Post by Sam on Mar 20, 2016 0:44:03 GMT
Insomnia is the inability to get the amount of sleep you need to wake up feeling rested and refreshed. Because different people need different amounts of sleep, insomnia is defined by the quality of your sleep and how you feel after sleeping—not the number of hours you sleep or how quickly you doze off. Even if you’re spending eight hours a night in bed, if you feel drowsy and fatigued during the day, you may be experiencing insomnia.
Symptoms of insomnia can include:
Difficulty falling asleep even when tired
Trouble getting back to sleep (when you have woken in the night)
Waking up too early in the morning
Relying on sleeping pills or alcohol to fall asleep
Not feeling refreshed after sleep
Daytime drowsiness
Fatigue
Irritability
Difficulty concentrating
Sometimes, insomnia only lasts a few days and goes away on its own. This is especially true when the insomnia is tied to an obvious temporary cause such as stress or a breakup. Chronic insomnia is usually tied to an underlying psychological or medical issue.
Those nights I lay there and no matter how tired I am, I just can't fall asleep. It's as though my head touching the pillow actually wakes me up!! I've tried almost everything.. a warm bath, relaxation, no t.v or phone, no caffeine after 7pm, rising early no matter what... The list goes on. Before I know it the birds are chirping the bin man is here and I'm finally falling asleep.
Such is life.
~S
Symptoms of insomnia can include:
Difficulty falling asleep even when tired
Trouble getting back to sleep (when you have woken in the night)
Waking up too early in the morning
Relying on sleeping pills or alcohol to fall asleep
Not feeling refreshed after sleep
Daytime drowsiness
Fatigue
Irritability
Difficulty concentrating
Sometimes, insomnia only lasts a few days and goes away on its own. This is especially true when the insomnia is tied to an obvious temporary cause such as stress or a breakup. Chronic insomnia is usually tied to an underlying psychological or medical issue.
Those nights I lay there and no matter how tired I am, I just can't fall asleep. It's as though my head touching the pillow actually wakes me up!! I've tried almost everything.. a warm bath, relaxation, no t.v or phone, no caffeine after 7pm, rising early no matter what... The list goes on. Before I know it the birds are chirping the bin man is here and I'm finally falling asleep.
Such is life.
~S
but I never give up.