Friday, November 6, 2009

Overcoming Insomnia


Insomnia can be defined as a condition where a person having difficulty sleeping or can not sleep well. Average everyone has experienced insomnia once in his life. There are even more extreme mentions 30 - 50% of the population experiencing insomnia.
Insomnia can affect all age groups. However, the incidence of insomnia increases with age. This may be caused by the stress that often descend those older. In addition, women more often said to suffer from insomnia than men.

Here are some tips you can do to reduce the attacks of insomnia.

  1. Exercise regularly. Some studies say that regular exercise can help people who experience problems with sleep. Exercise should be done in the morning and not a few minutes before sleep. With exercise, your health becomes more optimal, so the body can fight stress that comes with the better.
  2. Avoid eating and drinking too much before bed. Foods that too much will cause stomach discomfort, while drinking too much will cause your back often to urinate. Of course the situation will disturb your sleep kenyenyakan.
  3. Sleep in a comfortable environment. At bedtime, turn off the lights, turn off the menimbulan it sounds, make sure you are comfortable with the temperature of your sleeping room. Keep the clock of your eyes because it can make you anxious because of not able to sleep while the clock so late.
  4. Reduce the drink which are stimulants or who makes you awake like tea, coffee. alcohol and cigarettes. This drink will cause you to wake up which of course you do not need if you want to sleep.
  5. Snack foods that contain less carbohydrates before bed, when available, add a glass of warm milk.
  6. Go take a shower with warm water 30 minutes or an hour before bed. Warm water bath will cause sedation or stimulating effects of sleep. In addition, a hot bath also reduces the body quietness.
  7. Stop watching TV, reading books, at least an hour before bed.
  8. Use your bed for sleeping. This will help your body adjust to the environment in which to sleep. When you lie in bed, then the stimulus will come to bed.
  9. Perform regular relaxation activities. Listening to music, breathing exercise, meditation etc. will help slow down the process that occurs in the body so your body becomes more relaxed. This situation will mempemudah you to sleep.
  10. Clear your mind. Away with all the worries that descend your mind. One way to do this is to write down all your thoughts through the media blog.
  11. Sleep and wake up in the regular time period every day. Chaotic bedtime will disrupt your sleep later.

Such tips to reduce your sleep problems. Always remember that sleep is a basic requirement for the growth of the body and improve organ function. Insomnia is not a congenital disease and thus would be easily healed.

If the above steps you still fail to cope with sleep problems, consult your doctor immediately to find a way out.

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