Insomnia's Common Symptoms and Causes - By: Joe Ramirez

If you are a person who is awake for long periods of time it may be the failure to acquire a sufficient quantity or quality of sleep. The problem may be when it comes to falling asleep, staying asleep, or both. People who experience this problem do not feel revitalized when they wake up.

Insomnia is a regular problem that happens to millions of people every day and can be brought on by a multitude of conditions, diseases, or situations.

Sleep is fundamental for renewing your mental and physical well-being. Sleep has two separate known stages: one stage is called rapid eye movement or REM, this is the stage that you typically dream. The next is called non-rapid eye moment or NREM, you start here going from a relaxed state to a light sleep, then you move into deeper levels of sleep. After NREM, then you will experience REM sleep.

Attributes that can cause sleeplessness or insomnia are nervous tension, apprehension, hopelessness, illness, soreness, drugs, sleep problems, bad sleep rituals as wells your sleep surroundings and health habits.

Insomnia occurs in women more often than it does in men. That is because women often have sleeplessness associated with there menstrual cycle, when they're pregnant, and during menopause. Age can also play a factor with this sleep disorder. People who are going through marital problems or other stressful life issues complain more of sleep problems than those who aren't experiencing them.

Insomnia is determined by both an individuals night behavior and how long the sleeplessness lasts. Sleep-onset insomnia is determined by how difficult it is for a person to fall asleep. Maintenance insomnia is determined by whether or not you wake up numerous times during the night or if you are someone who wakes up extremely early.

This condition is also determined by how many nights you actually have that you can't sleep. Short-term or transient wakefulness occurs in people a lot, but it lasts just a couple of days. Long-term or chronic wakefulness is considered to be sleeplessness that lasts for longer than three weeks, this condition can cause a person to have more accidents in both the home and work environment as well as when driving. The reason for this is that a person who has problems sleeping at night tends to nod off during the day. Chronic wakefulness can also be a contributing factor for mood disorders like depression.

Transient wakefulness is brought on by short-term conditions in one's life, like a quarrel with another person, sickness, or even traveling. When there is resolution with the contributing factors then the symptoms will typically dissipate on their own.

Chronic wakefulness can be brought on by medical problems, drinking caffeine, alcohol or smoking, stress, depression, change in routine, snoring, restless leg syndrome, nocturnal myoclonus, panic attacks and nightmares.

Sadly Insomniacs don't have the luxury of beginning their day feeling refreshed. Unlike many other medical conditions, people usually know that they have this problem, because its symptoms are readily recognizable.

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