Insomnia

Insomnia means ‘no sleep’ or inability to sleep. Insomnia is an experience of inadequate or poor quality of sleep usually seen with one or more of the following complaints:

• Difficulty falling asleep
• Difficulty staying asleep
• Waking up too early in the morning or
• Having sleep is non-refreshing.

How To Identify Insomnia Symptoms

• During Day if you feel unrefreshed throughout the day, feeling fatigued, irritable or sleepy, having poor concentration or attention.
• During Night if you find difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, frequent arousal during sleep or waking up too early.

Causes-

• switching shifts at work, or dealing with any other changes to the body’s internal clock
• the room being too hot, cold, or noisy, or the bed being uncomfortable
• getting too littleTrusted Source physical exercise
• having night terrors or bad dreams

Types of insomnia

Acute insomnia - ​​Acute insomnia refers to short-term sleeping difficulties that generally last no more than a few weeks.

Chronic insomnia - Chronic insomnia refers to insomnia that affects your sleep for 3 or more days each week on a regular basis, typically for a period of 3 months or longer.

Onset insomnia - Onset insomnia describes difficulty falling asleep. Trouble getting to sleep might happen as a result of caffeine use, mental health symptoms, or other common insomnia triggers, but it can also develop with other sleep disorders.

Maintaining sleep hygiene, can help in restoring normal sleep.

• Try minimizing the time u spend sleepless on your bed.
• Limit noise and light in the bedroom at night.
• Limit day time naps
• Exercise regularly
• Set a regular bedtime and stick to it.