Do you have trouble getting to sleep? Do you wake up in the night? Or early in the morning before the sun is up? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are probably suffering from insomnia, the lack of good quality sleep.
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There are two main types of insomnia:
Primary insomnia is caused by bad sleep hygiene, which means a bad environment unfavourable to good quality sleep, e.g. noise, or sport before bed. Primary insomnia affects 3 out of 10 people with insomnia.
Secondary insomnia is due a medical problem such as depression, grief, dementia and also due to things used to treat these problems like medicine, drugs and alcohol. 5 out of 10 people with insomnia suffer from secondary insomnia.
Insomnia is also classified according to how long the patient has suffered with it.
Transient insomnia lasts only a few nights (e.g. when you're stressed about something like moving house or starting a new job)
Then, there is short term insomnia which lasts for more than 3 nights but less than 3 weeks.
Long-term insomnia, on the other hand, lasts longer than 3 weeks and sometimes goes on for years.
Many different factors come into play when dealing with insomnia: your age, weight, way of life all count, but so does your personal situation in life. Stressful events you have been through, or are going through, can greatly affect sleep patterns. So do illnesses, substance abuse and your sleeping environment.
Although there is no known foolproof cure for insomnia, there are a few things which can help you fight it, and stay asleep till your body is ready to start its day!