On average, adults need 6-8 hours of sleep a night, according to doctors, but it turns out that about a third of us fail to enjoy this privilege. Insomnia, medical language insomnia, is one of the most disturbing phenomena in the Western world. According to the medical definition, these are complaints about inadequate sleep or low quality sleep for at least 3 nights a week, which interferes with the routine of life during the day. Insomnia has 4 phrases:
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Waking up too early
- Waking up in the middle of the night is hardly accompanied by going back to sleep
- Superficial and inadequate sleep
In most cases, insomnia is caused by transient and short-term causes. The good news is that even when it comes to a transient situation, there are quite a few solutions and behaviors that you can try and change to sleep better.
What are the causes of insomnia?
Sleep problems for mental reasons
The most significant cause of insomnia is a temporary state of mind, such as anxiety, stress, mourning, and overload. Almost no one experiences one of these states, mental states that are usually temporary and transient. These mental states can be caused by some significant events, such as the loss of a close person, legal battle, dismissal, work, or study load. Sometimes these are happy occasions that can lead to this, such as a new role, a move, or a wedding.
What effective treatments exist?
It is very easy to get a medical prescription for sleeping medication, and there are several types of medication that can be of immediate benefit. But beware: sleep medications in a doctor's prescription must have different side effects and addictive potential. It is important to emphasize that sleep specialists advise using them for short periods only.
Therefore, it is often preferable to try natural herbal remedies or to use a homeopathic drug called Naroxene designed to improve resting state, stress, and sleep disorders. Naproxen relaxes during the day and also relaxes at night. These herbal and homeopathic preparations are not medications, so there is no fear of side effects or addiction.
When the mental state interferes with the routine of life, the recommendation is to seek mental counseling and receive treatment that will help cope, change life habits, and the like.
Sleep disorders for physical and environmental reasons
Other, perhaps less significant, reasons can be environmental: an uncomfortable mattress, the unbalanced temperature in the bedroom, street lighting or external noises penetrating the room, the spouse snoring, and even ticking an alarm clock.
What to do?
First, you should try to understand what causes the discomfort and change it, that is, replace a mattress, darken the windows, change the room temperature, and the like. The alarm clock is recommended to be removed from the bedroom. He was silent in the hall. Don't worry, when he rings in the morning you will no doubt wake up even if he is not under your ears.
It is also advisable to familiarize yourself with the rules of sleep hygiene, and to change various habits that may be disturbed without being aware of it, or to learn and apply relaxation techniques, such as guided imagery, meditation, breathing, and so on.
Regarding snoring of a spouse, we have no big news, except for the possibility of sleeping with earplugs or going to sleep in separate rooms. Another option for relieving noise nuisance is the use of various external noise-masking applications using “white noise” that simulates monotonous sounds such as water sobriety, sea-air noise, and the like.
