Having Problems Sleeping Through the Night? Get Must Know Facts on Insomnia Here

By Ash Derbe

Insomnia is the inability to stay asleep for a sufficient duration to feel fully rested. Consequently you are overcome by a feeling of fatigue and sluggishness during the day. Impaired mental clarity causes weakened performance caused by insufficient sleep.

Typically, people suffering from insomnia experience an inability to fall asleep in spite of being tired. They may achieve a light sleep that leaves them tired after waking or waking too early.

Insomnia causes are being researched and there is a debate on whether insomnia is a symptom of another psychological or physical condition or whether it's a primary disorder all on its own.

Generally, insomnia produces the following symptoms:

1. Waking up way too early and inability to fall to sleep again

2. Dependence on sleeping aids like sleeping pills or alcohol to fall asleep

3. Daytime fatigue or feeling tired during the day

4. Headaches occuring frequently

5. You're easily irritated

6. Short attention span, not able to concentrate

7. Waking up tired and not energized

8. Takes you more than 30 to 40 minutes to drift into sleep

9. Stiring often during the night

Insomnia sufferers, also known as insomniacs frequently complain they're not able to close their eyes or quiet their minds for a consistent period of time. I know the feeling, what it means to have an active mind when it's time to go to bed.

Our world is filled with stress and we often have unfinished responsibilities or to-do lists left that actively drive our minds when it's time to go to bed. Some people are not able to effectively leave those unfinished tasks aside then when it's time to go to sleep.

Some artistic personalities swear they create their best ideas just before falling asleep while laying in bed. A famous philosopher once said, "If a man created as many great ideas in the daytime as he does suffering from insomnia, he'd be a millionnaire!" Although there is some truth in every anecdote, sleep issues can affect a person's health for the worse.

The most menacing thing insomniacs face is their longing to go to sleep but for some reason just can't. Insomniacs are not able to quiet their minds sufficently to acquire the rest they need. The following day, insomniacs are fatigued and seemingly unable to function optimally. - 32513

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