The problem of sleeplessness occurs when individuals have difficulty going to sleep or staying asleep throughout the night.Although these individuals feel tired but they are unable to sleep.  The causes of sleeplessness can be internal or external and the treatment method that is chosen to cure the condition will depend on the underlying causes of sleeplessness.  With the proper treatment methods, the condition can typically be cured within a matter of days.

Underlying Causes Of Sleeplessness

Some of the major causes of sleeplessness include a change in lifestyle, a change in hormonal balance, depression, anxiety disorders, and stress.  Some drugs have been pinpointed as causes of sleeplessness, such as stimulants, amphetamines, and any other medication that disturbs the chemical balances in the brain.  If a drug is determined to be the cause of the condition, stopping the drug can make the condition disappear.  Other causes of sleeplessness include anything that can be classified as a nighttime disruption that occurs frequently throughout the night.  This includes the crying of a baby, nightmares, frequent heartburn, weak bladder, and other medical conditions that are not usually associated with sleeplessness.

Individuals experiencing anxiety sleeplessness may complain of their mind racing or being too tense to relax enough to go to sleep.  They may also complain of feeling excessively tired throughout the day while still having trouble falling asleep at night.  Understanding the causes of sleeplessness will help the person reverse the effects of the condition, return to restful nights much more quickly, and help them find the right treatment method to cure their condition.

It is necessary to find the causes of sleeplessness and cure it else the treatment will not fix the problem.  If the sleeplessness is a result of a drug that the person has been taking, their prescription may be changed to a different type of drug that still helps them but does not have the same affects in the body.  If the causes of sleeplessness are stress and anxiety, then a sleep aid, a sedative, or an anti-anxiety medication may be needed to correct the problem.

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How Does Fatal Insomnia Occur?

Chronic fatigue and an inability to sleep for a long time give rise to fatal insomnia.  Because the person is not getting the quality sleep that they need to repair their body and their brain, the body and the mind begins to break down.  Eventually, the body is unable to take the stress of not being able to rest any more and the body begins to shut down its functions because it does not have enough energy to run them properly.  As time goes on, the major functions of the body begin to shut off, resulting in the death of the person.

Different symptoms will begin to appear at each stage leading to fatal insomnia.  After a few consecutive days of insomnia, the person will become fatigued, irritable, and constantly drowsy due to not getting sleep at night.  After a few more days, the person will begin to exhibit symptoms that resemble being drunk, with a loss of balance, inability to concentrate, and severely delayed reaction times being the most common symptoms shown.  In time, the person will begin to have hallucinations and may begin to experience psychotic episodes that may or may not disappear once the person has begun to sleep normally again.  If the person reaches this last stage, then fatal insomnia can occur if the person does not get help for the condition quickly.

Who Is At Risk?

There is no way to predict what people will be at risk for fatal insomnia because any person of any age can develop a case of insomnia and the length of time and the severity of the insomnia dictates how the person will be affected.  Seniors tend to develop cases of insomnia more frequently because the condition is often related to disorders that can occur with advanced age, but younger people who develop insomnia are typically affected more and are less able to recover from the lack of sleep.  Many different treatments are available for use in treating insomnia and using these treatments when the person begins to experience their sleepless nights will dramatically decrease the chance of the person dying from fatal insomnia.

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Know the working of the medication?

An insomnia medication is generally a medication that can be used as an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety medication.  Because depression and anxiety are often pinpointed as two of the main causes of the condition, treating with these medications reduces the severity of their symptoms and helps them get to sleep each night.There are some insomnia medications that can be bought over the counter and others only if prescribed by doctor.

Most types of insomnia medicationswork by changing the amount of the chemical serotonin present in the brain which regulates the person’s mood and reduces the amount of stress that they are feeling.  Reducing the amount of anxiety the person is feeling can help the person manage the stress in their life.One can also have the problem of chronic insomnia due to imbalance of chemical levels in the brain.

Using a medication as an insomnia remedy can be dangerous because of the risk of dependence to the medication.  Some people find that they become unable to sleep without taking the medication first while others find that they are taking more and more of the medication to achieve the desired effects.  If a person finds that they are becoming dependent on the medication, they should stop taking it and consult their doctor immediately.

The Side Effects Of The Medication

The side effects associated with using an insomnia medication can vary, just like taking other types of medications.  The most common side effect linked to taking an insomnia medication is lingering grogginess when the person awakens in the morning.A person can also have congestion, headaches and loss of balance.  In many cases, the side effects will begin to disappear over time if the person uses the medication on a regular basis.

Insomnia medication can only be effective if the cause of the development of insomnia is stress or anxiety.  If the insomnia is caused by something else, like a medical condition or a different medication, then this treatment method may be ineffective.  It is important to understand what causes the insomnia before deciding on a treatment method for the condition.  An insomnia medication is only effective in certain cases.

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For example, you can use a strategy called a mnemonic device to help you improve your short term memory. There are different kinds of mnemonic devices, so you can use one that seems to be most effective for you. An example of making use of visual mnemonics to improve memory skills could be to imagine an object when you hear a name, such as visualizing a microphone when you meet someone named Mike. There is another method which a number of people find helpful. They use either a rhyme or an acronym to remember things such as keyboard notes or the order of the planets.

These are not the only ways to be able to enjoy an improved memory. Try focusing on the specific facts being learned, like names and dates, to improve the function of your short term memory. Utilize as many of your senses as you can when you are presented with information. When meeting someone new, for instance, play close attention to their face and carefully listen to their name. Say the name over again a couple times at the beginning of the conversation in order to lock the particulars into your memory.

If your learning style is visual, try to picture the details in your head or write it down. If you learn via auditory techniques, you need to repeat things out loud, or try recording it so that you can replay it sometime in the future.

You can enhance your short term memory making use of other ways which are great for the rest of your body as well. Sound sleep and physical exercise help to keep both body and mind fresh. Managing stress can also help to enhance your ability to retain information. Likewise, it is highly important to eat healthy and kick your smoking habit. Cognitive functioning can be adversely affected by smoking, because of minimized oxygen delivery to the brain.

These are some great tricks to help you retain information if you are worried about a failing memory. Once they try them, most folks realize that they have better memories and brain function than they thought.

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Cereal for breakfast, cereal for lunch and a lovely chicken korma for dinner. When I say lovely I should say it was lovely the second time around. The first time the rice didn’t exactly turn out the way I’d planned! (I blame the pan)

Soo not including the burnt rice which was quickly flushed down the toilet we have :-

1 x bowl of rice crispies = 210 cals
1 x large bowl of corn flakes = 300 cals
1 x chicken korma with long grain rice = 1000 cals

I had nothing to drink yesterday except water so again a very healthy 1510 calorie day.

In terms of my exercise I went back to my usual calorie burning Wii Fit regime. I’d done enough playing this week.

1 x lap of the island run
2 x 10 minute boxing
1 x 6 minutes hula
2 x set of 6 press-ups

Total calorie burn was 521 calories. That give me a total calorie deficit for yesterday of (521+2100) – 1510 = 1111 calories. I’m happy to report that I’ve also taken an inch of my waist since I started this.

(Today I blow my routine wide open, not only changing my breakfast cereal but also when I eat my main meal….the excitement).

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Here’s what it looked like:-

1 x bowl of rice crispies (210 calories)
1 x very big bowl of corn flakes (300 calories)
1 x pasta, sauce, bacon and cheese (900 calories)

At least 8 glasses of water, I think I lost count later on. So yesterday I consumed 1510 calories.

My exercise was the same routine I did as the day before:-

1 x Around the island run
2 x 10 Minute rhythm boxing
1 x 6 minutes hula (3 minutes each way)
2 x 6 press-ups

Calorie burn was a satisfying 538 calories. Do the maths of (538 + 2100) – 1510 gives me a magnificent deficit of 1128 for yesterday. That’s a lot, probably too much if I’m being honest so today I’ll be taking it easy, I might give the Wii a miss tonight. I’ve got a lot of furniture to move anyway so can survive without the extra exercise.

As I mentioned before I did my first weight in yesterday. I’ve decided to make 8pm my official weigh in time. It’s very important to try and weigh yourself at the same time in the same clothes to get an accurate change (I wrote a whole post about weighing yourself correctly) Anyhoo, the end result is that I’ve lost just over a pound. Not bad for 3 days!

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It’s nice to see then that this report 100% backs that up. It doesn’t matter if you have no breakfast, no lunch and then a huge meal at 3 in the morning. As long as the calories in the huge meal aren’t more than the calorie deficit you’ve built up during the day there is no problem! Consistently burn more calories than you eat and you will lose weight, that’s all there is to it. It’s not your genes making you fat, it’s not your glands, it’s not eating too late “cos of work”, it’s you putting more in than you take out fatty!

Of course there are things that affect how well are bodies burn calories BUT you can still eat less to compensate. If our bodies aren’t burning the calories i.e. it doesn’t need them, then you need to adjust what you eat. Otherwise you get fat.

What I should say here is that although eating late at night won’t make you fat it may affect you in other ways. For example if you enjoy physical exercise then running your body on “empty” all day will be a struggle. Hunger/Tiredness and being grumpy are 3 reasons why it’s best to eat well balanced meals throughout the day. There seems little point in giving your body an energy boost just as you are ready to go to sleep! But that being said, eating late at night is no longer an excuse for getting fat. People around the Mediterranean have been doing it for hundreds of years, just remember that it’s the total of what you eat that is the problem, not when you eat it!

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