Insomnia
Transcript: Insomnia What Is Insomnia? Insomnia is a disorder in which a person has difficulty sleeping, whether it is having difficulty falling asleep, poor quality of sleep, or nocturnal awakening with difficulty falling back into sleep. What Causes Insomnia? Insomnia is caused by multiple factors, one of them being anxiety, stress and depression. Another factor is physical causes, like medical conditions, pain, genetics, other sleep disorders, decreased melatonin in elderly, etc. Then there are more common factors, like jet lag, working night shift, medications, caffeine, alcohol, heavy smoking, adjustment sleep disorder, and environmental settings like temperature and noise. Studies also show that having childhood fears may also lead to insomnia. How Does A Healthy Lifestyle Affect Insomnia? Exercise and a healthy lifestyle are great for treating insomnia, because exercise is proven to reduce stress and anxiety, allowing a deeper sleep. Busy Lifestyles And Insomnia In modern lifestyle, it’s difficult to find time for things like exercise. If you work a physically inactive job like in an office, it’s recommended to workout at least 3 times a week, 20 minutes per session to help prevent insomnia. Physical and mental relaxation techniques can help you sleep as well as setting a certain time to sleep and certain time to wake up and sticking to these times every day. How Does Insomnia Affect A Person? Insomnia can cause mood disturbances, lack of motivation, decreased attention span, low levels of energy and increased fatigue. Depression and anxiety can cause insomnia and insomnia can cause depression and anxiety, creating a vicious cycle. Insomnia can cause low self-esteem, weight gain, memory loss and depression as well as intellectual and physical motor skills impairment. Types Of Insomnia Sleep Onset Insomnia The inability to fall asleep on time and awake at a desired time. Idiopathic Insomnia A lifelong issue, believed to be caused by an abnormality of the neurological control of the sleep/wake system. Commonly starts in childhood, sometimes from birth. Psycho-physiological Insomnia Insomnia caused by anxiety and stress. Childhood Insomnia A common type of insomnia, where children don’t follow their bedtime curfews, disturbing their sleep pattern. Food Allergy Insomnia Usually from newly introduced foods, a person may have difficulty sleeping if they have some sort of reaction to a food. (ex. lactose intolerance child having milk product). Environmental Insomnia This type is very common, because the environment can be anything from noise, like traffic, construction, etc., to variation of temperature (cold in winter, hot in summer, etc.) Transient Insomnia Sleep disturbance due to temporary acute stress. (Ex. Having an argument that same day). Periodic Insomnia Chronic delay of sleeping and waking, usually by an hour or two. Altitude Insomnia This type of insomnia usually comes with headaches, loss of appetite and fatigue that occurs following ascent to high altitudes. Hypnotic-Dependency Insomnia Insomnia that is associated with the tolerance to or withdrawal from hypnotic medications. Stimulant-Dependent Insomnia Stimulants obviously reduce the sleepiness of a person, preventing sleep. Alcohol-Dependent Insomnia The use of alcohol for the sleepiness brought by drinking. It does help you fall asleep, but you can't reach deeper levels of sleep that contain the restorative properties of sleep. Toxin Induced Insomnia Using heavy metals or organic toxins that can either cause excessive sleepiness or insomnia. Interesting History Of Insomnia One rare case of insomnia is Al Herpin, known as “The Man Who Never Slept.” Born 1862, died January 3, 1947. He lived in the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey where he had no bed in his home, only a rocking chair where he claimed to “rest”, but did not sleep. He would come home after work, stay up reading the newspaper until dawn and go back to work. He was in perfect health for a person who never slept. It’s believed to be due to a major injury his mother sustained before birth. Another rare case of insomnia is Thai Ngoc, a Vietnamese man who apparently had not slept for 38 years since he had a fever in 1973. He did not feel ill at all until October 2006, where he claimed he felt like a plant without water. Well known musician, Michael Jackson, who died of a drug over-dose was taking these drugs to help him sleep. He claimed he hadn't been sleeping properly for the past 4 years. Psychological Effects Of Insomnia Studies show that psychiatric patients have higher rates of insomnia. Insomnia can cause paranoid thoughts, schizophrenia, anti-social behavior, distrustfulness, depression, and anxiety. Insomnia causes a person to have a negative predisposition of mindset. How Insomnia Affects Quality Of Life Insomnia can really impact a person’s life. The lack of motivation and energy reduces the quality of work at their job, irritability, lack of patience and negativity brought by
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