Symptoms of Insomnia.

The symptoms of insomnia can be easily identified if we first look at some insomnia facts.....

The first thing to understand about insomnia is that there are two main types of insomnia: Acute insomnia and Chronic insomnia the symptoms and treatment of each can be slightly different and can the side effects.

We are going to look at the symptoms of both types of insomnia and give toy some tips for overcoming each.

Chronic Insomnia.

Chronic insomnia is a prolonged condition in which your sleeplessness has been going on for a period of weeks or months.

If you have only a few sleepless nights of have difficulty getting to sleep for only a few nights we would call that acute insomnia.

The symptoms of acute insomnia may be some tiredness during the day or not feeling refreshed in the morning, but these symptoms will soon go once the acute condition goes away.

But the symptoms of chronic insomnia can become problematic as the condition continues.

Symptoms if insomnia include......

tiredness during the day
frequent headaches, irritable andd lack concentration
still tired and not refreshed on waking
takes you longer than 30-40 minutes to fall asleep
wakening up during the night
wakening too early
only being able to get to sleep with sleeping pills or alcohol

Side effects of insomnia.

All of the above symptoms of insomnia will inevitably lead to other side effects and symptoms in your daily life such as poor concentration, anxiety etc.......which in turn makes the chronic insomnia worse.

If you feel you are suffering from insomnia you should also take measures to protect against the side effects of insomnia which can be very dangerous.

Poor concentration, tiredness, stress and irritableness are not pleasant at the best of times but if they become prolonged life can start to look dull and lead to depression.

Insomnia tips.

The main tip is this.....if you fee that you are suffering from insomnia and see any of these symptoms in yourself, get it checked out by your doctor and start to look for remedies.

There are many remedies for chronic insomnia, lifestyle changes, reduced stress, herbal remedies, relaxing music and meditation are some if the non medical remedies and work very well for many people.

Failing that, there are also many medical options.

But start with some simple lifestyle changes and you might be surprised at the effects.