Causes And Remedies To The Cant Stay Asleep Syndrome

By Lelia Hall


In day to day endeavors, millions of words and phrases are used. What is intriguing is that this particular phrase "cant stay asleep" is common and is continuously uttered all over the world in different languages despite the difference in race, religion and tribes. To those humans who are speech challenged or are not with the ability to communicate yet, they portray it by actions, for example, a restless and crying baby at night who is a nuisance to those taking a break from the demanding world of tedious job routines. This together with other adverse reasons led to scientist being more concerned to look at insomnia carefully in order to find solutions.

From research, it shows that approximately 40 million Americans undergo sleeping disorders at certain stage in their life ranging from mild cases to acute ones. A sample of 1200 Americans were taken whose age ranged from 21-31. This research was conducted by Health Maintenance Organization in machigan. It showed that 16.6% were affected by life insomnia, 8.2% by hyperinsomnia and 8% by hyperinsomnia plus life insomnia. Considering the age, the youth seem to score high which can be associated with long hours they spend on the computer. In terms of gender, women were more than the men.

A lot of efforts from government and NGOs have been put into insomnia research. Some of the institutions in the forefront of this fight are The Insomnia Center at Clayton sleep institute. This institution runs diagnosis and treatment using focused and dedicated emphasis on comprehensive care for patient suffering this condition.

In the resent past, several causes of insomnia have been identified and this ranges from medical condition, for instance asthma, sedentary lifestyle, working schedule, anxiety e. G. How the upcoming interview will end, how your spouse will respond to the "will you marry me" proposal, exams, among others.

Psychiatric disorders which ranges from depression, post-traumatic stress from horrific events in the human lives e. G. Accidents, rape cases, massacre are some of the fundamental areas areas that calls for urgent reviews if progress is to be attained. Some diseases such as cancer, meningitis, headaches cause a lot of pain that is associated with insomnia. If this condition is left untouched it reoccur and also cause onset of depression.

Various drugs are highly attributed to lack of sleep. Miraa is a stimulant that makes the user to stay awake long hours. Other commonly abused drugs include alcohol which interferes with the neurotransmitters in the brain that regulate sleep. Cocaine on the other hand is a stimulant and and induces euphoria and this drug has effect on dopamine; affecting sleeping pattern.

One good news is that several ways of diagnosis and treatment have being discovered. People suffering chronic or mild insomnia are advised to improve their lifestyle and behavioral approaches to situations that can make them to have their healthy sleeping habits back. It is worth mentioning that many drugs have side effects but minor ones.

With all the above advice, a good rule of thumb would be getting treatment earlier rather than later before insomnia graduate from acute level to chronic. This will ensure less personal suffering as its easier to treat this disorder when it can be dealt with as well as eliminate development of associate disorders.




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