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What is Insomnia?
Insomnia is a sleeping
disorder in which one is not able to sleep like an ordinary person.
They face a problem in
falling asleep or staying asleep, unlike normal people.
Either they remain awake
after midnight or before midnight.
This leads them to drowsiness
in the day time and trouble sleeping at night time.
They get a very short sleep
because of which they feel tired and irritated with anger all day.
There are a few types
involved in this depending upon its behavior observed in different individuals.
What are the different types of Insomnia?
There are two
major types of Insomnia
1. Acute
Insomnia
2. Chronic
Insomnia
Acute
Insomnia is
like an initial stage of Insomnia is not much more severe than Chronic Insomnia.
Acute Insomnia happens
because of daily stress at work, traveling, and hectic schedule, family
problems, etc.
This lasts from days to a couple of weeks which comes in the short term and gets cured with time.
Chronic Insomnia happens to those who have a medical history with a
daily dosage.
For example, an operation or surgery in the hospital completed, and the patient gets discharged
to go home.
Such patients and older
people are more likely to fall victim to Chronic Insomnia.
This is because in the
hospital he had a history of taking medicine drugs in high amounts which made
him sleepy in the hospital and the body got a habit.
Now when the dosage of drugs
is less they find difficulty in sleeping.
Chronic Insomnia can be
severe and last from weeks to months and months to a year.
What causes Insomnia?
Insomnia comes in two
different forms in which first is for a short time and the other can be severe.
The first one comes from the
long term stress that accumulated after a long time and exploded at a time.
This stress
can be because of any of the mentioned following reasons:
Family problems,
Personal tension,
Job work pressure,
Business tension,
Work overload,
Broken relationships
Sudden change in the living
pattern
Change in the city
Even change in apartment
Long-lasted disputes related
to property or a court case.
It lasts for a shorter time
in few cases and in other cases, this becomes a habit now and can't go that
early.
A severe type of Insomnia is
a result of previous health conditions.
This insomnia is stronger in
people with old medical backgrounds and older in age.
The old medical history can
be as mentioned below:
Problems with Asthma
Cardiac diseases
Old severe Operation or
Surgery
The main reason is behind
the medicines consumed during the treatment of the above-mentioned diseases.
Insomnia can occur in cases
that went through these medical conditions.
Insomnia Symptoms
Difficulty falling asleep,
staying asleep for a longer duration
Waking up at midnight, with
disturbed sleep, and not able to sleep back again.
More of a Day time Sleepiness
Anxiety2 and stress
Drowsiness and irritation
all-day
Lack of the ability to do
work or get interested in
Lack of energy and getting
angry quite often
Disturbed Quality of sleep
following depression3, apnea, etc
Do Insomnia Cookies make you Sleep?
No, they don’t. Insomnia cookies have only given name Insomnia and have
nothing to do with the medical term Insomnia.
They have tweeted4 that their product doesn't contain any type of melatonin drug
to make you sleep.
Insomnia cookies started
in a college dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania by set Berkowitz.
Since their establishment,
they have declared that insomnia cookies have nothing to do with insomnia
disease.
Insomnia Tests and Diagnosis
Doctors will ask to maintain a schedule of Sleep timing, Midnight Disturbances Image Credit PCHVector |
When you have to visit a
hospital the Doctor will ask you for the following details:
- Previous
Medical history
- Sleep
history
- Long-lasting
stress if any
- Type of
work you do
- Different
habit involved
The doctor might ask you to
keep a sleep record of the following few points for a couple of weeks
- Sleep time
- Wake uptime
- Midnight timing when sleep disturbed
- Afternoon Lap schedule
All the above factors help doctors to
understand different sleep patterns and help them to analyze disturbances.
They even take several
medical health tests to confirm the relation of health with sleep.
In severe cases, a test gets
conducted in a hospital, where the patient sleeps in a room.
They study sleep patterns
by placing a wiring electrode arrangement all over the body and conclude a result.
Is Aroma Therapy Good for Insomnia?
Aromatherapy is a type of
practice in which they provide oil massage on the skin of a patient suffering
from insomnia.
There are various types
of oils5 used for this which are usually made from trees, plants, and
some flowers.
Different studies have proved
that oil massage on the skin helps to promote sleep.
A few of the oil comes from
lavender, lemon, ginger, peppermint, and roman chamomile.
It can also help to treat diseases6 including
insomnia, asthma, cancer, fatigue, and depression.
Side effects involved
including skin irritation, headaches, asthma attack, rashes, and various
allergies.
Who are at the risk of Insomnia?
People with an older age fall
more under this than younger ones
Those carrying a lot of
stress from the past that can be because of relationship, divorce, disputes
& family problems
Alternate odd and even
day-night shifts that cause a disturbance in sleep
A job with a hectic traveling schedule which involves exertion
People with Obesity and
overweight having no exercise and movements all the entire day.
7 Homemade Tips to get rid of Insomnia
1. Pumpkin seeds, Dry dates, Poppyseed, and Almonds
In this procedure, we will
use Pumpkin seeds, Dry dates, poppy seeds, and almonds.
In the human body, an amino
acid called Tryptophan plays an important role to have a good night's sleep.
Pumpkin seeds & Dry
dates include zinc along with Tryptophan properties that relax our mind and
promote good sleep.
Dry dates include good
antioxidant properties that help improve the supply of oxygen to the brain.
They both increase the
serotonin hormone in the brain that makes it relax.
For this, we have to prepare
a powder of the 4 ingredients as mentioned above.
Take 100 - 150-gram dry dates
and chop them down into small pieces grind them and make a powder.
The same powder you have to
prepare for Pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, and almonds.
Make a proportion as
mentioned below -
Pumpkin seeds - 100 gm
Dry dates - 100 gm
Poppyseed -100 gm
Almonds - 50 gm
You can use dry date
proportion up to 150 gm but avoid high proportion if you have diabetes.
Mix all the powder prepared
in a small jar.
We have used poppy seeds
in this procedure which contains zinc, magnesium, and manganese that help our
brain to relax.
Take this before 1 hour you
sleep, take 1 tablespoon of this powder, and have it with 1 glass of warm milk.
This will recover from sleep disorders and insomnia with time.
2. Banana and its Peel (Outer Cover)
This remedy acts as
sleeping pills that make you fall asleep without any drugs and supplements.
A body after going to sleep
on bed requires Magnesium, potassium, and zinc in more quantity.
Those who fail to fall asleep
at night or have a habit of waking at midnight have less quantity of this in
their body.
For this take a Banana and
wash it before use and cut down with its top and bottom part and throw it.
Take the middle part of the
banana and cut it down into 3 pieces and boil them in 3 cups of water for 5
minutes.
Add 1/2 tablespoon of
cinnamon powder to this and again boil this mixture for another 3 minutes.
Close it to cool down until
it warm's a little.
Drink this little warm tea
before you go to sleep.
This drink will relax
muscle and brain as Tryptophan found in it generates hormones called serotonin
& melatonin.
Melatonin & serotonin support a good night's sleep especially for them who have a habit to wake up at midnight.
3. Withania Somnifera & Herb of Grace powder
Ashwagandha7(Withania Somnifera – Biology Name) also called a rejuvenator
has many proven benefits that help the body in a natural way to fall asleep.
The active elements that
are present in ashwagandha include steroidal lactones, Anaferine, Anahygrine
are anti-stress8.
Make powder of both by
grinding and mix it in water and boil it.
The drink is usually taken in
the daytime as it keeps the body fresh for the whole day time and relaxes at
night.
Pregnant women should not use ashwagandha without prior permission of the Doctor.
4. Put Rosewater on eyes
For those with a habit of
watching late-night TV, Mobile devices, tablets & laptops
The remedy is useful to relax
the eyes and brain cells.
Wash eyes and put rose water-soaked cotton on eyes for 10 minutes.
5. Massage on the bottom of the feet
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Have a massage on the Bottom of your Feet Image Author - Onelife |
Those who have been
having trouble falling asleep for a long time should try out this.
Massage your bottom of feet
with Coconut and sesame oil for 5 - 10 minutes.
The cells from the bottom
part of the feet have a connection with the rest of the body parts including
the brain.
6. Keep your both feet in warm water
Taking a nice warm bath at
night helps to promote the quality of sleep.
But because of workload, job pressure,
and other works, many of us find this difficult as lack of time.
Take warm water in a bucket
and rest your feet in this for 10 to 15 minutes.
7. Avoid electronics device
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Don't use mobile phones 1 Hour before you sleep Image Author - PCHVector |
Before you have a sleep
avoids the use of any type of electronic devices such as an android or laptop.
Do not use electronic devices
35 to 45 minutes before you go to sleep else you may have to face melatonin9 disorder.
This is because they send
electromagnetic waves that force our brain to keep awake for a longer time.
This takes more time to have asleep.
So the Bottom Line is
Cure Insomnia with simple 7
homemade tips as given above
Stop using electronics before
1 hour going to sleep
Try using Ashwagandha Dosage
Fix a Sleeping schedule and
don't fall asleep immediately after eating.
Exercise daily morning and
try to have your breakfast in light.
Make your room as dark as
possible to fall asleep.
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