Everyone is familiar with this situation - I want to sleep, but I can not sleep. Lie on your bed and stare into the darkness. But tomorrow is a new working day, there is no strength, energy, too, and eyes stick together. What is the way out of this situation? But first, let's find out…
What is insomnia
Insomnia belongs to the category of neurological diseases that affect a person's emotions, energy, performance and he alth. If the state when you want to sleep, but you can’t fall asleep, repeats constantly, you can talk about a serious illness. It’s not worth worrying in advance, a little effort, and everything can be fixed. To do this, you need to change your life. Special exercises will help get rid of the disease.
What are the signs of insomnia? You should not assume that the symptom of this problem can only be that you cannot fall asleep, although you want to sleep. The following points should also be attributed to signs:
- wake up very early;
- daytime there is a state of irritability, drowsiness, fatigue;
- waking up at night;
- withoutalcohol, sleeping pills difficult to sleep.
Insomnia is the lack of proper rest, which provokes fatigue and irritability the next day. The degree of the disease is determined by the quality of sleep, how you feel in the morning and the time it takes to fall asleep.
Causes of insomnia
There are several categories of causes that contribute to the state when you want to sleep, but you can not sleep.
- Outside: cold or hot in the bedroom; uncomfortable bed and pillow; noise; illumination.
- Body related: age (small children sleep more, older children sleep less); inattentive attitude to biorhythms; thirst and hunger; physical fatigue; ENT diseases or the physiological structure of the nose; illness or pain; disruption of the nervous, endocrine systems.
- Psychological causes: disturbing thoughts, conflict, stress, trouble. They "run" after each other and do not let you fall asleep; depression, apathy, overwork. This condition makes you wake up in the middle of the night and does not allow you to fall asleep until the morning; at the same time - depression and anxiety; joy, anticipation and other emotions.
Bad sleep
Not only adults suffer from insomnia, sometimes babies want to sleep but can't sleep. Young parents are very worried, but why this happens is not always known. There are many reasons that cause this condition, the main ones include the following:
- the daily routine is broken;
- sleep is associated withnegative;
- colic;
- lack of care and affection;
- put your baby to bed late;
- the room is not ventilated, loud noise, extraneous sounds. The temperature in the nursery is no more than 19 degrees;
- comfortable place to sleep. The bed should not be very soft, the pillow should be completely abandoned, the blanket should be light;
- too early "moved" the baby to a big bed;
- feeding before bed. The child must be fed, hungry babies may not fall asleep. The child should be fed twenty minutes before bedtime.
If your baby wants to sleep but can't sleep, try these simple tips. Adjust the daily routine, walk more with the baby, bathe him before going to bed, talk to him, sing a lullaby.
Treatment for insomnia
Before you start to get rid of the problem "very sleepy, but I can not sleep" using pills, try changing your habits first.
- Do not use alcohol and strong sleeping pills. They will only make things worse.
- Less coffee consumed throughout the day.
- Ventilate the room where you sleep. It should be cool, dark and quiet. A sleep mask, ear plugs, blackout curtains and a fan will help create this environment.
- Keep your sleep schedule. Go to bed at the same time.
- Stop short naps during the day.
- Try to avoid stress, anxiety before going to bed. No exerciseTV viewing and computer activities.
- Gadgets with bright lights are also prohibited.
Following these simple guidelines, you can solve the problem without visiting a doctor.
When to see a specialist
There is a situation when one cannot do without the intervention of a specialist. So what are these situations? When should you go to the doctor? If all the methods of self-treatment are used, but there are no results, you still really want to sleep, but you can’t fall asleep, it’s time to make an appointment with a psychologist or another doctor. He will definitely help solve the problem.
Now about each reason separately.
- All the activities listed in the previous section do not help.
- Bad sleep is a contributing factor to problems at work, family and school.
- Insomnia causes shortness of breath, chest pain.
- Each night the gap between "open eyes" increases.
In order to help yourself, you need to get tested. Only after that the doctor will be able to correctly diagnose and prescribe treatment. After all, the problem can be organic or nervous.
Medications
Treatment begins with the use of psychotherapy and relaxation techniques. In parallel, mild drugs are used that can be obtained without a prescription.
- Valerian tincture. The drug belongs to sedative sleeping pills. It is used for irritability, excitability, sleep disorders. Effectdevelops slowly.
- Valerian forte tablets. Appointed in the event that insomnia is caused by overexcitation.
- "Persen Night", capsules. Used for nervous excitability, which causes difficulty falling asleep.
- Insomnia caused by increased excitability, irritability can be "removed" by passionflower extract.
- Pills "Melaxen". The drug will speed up falling asleep, provide sleep without awakening. Often used to adapt when changing time zones.
- Means "Doppelgerz Melissa" drink before going to bed. Used for insomnia.
For more serious problems, the following medicines are prescribed. They are issued only by prescription.
- Periodic disorders - Reslip, Doxylamine, Valocordin.
- Presomnic insomnia - Andante, Ivadal, Somnol, Zolsan.
- Frequent awakenings - Phenobarbital, Zolpidem.
- Early awakenings - Nitrazepam, Bilobil, Cavinton.
- Insomnia and depression - Trittiko.
Drugs are not used for a long time. They may cause side effects. They are not assigned to people whose professions require increased attention.
Traditional medicine
If you want to sleep, but you can't fall asleep, honey will help, a steam bath with an oak broom. Several recipes with this delicacy.
- Honey, lemon, Borjomi. Take one tablespoon of Borjomi water, honey and half a spoon of lemon. It is chopped and mixed with other ingredients. Taken every morning for thirty days.
- Honey, water. A tablespoon is mixed in one glass of warm water. Drink before bedtime.
- Honey and kefir. Take one glass of kefir, add one tablespoon of honey. Should be drunk at bedtime for seven days.
- Honey and apple cider vinegar. Three teaspoons of vinegar are stirred in a cup of honey. The mixture is taken before bedtime, two teaspoons.
Herbs are also used. They also work well for insomnia.
- It will take thirty grams of mint leaves, motherwort grass, twenty grams of valerian roots and common hop cones. Mix all. Ten grams of the mixture is poured with a glass of boiling water and heated for fifteen minutes in a water bath. The broth is cooled, filtered. Boiled water is added, the total volume should be the original volume. Taken three times a day, half a glass.
- Ten grams of oregano herb, five grams of valerian root. All mix, take ten grams of the collection, add one hundred milliliters of water. The mixture is infused for sixty minutes. Used at night, one hundred milliliters.
Reviews
Now let's find out how those who really want to sleep but can't fall asleep are saved from insomnia.
Many believe that in this case, drugs are indispensable. Well helps "Glycine Forte Evalar". Nothas side effects, and after two weeks the issue with prolonged falling asleep is resolved.
There is an opinion that folk remedies will also help to cope with the problem. A little warm milk with honey before bed. The remedy relaxes well and helps to fall asleep.
Representatives of the strong half of humanity prefer a contrast shower before bed. The water must be very cold.
One more piece of advice - no loud music, no computers, no eating two hours before bedtime. If possible, take a walk, read an interesting book.
Changing patterns before bed is considered by people to be the easiest way to deal with insomnia. Fall asleep to the TV - turn it off, draw the curtains, open the window, take a shower and sleep.
