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Sociology > Depression |
| User: |
"marilyn glover" |
| Date: |
05 Feb 2008 06:53:13 PM |
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Insomnia Treatment |
Insomnia or lack of quality sleep is divided into three categories
based mainly on the duration of the problem - transient, intermittent
and chronic. Transient and intermittent are temporary conditions and
most of the times, correct themselves with minimal informed effort.
Alteration of life style habits that cause the problem should suffice.
There are quite a few OTC drugs, mostly sedative antihistamines that
are useful.
Treating chronic insomnia is very complex. The underlying physical and
psychological health disorders have to be identified and treated with
appropriate drugs or psychiatric care. The ingestion of alcohol,
caffeine and nicotine has to be modified or stopped. The behavior
patterns like irregular bedtime can be regulated. Medically supervised
drug therapy has to be followed during the treatment.
Relaxation therapy, which uses specific techniques of yoga and
different types of meditations are quite useful. Music and
aromatherapy can also be used. The idea is to calm the hyperactive,
racing mind and relax the muscles. Recondition therapy, in which the
insomniac lies down on the bed only when he feels sleepy can also be
effective. Other activities like reading, watching TV, or telephoning
in bed are banned. If unable to fall asleep, the patient has to get up
and engage in something else until he feels sleepy. Lying in bed is
used as stimuli and conditions the patient to fall asleep. Sleep
restriction therapy, involves allowing the person only a short time in
bed. If he manages to sleep during this short time, the time in bed is
gradually increased to normal sleeping hours. Some insomnia sufferers
may not actually be sleeping less than they need but their perception
of the length and quality of sleep needs correction. Counseling about
sleep patterns or cognitive behavioral therapy in combination with
other therapies makes it a multifaceted treatment of insomnia....
http://groups.google.com/group/insomniager
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