tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288226662009-10-14T06:36:47.449+08:00How you can finally get your good night's sleep! Explains what insomnia is, types of insomnia, the importance of sleep, tips and ideas to help you get your sleep, treatment of insomnia, how to relax, diet for optimal sleep and other simple tips for getting a good night's sleep.bloggerkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06179837212456721052noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28822666.post-77813791691771213892008-08-18T23:11:00.001+08:002008-08-18T23:11:57.603+08:00

A majority of American adults (63%) do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep needed for good health, safety, and optimum performance. In fact, nearly one-third (31%) report sleeping less than seven hours each week night, though many adults say they try to sleep more on weekends. (2001 Sleep in America poll).More than half of adults surveyed in the 2002 Sleep in America poll said they

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Women are different from men. Although women may prefer to be treated the same as men in the workplace, when it comes to sleeping, there are differences. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), women are more likely than men to have difficulty falling and staying asleep and to experience more daytime sleepiness on a weekly basis. Research has shown that too little sleep results in

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Medications aren't always the best solution for insomnia. Some simple lifestyle strategies may help:1) Stay on schedule. Go to bed and get up around the same time every day. The body's natural sleep-wake patterns, called circadian rhythms, can be disrupted by abrupt schedule swings. Maintaining a regular bedtime schedule helps train the body to sleep at the desired time.2) Make your bed a resting

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1. Learning and memorySleep helps your brain commit new information to memory. People who get a good night's sleep before taking tests or performing a new task usually do better than people who are tested immediately after learning something new. Other studies seem to show that people are more insightful or creative in their problem solving after getting a full night’s sleep.2. WeightA constant

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Treatments of insomnia help reduce symptoms associated with many types of sleep disorders. Doctors generally prefer to use the least invasive treatment method possible. This includes simple lifestyle changes which are often good enough to significantly reduce or eliminate sleep disorder symptoms.However, a doctor may recommend additional treatment methods for which may include the following:1)

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The symptoms of insomnia could vary from being so mild that you barely know you have it, to being so severe that you can hardly function when awake. Whenever you have insomnia, you will experience some or even all of the following: tiredness, lack of energy, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, inability to concentrate, reduced ability to learn and remember things, diminished alertness,

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Discover the Amazing Brain Technology that Will Make You..."Fall Asleep in Minutes Instead of Hours, Sleep Soundly Through the Night and Wake Up Rested — Without Resorting to Sleeping Drugs... Guaranteed!""I just love being able to fall asleep without taking a whole bunch of pills to help. I now fall asleep quickly, usually within the first twenty minutes. I love it!!!" — Joanne Spruyt, Kamloops,

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About half of all Americans occasionally have trouble falling or remaining asleep. A new research suggests that women may not only have a harder time falling asleep than men, but may be more negatively impacted by a lack of sleep. Insomnia is more common in women, especially after menopause due to the hormonal fluctuations that occur in women during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause. Women

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According to a study conducted by the Duke University research team, insomnia or lack of sleep affect our ability to make good decisions when the stakes are high. This is so besides problems of memory and learning capacity. Adequate sleep is important for overall physical and emotional well-being of a person.Although the amount of sleep a person needs may vary by age and by the individual, the

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One Yale study shows that sleep apnea could lead to higher incidence of heart attack. This is due the fact that in obstructive sleep apnea, the upper airway narrows, or collapses, during sleep. Periods of apnea end with a brief partial arousal that may disrupt sleep hundreds of times a night. And during the apnea periods, the body's "fight or flight" mechanism is triggered decreasing the amount

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Don’t treat insomnia lightly because it might a result of other diseases. Insomnia is not a disease, but a symptom. And it's such a common symptom because it has many causes. Many things can shorten sleep, interrupt sleep or produce poor quality, non-refreshing sleep, such as:• Medical illnesses — Gastric reflux with heartburn, chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma, congestive heart failure

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Before you touch your nect sleeping pill, please take note of the following recent warning from FDA, USA:Although all sedative-hypnotic products have these risks, there may be differences among products in how often they occur. For this reason, FDA has recommended that the drug manufacturers conduct clinical studies to investigate the frequency with which sleep-driving and other complex behaviors

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new warnings last month about possible side effects of some commonly used sleep medications. They also ordered manufacturers of 13 sleeping medicines to begin notifying doctors about the side effects, which only recently were identified. These include severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis and tongue swelling) and also some curious behaviors that

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Do you find yourself staring at the ceiling trying to fall asleep to no avail?Do you fall asleep only to wake up a few hours later?Do you wake up several times during the night and when the alarm clock goes off you feel like you could use 3 more hours of sleep.Do you sleep at night but find yourself sleepy during the day, irritable, unfocused or lethargic? Sounds Familiar? If any of these

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Insomnia can happen to anyone, but is especially common as we age. Our rhythm of sleeping is less flexible as we age. And that’s also probably why older people have more sleep problems, is because they’re, they can sleep during the day, so they do. They start fragmenting their sleep.According to the National Sleep Foundation, insomnia is the most common sleep problem for Americans 55 and older.

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The next time you cannot sleep but have an urge to raid the refrigerator for something to bite or drink, try something as follows:1)Cheese, chicken, soy, yogurt, nuts and best of all, milk. The reasons why these would help you to sleep better is the fact that all these foods contain tryptophan, a precursor of serotonin.2)Other foods that help increase the serotonin level are complex carbohydrates

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In a study conducted by French researchers from Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris it was found that people with hay fever have more difficulty sleeping and more sleep disorders than those without allergies. Allergic rhinitis or hay fever is affecting about 20 to 50 percent of the population. Previous research has indicated that allergies could lead to snoring and breathing problems during

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Learning to be physically and mentally relaxed before going to bed will help you fall asleep more quickly. Additionally, many relaxation techniques can be put to use when you wake up in the middle of the night and need to get back to sleep. Quieting your mind and body is not something that can be done immediately, so you should try to start winding down at least an hour before bed. Some people

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Doctors have been telling us for years that most people need at least 8 hours of sleep a night to function at their fullest the next day, so why are you going to bed so late? Sleep deprivation not only makes you feel less than your usual perky self, but has been linked to weight gain, depression, anxiety, heart disease, and insulin resistance, not to mention the accidents that can occur from

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Valerian may also be useful for people without insomnia per se. In a 1983 trial that involved 128 healthy people, those assigned to take a valerian root preparation were far more likely to fall asleep faster than those given a placebo. The valerian group also tended to stay asleep longer. Overall sleep quality improved significantly, particularly in those who rated themselves as poor sleepers to

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Thanks for dropping in........ Hope you'd find your answers here!

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In the brain, valerian is thought to bind to receptors for a nerve chemical called GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). By blocking some nerve impulses from reaching the brain, the herb seems to shorten the amount of time it takes to fall asleep as well as improve the quality of sleep that results. And, unlike some of the more commonly prescribed sleep medications, valerian is not addictive. Nor does

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1) Sufferers of insomnia should avoid all caffeine. Caffeine is often a factor in insomnia, including insomnia in night-shift workers. Caffeine is found in coffee, tea, yerba mate (Ilex paraguaiensis), guarana, Kola nut (this includes all cola drinks); it is also found in "energy" sodas like Red Bull and similar, chocolate bars and other candy. Drink herbal teas or plain water instead of

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A person can have primary or secondary insomnia. Primary insomnia is sleeplessness that is not attributable to a medical or environmental cause. Secondary insomnia means that a person is having sleep problems because of something else, such as a health condition, an example of which would be generalized anxiety disorder.Some of the most common causes of insomnia are:1) Sleep apnea is a condition

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There are roughly three different types of insomnia. Insomnia may be classified as transient, acute (short-term), and chronic. Insomnia lasting from one night to a few weeks is referred to as transient. This is generally the case for most people, as one often suffers from jet lag or short-term anxiety. If this form of insomnia continues to occur from time to time, the insomnia is classified to be

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