Insomnia
What is insomnia?
Insomnia is a sleep disorder that involves difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or both. Insomnia affects your quality of sleep and in the long term can affect your overall health and wellbeing.
What causes insomnia?
Insomnia can be caused by several factors such as poor sleep hygiene, too much caffeine, stress, depression, afternoon naps, irregular bedtime schedule, changes in sleep wake cycle, illness such as sleep apnea, pain etc.
Symptoms of insomnia
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Difficulty staying asleep
- Waking up early and not being able to go back to sleep
- Waking up tired due to insufficient sleep
How is insomnia treated?
The main treatment for insomnia
- Medications such as sedatives, hypnotics, and antihistamines among others are used to treat insomnia.
- Psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses a combination of behavioral and cognitive techniques to resolve dysfunctional sleep behaviors and disruptive thoughts that affect sleep.
For questions and treatment options available to you contact resilient mind psychiatric services.
