The inability to fall asleep or remain sleeping is known as insomnia. The causes of this condition can be any number of things. Insomnia can present itself as a temporary issue or a continuing pattern. Transient insomnia is an episode that is only temporary. If it begins to last for a few weeks or more, it is known as permanent insomnia. Insomnia usually affects more women than men. This is most likely because of the constant hormonal changes that a woman goes through. Insomnia will also become more frequent as a person gets older. This is because of a reduction in physical activity, medical conditions, and reactions to prescription medications.
Temporary insomnia can be caused by a number of different factors, such as stress, entering a different time zone, or various environmental factors. These would include increased noise levels or changes in temperature. Other factors include excessive light, or even someone else snoring nearby. Any of these can create a difficult situation for falling asleep.
For temporary cases of insomnia, it is usually not necessary to seek medical treatment. If the problem is due to some external factor, it usually goes away when whatever was causing the problem is corrected.
Unfortunately, this is not the case with chronic or permanent insomnia. There is often an underlying condition that causes this type of insomnia. To correctly determine the severity of the problem, it is essential that a thorough physical examination is conducted in order to find out what that cause is. When you begin to experience a repeated pattern of insomnia, sit down with your doctor and discuss your options.
Some possible causes of this type of insomnia include abuse of alcohol or narcotics, caffeine, or the type of shift you work. More serious underlying conditions could be physical or mental in nature. These include depression, anxiety, kidney and heart trouble, restless leg syndrome, asthma, Parkinson’s Disease, or sleep apnea. The list of possible reasons for a person not being able to fall asleep or stay sleeping could go on and on.
It may take a considerable amount of time and effort to figure out what is causing chronic insomnia. This may include a variety of different medical tests and evaluations. This is the only way to identify the cause of the condition and the possible treatment options. The treatment may be medical in nature, or it may require some type of counseling to modify certain behaviors or attitudes.
The difficulty in diagnosing insomnia is due to the differing opinions and views on how much sleep is actually necessary. The proper amount of sleep required is going to be different from person to person. On way to know if you are suffering from insomnia is if you are having difficulty staying alert and awake during the day.
If you think you have a problem, begin by keeping a sleep journal. Make any notes about your sleep that you think may be helpful. It may also be necessary to consult a sleep specialist to help you diagnose the problem.
Moses Wright
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I need a website where I can look up what symptoms I’m having to get a diagnosis of what’s wrong with me.?
I need a website where I can type in my symptoms and find out what could be wrong with me. If you think you can tell me what is wrong, I’ll post the symptoms that I am experiencing and maybe you can list some things that it may possibly be. I need to figure out what’s wrong with me.
I’m experiencing unusual insomnia. I keep having this jittery feeling that I need to get up and move around. I can’t lay in one place for more than a couple minutes. I feel wired all the time like I’ve just had 15 cans of soda. I sometimes experience nervousness for no reason. I get sweaty palms sometimes for no reason when I experience the unusual nervousness. It also causes me to get a stomach ache. I’m constantly thirsty. When I do eventually get to sleep, I can sleep through anything. It’s only been like this for a couple weeks. What could be wrong with me? Please provide some ideas or a website for me to visit to try to find out what this is. When I see my doctor, I’d like to be able to make some suggestions so that she may test me for everything.
Hyperactive thyroid. Go see your doctor. Do you twitch? Sweat? Anger easily?
Go to the doctor, this is something that needs treatment, as your body will exhaust itself, you can grow a goiter, you could have a stroke.
Here are some common symptoms:
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Common symptoms and signs of hyperthyroidism
Palpitations
Heat intolerance
Nervousness
Insomnia
Breathlessness
Increased bowel movements
Light or absent menstrual periods
Fatigue
Fast heart rate
Trembling hands
Weight loss
Muscle weakness
Warm moist skin
Hair loss
Staring gaze"
As with all conditions, not all symptoms usually apply to one patient. You need to see a physician.
References :
http://www.endocrineweb.com/hyper1.html
WebMD.com is where I usually head to.
References :
You probably are suffering from insomnia, anxiety disorder, which is STRESS related. Are you taking some weight loss drugs which are sympathomimetic amines. They mimic the actions of the sympathetic nervous system which causes the "flight or fight" response to a threatening situation. Physical effects include a rise in heart rate and blood pressure, nervousness, jittery muscles; sweaty palms , and insomnia. They can interact with many other drugs in unpredictable ways, so a person taking regular medications should be cautioned.
Another cause of this is caffeine which the 15 cans of soda contain. And because the soda is a diuretic; it pulls out the water from your system; making you more thirsty. Hence, the whole viscious cycle starts all over again.
You might find the below sites helpful:
this talks about the symptoms of nervousness:
http://www.baptistonline.org/health/library/SYMP3222.asp
the health benefits of green tea:
http://www.removedarkcircles.com/conditions/nervous.htm
The negative effects of caffeine:
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine_effects.shtml
Caffeine health quizz:
http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/healthquizzes/heal3126.html
The sites below will provide symptoms and diseases: alphabetically
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex
About.com :
http://insomnia.about.com/od/whatisinsomnia/p/Insomnia_Intro.htm
webmd.com
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/default.htm
emedicinehealth.com:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/insomnia/article_em.htm
References :
professional nurse
Try the site below-it is very good. By the way,have you been tested for diabetes.It ,along with other things can cause those symptoms.Get a medical check from your doctor.
References :
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com
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My wife was just diagnosed with sleep apnea. I didn’t even know women could have this. Very strange. It wasn’t a sleep doctor who said so, it was a general practicioner. Hopefully, the doctor was wrong. On the other hand she does snore and wake up a lot in the night.