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Conditions & Diseases: OtherInsomniaSee Also The American Insomnia Association has done a great job of organizing and breaking down all the possible causes of insomnia and sleep problems as revealed over the last 30 years of research. Insomnia stems from 4 main causes:
1. Psychological factors include: 1). a vulnerability to insomnia; 2). persistent, on-going stress, (difficulties at work & home, illness in the family); 3). and learned insomnia. - "If you sleep poorly, you may worry about not being able to function well during the day. You may try harder to sleep at night, but unfortunately this determined effort can make you more alert, set off a new round of worried thoughts, and cause more sleep loss."(2)
2. Lifestyle factors are behind many insomnia cases and are often the most difficult as it involves the patients making changes to long term habits and addictions. Many of the lifestyle culprits behind many insomnia cases include:
3. Environmental Factors include too much noise, light and interruptions. Ear plugs and blackout shades are recommended. 4. Insomnia as a symptom of another illness, as part of their classifications of the causes of insomnia, the American Insomnia Assocation has sorted out how insomnia can be a symptom of another medical or psychiatric condition. "Other sleep disorders, psychiatric and physical illnesses may disrupt sleep, and produce symptoms that can easily be mistaken for insomnia. These other disorders require medical attention and common treatments for insomnia alone will not help.(2) These other illnesses where insomnia is a symptom of the condition, include:
Once the causes of your insomnia are understood, you and your doctor can better outline a treatment & prevention program that turns out the lights on your sleepless nights. See Prevention & Treatment See Also
Article by Jason Morrow
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