Sadly many Americans suffer from insomnia every single night. Many of us may be tempted to take over-the-counter sleep medications or prescribed sleep medications, but before resorting to them, I would like to caution you. Medications are not healthy for your body, so there are other non-medical insomnia treatment options available, along with behavioral therapies.
When treating insomnia non-medically, the first step is to find the cause. Insomnia is known as a symptom, not a disease. If the cause is found, the original problem, or disease, can be cured or controlled; therefore the symptom of insomnia will disappear. Finding and solving the cause is the most successful way to treat insomnia. Example causes of insomnia are: discomfort when sleeping, stress, anxiety, or changes in shift at work. (more…)
Believe it or not, insomnia itself is not a disease; it is more of a symptom. According to MedicineNet, the definition of insomnia is: “the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: difficulty falling asleep; waking up frequently during the night, difficulty returning to sleep…”