Are you facing difficulty in falling asleep or sleeping for longer time? Then it may be a sleeping disorder called insomnia.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a sleeplessness condition where people face difficulty to fall asleep and sleep for long time. Due to lack of adequate night sleep, insomnia severely influences individual’s quality of life, people with insomnia experience drowsiness and weakness when they wake up and also during day time. As we all know quality sleep is very important, it enhances body’s immunity and provides energy to the body functioning. Lack of sleep can affect individual physically, mentally and lead to health problems like lack of concentration, depression, hypertension, Cardiac problems, lack of productivity at work places and several other chronic disorders. Insomnia leads to symptoms like tiredness, irritability, stress, headache, waking up early in the morning and also increases individual’s risk of accidents and injuries.
Based on the duration of the problem insomnia is classified into acute and chronic insomnia. Acute insomnia is a condition where people face symptoms of insomnia for several weeks, whereas in chronic insomnia the symptoms may last for months and years in few cases.
There are two types of insomnia, namely primary insomnia and secondary insomnia. Primary insomnia is mainly caused due to general stress, work load and other regular factors and secondary insomnia is mainly caused due to underlying health problems.
What causes Insomnia?
Based on the types, Insomnia is caused due to several factors
Causes of primary insomnia
- Stress and heavy work load
- Traveling or jet lag
- Depression
- Financial problems
- Job insecurity
- Losing loved ones
- Poor sleeping habits
- Having heavy dinner
- Excess intake of caffeinated drinks
- Environmental factors
Causes of secondary insomnia
- Ageing
- Allergies
- Arthritis and other chronic pains
- Diabetes
- Fibromyalgia
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Thyroid problems like hyperthyroidism
- Back pain problems
Few risk factors of insomnia include ageing, gender (women are more likely to suffer with insomnia), few suggestions, irregular work schedule and sedentary lifestyle. One can get through primary insomnia by making few lifestyle changes like controlling stress, following systematic sleep schedule, avoiding late night heavy meals, not using electronic gadgets like smart phones, tabs and others before bed and so on. Secondary insomnia problem can be controlled by treating underlying causes and hence proper treatment is very crucial.
Homeopathy treatment for insomnia
Insomnia can be controlled amazingly through homeopathy. Homeopathy treatment for insomnia works affectively by inducing natural sleep. It not just suppresses the symptoms but focuses on treating the causes of insomnia like health disorders and other conditions. Homeocare international provides treatment for insomnia using constitutional homeopathy remedies and controls it effectively. Insomnia homeopathy treatment is based on the symptoms, theory of individualization and health history. Homeopathy treatment for insomnia differs for each individual and is safe, has no side effects and is also not addictive. It aims at overall wellbeing by improving quality sleep and immunity.