Symptoms of Insomnia and Their Cures
There are lots of different symptoms of insomnia. Each person will be different experiencing certain symptoms but not others. This list in no way describes every symptom of insomnia, only the most often reported by those who suffer from insomnia.
Trouble falling to sleep: Experts agree it should take anything up to 20 minutes to fall asleep. People who take longer than 30 minutes are showing a common symptom of insomnia. It is suggested that if after half hour you cannot sleep, get up. Go do something relaxing such as reading a magazine. Then when you again feel tired, try once again to sleep. You could also try to learn a relaxation technique such as self hypnosis or meditation.
Constant waking: another common symptom of insomnia is been unable to stay asleep. Although you may have no problem in getting to sleep, you constantly wake up throughout the night tossing and turning and generally feeling restless. Another is that you wake up way too early and your mind refuses to go back to sleep.
Feeling Groggy: Feeling like you've slept well yet finding yourself unrefreshed and unrested, walking around like a zombie is a popular insomnia symptom. You will have little concentration and your reaction times will be much slower than usual. You may also find yourself snapping at your loved ones and work colleagues. Getting more exercise and sunshine as been shown to raise alertness, so too as changing ones diet. Although the only way to banish the feeling for good will be to cure your insomnia.
Anxiety: Constantly feeling anxious for no known reason, especially around family and friends could be down to many things. Although many insomniacs say that when going through a period of insomnia they often suffer terrible anxiety. There are pills available for anxiety, but I would suggest leaving this to a last resort. First I would again try learning yourself to relax, try researching into breathing exercises which as been shown to lower levels of anxiety in sufferers.
