not worrying about what I can’t change.” I also said, “There is nothing I can do about it right now, so why worry.” The training helped me to see that I was overwrought at times, and worrying about things, I had no control over, thus this begin working. Next, when I lay down to sleep I learned to train my mind to “shut-up.” Shutting down the thoughts was a great strategy, since not long after I begin the training I started sleeping with ease. Counting pigs, chickens, sheep, and other critters jumping over the fence also helped. Hey don’t laugh; I like to add humor to my life since that too helps to minimize insomnia. If you can learn to find the humor in stressful actions, events, et cetera, you can learn to laugh off the things you can’t change and sleep on the things you can change.

Other great strategies for relieving insomnia is finding a stress management scheme and time management plan to help you gain control of your life. Stress management plans mean you are willing to exercise, practice nutritional behaviors, taking time out for your self and learning techniques that will help you to cope with stress. Time management schemes will help you to budget your income, which will help you to avoid debts that also lead to insomnia. Time management schemes will also help you to learn self-control, and how to plan a schedule that fits your lifestyle.

Studies have shown that those that fail to exercise often experience stress. Stress is the leading cause of insomnia. Studies have shown also, that particular types of exercise are more effective than other types of exercises for relieving stress. Cardiovascular exercises are one of the best forms of exercises that minimize stress while building the tools to cope. The heart and body is affected immensely when stress occurs and more so when insomnia takes control of the life. During an interview, I observed one man that suffered insomnia and this person often made bad decisions during the course of a day. The man seemed to loose control of his spending, and participated in drug intake to relieve his stress and tension built from lack of sleep. While medications was needed in this particular case, but lack of exercise and proper diet led to the stress and insomnia that this man endured.

Many cases of insomnia require the assistance of counseling, since many of the sources of insomnia are linked to various mental disorders. When a person is suffering insomnia over a length of time the common problem is not insomnia, rather a medical or mental ailment is enforcing the sleepless nights. When the mind is filled with chaos and unresolved questions then the mind will often rebel and the person will have difficulty falling into a REM sleep.

Bipolar patients often have difficulty falling asleep during night hours until medication is if puts the chemicals in the brain back on track. Bipolar patients often have a chemical imbalance that affects the central nervous system and targets the area of the brain were relaxation should exist. When the mind is filled with ongoing thoughts during waking and sleeping hours the mind will continue on a journey until exhaustion sets in and then the person becomes anxious, panicky, nervous, angry, and so forth. The person will often find it hard to cope during waking hours and when the person is in the present of others may find it difficult to put a lid on it when anger boils.

Other mental ailments, imbalances or disorders cause insomnia. As a rule, there is no such thing as a mental ailment or disorder without insomnia. Sleeping disorders differ slightly from mental disorders, in that sleeping disorders are easier to treat with florescent lights, medications and therapeutic steps. Mental disorders such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder are often difficult to relieve the mind, since treatment for this disorder is ongoing. Posttraumatic Stress Disorders are caused from trauma and many of the patients that suffer the disorder often have experienced ongoing trauma. There are lighter versions of the diagnose that is easier to treat, however a severe case of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-PTSD will require years of treatment and medications.

Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Schizoids, and other major mental ailments, disorders and damage of the brain will also take years to treat for the problems, including insomnia. insomnia for these patients are tricky, since some times the patient is able to sleep without problem, while other times lasting insomnia attacks takes control of the persons life. The problem is, we have three different diagnoses that when the mind is not relating to reality can lead to danger, thus sleep is essential for these patients to avoid harm to self and/or others. Psychiatrist and psychologist alike often treat such patients with medications and the patients are often required to attend therapy throughout his or her lifetime. In other words, some cases of insomnia linked to mental is ongoing for life, still help is available.

Medical problems such as chronic pain may cause insomnia to last throughout the person’s life if little help is available for the pain. For example, if a person broke the spinal area by a fall, thus, surgeries may help, but the pain will exist throughout the person’s life in many cases. When a person is suffering pain they often find it difficult to sleep at night, thus insomnia is mastered only when the pain is subdued.

Unfortunately, few people suffering insomnia seek help through alcohol and/or drugs. The alcohol and/or drugs will increase stress thus enforcing insomnia throughout the person’s life until help is available. During night hours when sleep is ready, the last thing anyone should do is smoke, drink, exercise, or takes any substance or chemical that sparks the mind. Exercise is a great stress reliever and can help a person sleep over time, but exercise should not be carried out at least ‘three’ hours before bedtime. The best time to exercise is during the day hours.

When a person suffers insomnia it is wise to visit a physician before taking further action, since weeding out medical problems can provide a deeper insight of what may be occurring in the person’s life. Visiting the doctor is great, since if the doctor finds a linking ailment of the body, linking it to insomnia you are one-step closer to sleeping well at night. Don’t delay get help now!