Causes of Sleeplessness and Herbal Remedies for Insomnia

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Insomnia
Insomnia is the most common sleep complaint in
which you need to take something (supplements,
sleep aid pills) in order to get to sleep.
Sleeplessness can sap not only our energy level
and mood but also our health and work performance.
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Causes of Insomnia
Insomnia can be caused by medical and psychiatric
conditions, unhealthy sleep routine and certain
biological factors. It is important to understand
the major causes of sleeplessness. General causes
of insomnia include anxiety, depression, stress,
lifestyle, environmental changes and medical
conditions.
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Anxiety
Anxiety can keep our mind active at night. Issues
at work place or with family can make us anxious.
This can make it impossible to sleep at night. At
that time we may develop an anxiety disorder also
known as acute stress disorder or post-traumatic
stress disorder. It is one of the main causes of
sleeplessness.
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Stress
Stressful life events such as death or illness of
close relative, job loss may lead to insomnia.
Tension, feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities,
getting caught up in thoughts about past events
and excessive worrying about future events create
stress in mind.
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Depression
Depression occurs due to excess pressure on mind
and it is one of the main causes of insomnia
where we might either sleep too much or have
trouble in sleeping. Anxiety and depression are
the major reasons of chronic insomnia. This may
be due to imbalance in brain that affects sleep.
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Lifestyle
Unhealthy lifestyle can also create sleep
disorders without having any medical and
psychological problem. If a person starts to
adopt unhealthy sleep habits then the
sleeplessness problem potentially turn into
serious problem. It is important to detect the
insomnia disease at right time instead of letting
it become the norm.
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Food
Certain activities including eating pattern can
also contribute to insomnia. Having light snake
before bed time is not risky but eating too much
may cause us to feel physically uncomfortable and
make it difficult to sleep.
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Environmental Changes
Long distance travel affects our body which
sometimes create sleep disorder problem.
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Medical conditions
There are many medical conditions that are the
causes of sleeplessness. Insomnia can be caused
by chronic pain, diabetes, obesity, cancer,
gastro esophageal reflux diseases etc. These are
some causes of insomnia. To get rid of it variety
of herbal remedies for sleeplessness are
available.
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Herbal remedies for insomnia
It is important to identify medical and
psychological causes before deciding on the
treatment. Several different types of medicine
are also effective but many doctors do not
recommend relying on the prescription sleep aid
pills for a long time. To get best result try to
use herbal remedies for sleeplessness and avoid
the use of caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol late
in a day.
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Melatonin
Melatonin is a hormone that regulates sleep/wake
cycle. It is naturally found in animals, plant,
fungi and bacteria. It is used to increase the
amount of sleep and improves sleep-wake cycle
disorder. Melatonin might be good for the people
with issues such as jet lag or shift work.
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Milk
Milk is a natural treatment for insomnia which
helps the brain to make melatonin naturally. For
a healthy sleep have warm milk before sleep.
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