Insomnia And The Nightly Battle For Sleep

The nightly battle for a full night of sleep is a nighttime war that invades the bedroom time and time again.

Insomnia is a common health problem that plagues many adults in this day and age. Causing extreme daytime sleepiness and an overall lack of energy, insomnia can leave you feeling absolutely miserable.

It may leave you feeling irritable and even depressed. Insomnia may lead to you having difficulty paying attention, remembering the simplest of things, and even learning the most basic of skills. Insomnia may cause you to withdraw from family and friends because of feeling listless and without enough energy to simply get through your day.

The majority of all adults experience sleeplessness or insomnia at one time or another during their life. Insomnia impacts all age groups. In older adults, women are affected by insomnia more frequently than men.

The incidence of insomnia most definitely increases with age. It is estimated that between 30 and 50% of the general population are faced with insomnia during their lifetime and out of that percentage 10% experience chronic insomnia. That is definitely not a happy statistic!

By definition, insomnia means that you either are having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep or in some cases both.

Some of those who suffer with insomnia have no trouble at all falling asleep but they wake up way too soon. Then there are others who experienced the opposite problem, or they may have trouble with both falling asleep and staying asleep.

Insomnia can be mild or it can be severe depending on the frequency of the nighttime interruptions. In order to be defined as chronic insomnia you must have symptoms of insomnia which occur at least three nights out of every week and lasts more than a month. Insomnia lasting for a less time is known as acute or short-term insomnia. The overall challenge with insomnia is the absolute lack of quality sleep which leaves you feeling less than refreshed when you wake up impacting your daily routine.

Insomnia is a challenge that the majority of us will face at some point in our life. The question is what will you do about the insomnia you most likely will face.

See your health care provider for help, there's no need to live with insomnia. It can certainly wreck your life.